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Bread
for the World, The ONE Campaign & Other Anti-Hunger Events
(Updated April 6, 2007 Updated information & new listings denoted by **New** designation)
Click here for 2007 schedule of Offerings of Letters
in New Mexico
News & Notes (Bread for the World-New Mexico blog) Click here
Fourth Annual Fair Trade Gala:
Experiencing India
Saturday, April 21, 2007 6:00-10:00 P.M.
Amy
Biehl Charter School
123 4th St. SW
The Gala highlights Fair Trade and child labor practices in
India, over an Indian themed dinner,
live entertainment, fashion show, and silent auction. Guest
speakers are Pushpika Freitas,
President, Marketplace of India, a fair trade organization
providing a global marketplace
for low-income women artisan's cooperatives in India and Joan
Weissman of Rugmark,
a non-profit organization dedicated to ending child labor in
the rug industry
and providing schools and opportunities to children freed from
the weaving looms.
Tix: Peacecraft, 505-255-5229: $20 general, $15 students,
higher at the door.
Brought to you by the UNM Fair Trade Initiative.
Farm Bill Community Forum
Wednesday, May 2
Immanuel Presbyterian Church
114 Carlisle NE Albuquerque
and Thursday, May 3
Cloud Cliff Bakery
1805 Second St.
Santa Fe
Facilitated by Dan Imhoff.
Panelists include:
Don Bustos, Traditional New Mexican Farmer Board Member of the SW
Sustainable Agriculture Working Group
George Gundrey, Santa fe Farmers Market Manager
(On the Panel in Santa Fe)
Eric Garrettson, Albuquerque Growers Market Manager
(On the Panel in Albuquerque)
Lisa Hummon, Farm Bill Coalition, Defenders of
Wildlife
Dan Imhoff, Executive Director of the Wild
Farm Alliance, author of "Farming With the Wild" and "Food
Fight: A
Citizens Guide to a Food and Farm
Bill"
Mark Winne, Communications Director,
Community Food Security Coalition.
Other panelists to be confirmed.
Co-Sponsored by Albuquerque Downtown Growers Market, Cloud
Cliff, Edible Santa Fe Magazine, Farm to Table,
Immanuel Presbyterian Church, La Montanita Co-op, Local Flavor Magazine, New Mexico
Food and Agriculture Policy
Council, Santa Farmers Market Institute, Slow Food Rio Grande
Chapter, Slow Food Santa Fe Chapter
Building
a Culture for Peace
Wednesday-Thursday, May 16-17
Hilton Hotel, Downtown Santa Fe
Featuring Aurn Gandhi and Nobel Peace
Laureates Rigoberta Menchu and Jody Williams
and H.H. the Dalai Lama (by video)
Please drop by The ONE Campaign Table
Bread for the World National Gathering
June 9-12
Washington, D.C.
**New**
Fundraiser for Health Clinic in Kenya
Saturday, June 23 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Peace & Justice Center
202 Harvard SE
Albuquerque
This event will raise money for a clinic that Dr. Angelo
Tomedi will be constructing
In Kenya through Global Health Partnerships. Speakers, entertainment, food
and drink
Donation $7 for general public, $5 for students
For more information contact Ann Githinji
**New**
U2Charist/U2 Service
Saturday September 29 7:00 p.m.
St. Thomas of Canterbury Episcopal Church
425 University Blvd. NE Albuquerque
Ecumenical Worship Service focusing on the Millenium
Development
Goals & using songs from rock group U2
More details TBA
Recent Events, 2005-2007
2007
Sunday, February 25 2:00 pm
Networking Meeting for Las Cruces-El Paso Peace Lutheran Church 1701 E. Missouri Ave. Las Cruces map Bread for the World members in Las Cruces and El Paso met to get acquainted and begin initial discussions on the 2007 Offering of Letters. Speakers: Kari Bachman, the New Mexico Food and Agriculture Policy Council, New Mexico Task Force to End Hunger and Extension Home Economics Dept.-New Mexico State University Topic: The 2007 Farm Bill & nutrition/hunger in New Mexico Ellen Young, New Mexico Lutheran Office of Governmental Ministry (LOGM), Peace Lutheran Church and Bread for the World. Topic: An overview of the 2007 Offering of Letters Offering of Letters Workshop Saturday, March 24 9:00 am-12:00 pm St. Andrew Presbyterian Church
5301 Ponderosa Ave. NE. Albuquerque map
Speakers:
Matt Newell Ching, Bread for the World’s Western Regional
Organizer
Topic: the nuts and bolts of the
letter-writing campaign, Seeds
of Change: Help Farmers. End Hunger
Laurel Wyckoff, Executive Director, New
Mexico Association of Food Banks
Topic: How the Food Research
and Action Center
and America’s Second Harvest view the Farm Bill
Sister Joan Brown, board member, National
Catholic Rural Life Conference
Topic: Sustainable agriculture and how
the NCRLC views the Farm Bill
For more information contact Carlos Navarro
RSVP at
www.bread.org/rsvp
Offering of Letters Workshop
Sunday, March 25 2:30 pm-5:00 pm First Presbyterian Church 208 Grant Ave. Santa Fe map
Speakers:
Matt Newell Ching, Bread for the World’s Western
Regional Organizer
Topic: the nuts and bolts of the letter-writing campaign, Seeds of Change: Help Farmers. End Hunger Mark Winne, communications director, Community and Food Security Coalition Topic: The positions of the CFSC and partners on the Farm Bill, including Hunger, health, nutrition, local/regional agriculture, opportunities for new farmers For more information contact Carlos Navarro or Marlita Reddy-Hjelmfelt
RSVP at
www.bread.org/rsvp
The ONE Albuquerque Meeting
Saturday, March 31 2:00
p.m.
Two Fools Tavern 3211 Central Ave. NE
Learn how you can be more active in
ONE locally.
Information on upcoming events and volunteer
opportunities.
Peace & Sustainability Fair
Friday, April 6
Student Union Building, University
of New Mexico
Please drop by The ONE Campaign
Table
The Passion of the Earth
19th Annual Way of the Cross
Good Friday, April 6 Noon-3:00
p.m.
Civic Plaza, Downtown Albuquerque, NM
This public stations of the cross
is a prayerful piligrimage throughout downtown Albuquerque.
We will stop at each station to remember Christs's
passion and final journey, standing
in solidarity with those places and
beings where Christ continues to suffer on planet earth.
Sponsored by the The
Center for Action and Contemplation
For more
information contact Cece Shantzek or Anita
Amstutz
Hunger Awareness Day
Thursday, April 19 10:00 A.M.-4:00 P.M.
Student Union Building, University
of New Mexico
Sponsored by the UNM Nutrition
Club, the New Mexico Public Research
Interest Group (NMPIRG) and Bread
for the World-New Mexico.
Panel Discussion Participants
Lisa LaBrecque, Policy & Advisory
Director, Coalition to End Homelessness
Mary Oleske, Family Nutrition Bureau (State of
New Mexico)
Janet Page-Reeves, New Mexico Association of Food
Banks
Larry Waldman, Bureau of Business and
Economic Research
Mark Winne, Communications Director,
Community Food Security Coalition
Special
Presentation: Sen. Jerry Ortiz y Pino
For more information contact Patricia
Keane
2006 February 11 Peace & Justice Day at the State Capitol in Santa Fe The ONE Campaign will be represented. Please help us with staffing our booth/display or drop by and spread the word about The ONE Campaign. For more information, contact Laura Casselman
March 11 ONE Spirit, ONE Will, ZERO Poverty An Offering of Letters Workshop St. Andrew Presbyterian Church 5301 Ponderosa Ave NE Friday, March 24 2:00 p.m. Second Annual New Mexico TB Summit (World TB Day) Sponsored by RESULTS-Albuquerque
Wednesday, March 29 Noon-10:00 p.m. Second Annual Peace Fair Presentations & Tables/Booths by various organizations, including The ONE Campaign. Student Union Building, Ballroom A, University of New Mexico For more information contact Desi Brown
Thursday, April 6 7:00 p.m. The U.N. Millenium Development Goals A blueprint to end global poverty Featuring Carol Welch, U.S. Coordinator for the Millenium Campaign University of New Mexico Santa Ana Room, Student Union Building, Third Floor Albuquerque Sponsored by BFW student chapter, Bread for the World-New Mexico, UNM Religious Studies Program and the Albuquerque coalition for The ONE Campaign (DATA, RESULTS and Bread for the World New Mexico). For more information contact Andrea Lucero or Carlos Navarro See Listing in Bread for the World’s new Virtual Calendar And The ONE Campaign’s Regional Calendar Friday, April 7 7:00 p.m. The U.N. Millenium Development Goals A blueprint to end global poverty Featuring Carol Welch, U.S. Coordinator for the Millenium Campaign St. John’s United Methodist Church 1200 Old Pecos Trail Santa Fe Sponsored by St. John’s United Methodist Food Pantry, the Hunger and Poverty Network of Northern New Mexico, the New Mexico Public Health Association, and the local coalition for The ONE Campaign (DATA, RESULTS and Bread for the World-New Mexico)
Good Friday, April 14 Noon to 3:00 p.m. Way of the Cross Downtown Albuquerque This annual procession sponsored by The Center for Action and Contemplation will place a strong emphasis on The ONE Campaign, the Millenium Development Goals and The Make Poverty History Campaign. More details TBA. For more information contact Anita Amstutz See listing in The ONE Campaign’s Regional Calendar Friday, April 28 6:30 p.m Fair Trade Crafts & People-to-People Tourism University of New Mexico Kiva Room
Special Guest: Peter Wahome of Kenya, who has developed a new
approach to tourism
that emphasizes people-to-people
contact and provides new sources of livelihood for people
and communities engaged in the
production of home-based crafts.
Sponsored by the UNM Fair Trade Initiative Saturday, April 29 ELCA-Rocky Mountain Synod Annual Gathering Convention Center Downtown Albuquerque
Jim Marentette, a Bread for the World member from
Durango, Co., will lead a lunch presentation
on The ONE Campaign
Saturday, April 29 End Hunger Conference Sponsored by Presybytery of Santa Fe Location: Rio Rancho Presbyterian Church 1004 24th St. SE Rio Rancho Featured Speakers: Rev. John Fife, former moderator of Presbyterian Church USA & Rev. Barbara Dua, executive director of the New Mexico Conference of Churches. For more information contact the Presbytery office, 345-5657 Saturday, April 29 8:15 p.m. Africa to Albuquerque Third Annual Fair Trade Gala Congregation B’nai Israel 4401 Indian School (at Washington) Admission $20 General, $15 Students, $30 for two
Special Guest: Peter Wahome
Dinner, live entertainment, live
auction and dancing.
Sponsored by the UNM Fair Trade Initiative, Women Can International and the Graduate and Professional Student Association. Sunday, April 30 2:00 p.m Fair Trade Crafts & People-to-People Tourism PeaceCraft 3215 Central Ave. NE
Special Guest: Peter Wahome
Sponsored by PeaceCraft Saturday, May 13 9:00 a.m. A Journey to India New Mexico Conference of Churches Conference Room 720 Vassar NE Ivan & Linda Westergaard from St. Paul Lutheran Church and Cathy Pfefferle from Aquinas Newman Center will talk about their respective trips to India, including their
Impressions on how various communities are
coping with poverty.
Sunday, August 20 1:00 P.M. Fair Trade Movement in Vietnam PeaceCraft
3215 Central Ave. NE
Albuquerque, NM 87106
Dr. Angelo Tomedi, PeaceCraft founder will talk about his experiences with the fair trade movement in Viet Nam. Saturday, September 9 8:00 A.M.-Noon 2006 AIDS Walk Sponsored by New Mexico AIDS Services UNM’s Johnson Field (Corner of Girard & Central) The ONE Campaign will have a table to collect signatures and distribute information. Volunteers needed, especially from 7:30-9:00 before the walk. Contact Laura Casselman Schedule: 8am- Breakfast (from vendors) 9am- Opening Ceremony 9:30am- Walk 11am- Post Walk Festival Saturday, September 23 New Mexico Lutheran Office of Governmental Ministry’s (LOGM) Annual Advocacy Conference Central United Methodist Church Near Central and Copper Keynote Speaker: Jennifer Bishop Jenkins, founding member of Murder Victims' Families for Human Rights Friday, September 29 6:00-10:00 P.M.
2006 Turquoise Chalice Award and
Benefit Banquet
New Mexico Conference of Churches
Hilton Albuquerque on University
Blvd. (Just South of Menaul
Blvd.)
Honoring former State Representative J. Paul
Taylor
Tickets $75 individual, $750 for
table of 10
Order
tickets online
Monday, October 16 World Food Day Watch this space for details on the Albuquerque commemoration
Thursday, November 30, 2006: 6:30-8:30pm |