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Bread's Monthly Newsletter

April-May 2008

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Contents Include:

    • Values and Priorities for 2009
    • A Different Kind of Bake Sale
    • David Beckmann Featured on "Bill Moyers Journal"
    • 2008 Offering of Letters Kit Now Available in Spanish
    • Rick Steves Among Those Featured on Breadcast
    • Bread for the World Remembers Rep. Tom Lantos
    • Having a Heart for Hunger
    • Register Now to Attend Lobby Day on June 17Rising Food Prices Increase Distress of Poor People Worldwide
    • Offerings of Letters: What Works Well
    • Earning Less, But Paying More for a Mortgage
 

Contents include:

  • Maintaining Momentum; Speaking for Hungry People
  • A Thirst for 'Living Water"
  • Order Your Offering of Letters Kit Now
  • Become a Hunger Justice Leader--or help Us Find One
  • Nominees Sought for Bread for the World's Board of Directors
  • It's Membership Renewal Time
  • Low-Income People: Part of the Economic Solution
  • Stewarding Our Resources
 

  • Work Begins on Our 2008 Offering of Letters
  • Vision, Mission and Transformation
  • Putting Our Mission Into Words
  • Lenten Resources Available
  • New Officers and Members Welcomed to Bread for the World Board
  • Bread for the World Remembers Connie Wick
  • Achieving the MDGs Here at Home

December 2007

  • Bread for the World President Reflects On Our Work in 2007
  • On Faith: Patience and Persistence
  • From the Field: Lifting Up Hunger and Poverty in the 2008 Elections
  • Policy Focus: 2008 Development Assistance Bill in the Final Stages
  • Member Profiles:
    • Advocacy and Creative Stewardship
    • A Sampling of Successes
  • In the News: New Communications Help Achieve Our Mission
  • Background Paper: Working Harder for Working Families: Hunger Report 2008
  • Action This Month: Send Christmas Cards to Members of Congress 

October-November 2007

  • 2007 Farm Bill: Building Pressure for Change
  • Bread Slices:
    • Bread for the World Featured in President Clinton's New Book
    • Order Bread for the World Christmas Cards
    • Use Your IRA to Fight Hunger
  • The Power of Grassroots Lobbying
  • From the Field: A Hunger Focus for the Advent Season
  • In the News: Sneak Preview of Bread for the World's Updated Look
  • Commodity Payments Are Geared Toward the Largest Farms
  • Action This Month: Contact Your Senators and urge them to pass a fair farm bill this fall

September 2007

    • Farm Bill Action Moves to the Senate
    • Bread Slices: Bread for the World’s Rev. Don Williams Is Named Bishop
    • Reminder: Bread for the World Sunday is October 21st
    • On Faith: "We Should Never Give Up"
    • Policy Focus: Winning Resources for the World's Hungry and Poor People 
    • Member Profile: Decades of Anti-Hunger Work in New Mexico and Nebraska
    • In the News: Advocacy Opportunities This Fall
    • Eight States Collect Over Half of All Farm Spending
    • Action This Month: Call Your Senators
    • Background Paper: Engaging Your Church in Advocacy


 July-August 2007:

    • Congress Moves Rapidly to Write the 2007 Farm Bill
    • Bread Slices: Plan Now For JustFaith This Fall
    • On Faith: "How Do the Hungry Get To the Gates of the Wealthy?
    • Member Profile: Terry Meehan: The Time is Right
    • From the Field: Bread for the World Sunday Is Coming Soon
    • Millennium Development Goals: Where Are We?
    • Action This Month

June 2007:

    • Farm Bill Reform Gains Momentum in Congress
    • Bread Slices: Standing in Solidarity with Farmers
    • On Faith: Say Not!
    • Policy Focus: Working for Development Assistance for 2008
    • Member Profile: Support We Can Count On
    • From the Field: Making Dinner on a Budget: One Dollar Per Meal
    • Action This Month

May 2007:

  • Local Events Help Activists Communicate with Congress
  • Bread Slices: Bread for the World Materials Available in Spanish
  • On Faith: Pentecost: From Inattention to Rapt Attention
  • Policy Focus: Seeking Justice for Farmers in Developing Countries
  • Member Profile: Monthly Support Is His "Right Way to Give"
  • From the Field: In Wisconsin, Ready to "Be Dunn With Hunger"
  • Background Papers: "Doing Justice" for Hungry and Poor People

April 2007:

  • Why We're Gathering in June
  • Bread Slices: Clinton Raises $1 Million for Bread for the World
  • On Faith: Let's Pick Up Where Dr. King Left Off: In Washington
  • Policy Focus: A $1.4 Billion Success for One Spirit
  • Spreading the World on Seeds of Change
  • From the Field: Rev. Billy Kyles: Called to Be a Witness

February-March 2007:

  • Order your Offering of Letters kit!
  • Bread for the World Partners with JustFaith
  • Following the Call to Justice
  • Policy Focus: Stronger U.S. Rural Communities
  • Member Profile: In Nebraska, a Multi-Layered Approach to Fighting Hunger
  • From the Field: From Facebook to Face-to-Face on Capitol Hill
  • Background Paper: Healthy Food, Farms & Families: Hunger Report 2007

January 2007

  • Shaping Farm Policies That Fight Hunger
  • Save the Date:Sowing Seeds: Growing A Movement
  • Bread Slices: New Officers and Members Welcomed to the BFW Board
  • On Faith: A Prayer of Epiphany
  • From the Field: Advocacy: A Political Solution to a Political Problem
  • Policy Focus: Bread for the World Efforts Thwarted by Congress
  • Action This Month
  • Background Paper: Seeds of Change: Help Farmers. End Hunger.

December 2006

  • 2006: Progress Continues
  • National Alliances Against Hunger Meet in Rome
  • "God Makes Alliance with the Powerless"
  • Offering of Letters 2007: Seeds of Change: Help Farmers. End Hunger.
  • Appreciation: G.W. Haworth, 1911-2006
  • Bread for the World Members STAND UP for Hungry and Poor People
  • Background Paper:Some Good News from Africa

October-November 2006

  • "More and Better" Development Assistance
  • Give Bread for the World for Christmas!
  • Restoration
  • Winning Media Support in Maine
  • From a Few Coins to Hosting Archbishop
  • Presenting the ONE Campaign to Congress

September 2006

  • Hunger and the November Elections
  • A Way to Be with Those in Need
  • Building Partnerships in the Latino Community
  • We Need Charity Plus Justice"
  • A Strong Start for ONE Episcopalians

  • Priorities Choices and Investments in 2007
  • Bread Slices:Beckmann Featured at Conference of Hispanic Journalists
  • On Faith: 'God Created One World'
  • Lobby Day 2006
  • The 2006 AGOA Civil Society Forum
  • ONE Campaign News: Gaining Momentum in Denver

June 2006

May 2006

  • Budgets, Goals and Villages
  • Young Christians Search for Justice
  • Longtime Activist Sees Progress, More Opportunities
  • Let's Pass the Hunger-Free Communities Act
  • Citizen Action Guide

April 2006

  • Development Assistance at Work
  • A Time of Joy and Resolve
  • Pizza and Advocacy Go Together
  • "We can involve our children in something significant"
  • Background Paper: Budgeting for Justice

February-March 2006

  • A Message from Bono
  • Justice: A Global Imperative
  • Recent Victories for Hungry and Poor People
  • Trade Justice in Texas

January 2006

  • One Spirit. One Will. Zero Poverty.
  • Bread for the World Elects Board Members
  • 'Can these bones live?'
  • Got 90 Seconds to Spare? How to write a quick and effective letter to Congress
  • The Power of ONE in Seattle

December 2005

  • A Stronger Anti-Hunger Movement
  • No Acceptable Reason
  • Offering of Letters 2006: One Spirit. One Will. Zero Poverty.
  • The ONE Campaign: Deepening Our Impact

October-November 2005

  • Many Opportunities Right Now to Fight Hunger
  • Making a Difference in New Orleans – Then and Now
  • Silent Killer: The Unfinished Campaign Against Hunger to Air on Public Television

September 2005

  • Seeking Justice for Our Country's Low-Income Families
  • Bread for the World Sunday: Keeping Us Mindful
  • Be the ONE!

July-August 2005

  • A Stronger Moment Against Hunger
  • BFW and ONE Activists Provide Grassroots Presence at G-8

June 2005

  • Important Hunger Legislation Introduced in House and Senate
  • Protect Programs Which Fight Hunger and Poverty
  • "Lord, Teach Us to Pray"
  • Millennium Challenge Account Update
  • At Bethel University, Many Take ONE Step Against Hunger


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