Creating a Circle of Protection
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July 20, 2011
President Obama Endorses Anti-Hunger Statement
The President endorsed a statement today from national Christian leaders who are part of the Circle of Protection, a nonpartisan movement committed to resisting budget cuts that undermine the lives, dignity, and rights of poor and vulnerable people.
Members of Congress are currently debating budget proposals and deficit-reduction deals that could drastically cut or eliminate funding for programs that help hungry and poor people. Circle of Protection participants have urged Congress and President Obama to protect those programs from cuts—to form a “circle of protection” around them.
“Everything we have achieved for poor and hungry people in the last 35 years is under severe threat of budget cuts—nutrition programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and SNAP (formerly food stamps), as well as poverty-focused development assistance,” said Rev. David Beckmann, president of Bread for the World.
The meeting included Beckmann and representatives of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the National Association of Evangelicals, the National Council of Churches, Sojourners, the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, the Salvation Army, and other major Christian groups.
In addition to today’s meeting, more than 13,000 people have signed memos to their members of Congress, supporting the need to form a circle of protection around programs for hungry and poor people.
Last month, nearly 300 Bread members and activists from 36 states converged on Capitol Hill for Bread’s Lobby Day 2011 to urge their members of Congress to protect funding for these vital programs. Nearly 200 meetings were held with various members of Congress and their staff.
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