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LWC students raise hunger awareness at hunger banquet Report of Fiscal Court meeting, April 14, 2008 By Duane Bonifer, LWC Director of Public Affairs More than 125 Lindsey Wilson College students, faculty and staff experienced the problems of world hunger last Thursday night. The students took part in an Oxfam Hunger Banquet, held in Roberta D. Cranmer Dining & Conference Center. "We're hear today because 1 billion people live in poverty; 850 million people suffer from chronic hunger; and a child dies from hunger or preventable disease every 2.9 seconds that's 30,000 children a day," said Megan Hamilton, an education major from Ashland, KY, and one of the Lindsey Wilson Bonner Leaders who organized the event. The event was also designed to debunk myths about the cause of world hunger and poverty. "You may think that hunger is about too many people and too little food," Hamilton told the audience. "Hunger is about power. Its roots lie in inequalities and access to education and resources." The Lindsey Wilson event was created by Oxfam America, which is part of Oxfam International. Oxfam International is a confederation of 13 organizations with more than 3,000 partners in more than 100 countries to find solutions to poverty and injustice. Oxfam International seeks increased worldwide public understanding, and it argues that economic and social justice are crucial to sustainable development. Upon entering the Cranmer Dining & Conference Center, the Lindsey Wilson students were given a slip of paper, which assigned them to one of three income groups: the top 15 percent, middle 25 percent or bottom 60 percent. The top income group was served a nutritious meal; the middle group received a meal of rice, beans and water; and the bottom group was given had a meal of rice and water. "This Oxfam America hunger banquet is a metaphor for how food and other resources are inequitably distributed in the world," Hamilton said.Following the dinner, the students were urged to become involved in public policy that addresses world hunger and poverty. "The one thing we would like you to remember is this: everyone on Earth has the same basic needs; it is only our circumstances, where we live, and the culture into which we are born that differ," Hamilton said. This story was posted on 2008-04-15 14:49:19
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