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CHRISTIAN STUDY GUIDE – 2014 HUNGER REPORT SESSION 5: REDUCING SOCIAL EXCLUSION The Application 1. On newsprint, make three columns. In the first column, list the things that a household can do to reduce the social exclusion of others. In the second column, list the ways that local communities can do so. In the third column, list things that only the government can do to reduce social exclusion. What do the lists have in common? What power do members of your group have to influence your own families, your community, and your government? 2. Read Box 1.1 on page 40, and watch Nadine’s story at www.hungerreport.org. How are Sary’s (Box 1.1) and Nadine’s situations similar? How are they different? Where do you find hope in their stories? The e-connect Find Nadine’s video in the Featured Stories page at www.hungerreport.org/profiles and share it on Facebook, Twitter, or other social networks. Urge your friends and followers to think about how people have been pushed to the margins of your community. How can you be an advocate for them? www.bread.org/institute? Clean Energy Works Oregon ? 2014 Hunger Report? 183 n