Ending Hunger in America, 2014 Hunger Report Study Guide | Page 2

CHRISTIAN STUDY GUIDE – 2014 HUNGER REPORT LEADER’S RESOURCE 6. Throughout the year, www.hungerreport.org is updated with new stories and statistics. Two other resources which may be of interest are Bread for the World’s recently published Biblical Basis for Advocacy to End Hunger, which can be downloaded or ordered at www.bread.org/biblicalbasis, and the website www.evangelicaladvocacy.org. 2014 HUNGER REPORT ENDING HUNGER IN AMERICA Ideas for Further Action We hope the Study Guide stimulates further interest in the issues discussed in the Hunger Report. Here are suggestions for activities to engage your group beyond this Study Guide. 1. Learn from firsthand experience Find a way for your group to spend time with someone whose life experience has given him or her personal knowledge of hunger, poverty, and/or U.S. development assistance. Also, watch the movies Inequality for All (www. inequalityforall.com) and A Place at the Table (www.magpictures.com/aplaceatthetable/). 2. Engage with Bread for the World a. Bread for the World’s Offering of Letters. Each year, Bread for the World invites churches and campus groups across the country to take up Offerings of Letters to Congress on issues that are important to hungry and poor people. The Offering of Letters enables individuals to see their concerns translated into policies that help hungry and poor people improve their lives. To learn more about Bread for the World’s Offering of Letters this year, visit www.bread.org/OL b. Contact your Bread for the World Regional Organizer. c. Visit us at www.bread.org to read the Bread Blog and Institute Notes blog. Find us on Facebook and follow us on twitter@bread4theworld. 3. Write to your state or local representative Write to your representative in the city council, state assembly, or Congress to share your thoughts and concerns about hunger and poverty. 4. Learn what your denomination or national association is doing related to h ??????????????()???????????????????????????????????????)?????????????????????????!????I????????()???????????????()??????????????????? (+? ?????!????I????? ????()?((0