Grassroots Advocacy Toolkit
A set of how-to sheets for carrying out advocacy and fact sheets on the current issues Bread for the World is working on.
For new and current Bread grassroots hunger activists.
Ideal as a starter toolkit for new Bread activists or as a set of updates for current activists.
Form your own toolkit by printing out some or all of the sheets in the kit.
How-to pieces:
- The Biblical Basis for Advocacy to End Hunger
- The Bible and Immigration Reform
- The Bible and Poverty-Focused Development Assistance
- The Bible and Mass Incarceration
- The Bible and Elections
- The Bible on Health as a Hunger Issue
- How to Conduct an In-District Meeting with a Member of Congress (or the Staff)
- Effectively Using Public Meetings to Engage with Congressional Candidates
- Writing a Letter to the Editor of Your Local Newspaper
Issues-related pieces:
- Facts on Hunger and Poverty in the United States and Internationally
- Hunger and Mass Incarceration
- The Global Food Security Act of 2016
- African Growth and Opportunity Act
- Budget 101
- Poverty-Focused Development Assistance (PFDA) 101
- Immigration, Hunger, and Opportunity
- Budget Reconciliation 101
- The Consequences of Sequestration and Tight Budget Caps
- Hunger and Poverty Among the Hispanic Community
- Hunger and Poverty in the African-American Community
Tools
from our Resource Library
For Education
The Nourishing Effect
Hunger and food insecurity add at least $160 billion a year to U.S. healthcare costs.
Fact Sheet: Hunger and Poverty in Puerto Rico
Even before Hurricanes Irma and Maria struck Puerto Rico, hunger and food insecurity were much more common among Puerto Ricans than among their fellow U.S. citizens in the 50 states.
Before the hurricanes, 1.5 million Puerto Ricans were food insecure. The child food insecurity rate was...
Getting to Zero Hunger by 2030: Race, Poverty, and Hunger
By Marlysa D. Gamblin and Margot Nitschke
Ending hunger in the United States is within reach, explain Marlysa Gamblin and Margot Nitschke, in Getting to Zero Hunger by 2030...
For Faith
The Bible on Health as a Hunger Issue
A brief examination of the biblical approach to health as a hunger issue.
Includes an introduction to the issue, a Scriptural reflection, practical actions you can take, and a prayer.
Sermon by David Beckmann at Duke University Chapel
Remarks delivered October 1, 2017 at Duke University Chapel in Chapel Hill in North Carolina.
Thank you for inviting me to preach here at Duke University Chapel. And I especially want to thank the Bread for the World members who have come this morning.
Bruce Puckett urged...
Bread Newsletter January 2016
In this issue: Another Great Year for Bread; Catholics Begin Observance of Holy Year of Mercy; Serving on ‘God’s Wave Length’ for 39 Years; and more.
For Advocacy
Grassroots Advocacy Toolkit
A set of how-to sheets for carrying out advocacy and fact sheets on the current issues Bread for the World is working on.
For new and current Bread grassroots hunger activists.
Ideal as a starter toolkit for new Bread activists or as a set of updates for current activists.
...
Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2017
Unnecessarily long prison sentences, combined with the lack of rehabilitative programs for people in prison, exacerbate hunger, poverty, and existing inequalities.
Overly harsh mandatory minimum prison sentences have contributed to the rapid increase of our country’s prison population. The...
Health Care Is a Hunger Issue
Learn more about the principles that Bread for the World supports regarding health reform.