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
U.S. Hunger and Poverty State Fact Sheets
These fact sheets provide a snapshot of hunger and poverty in the United States and in each state plus Washington, D.C.
Fact Sheet: Fortified for Life. How the U.S. Government Supports Global Nutrition.
Good nutrition is a critical part of ensuring that all human beings can use their bodies and minds to live an active life and reach their full potential.
Fact sheet: Why are families leaving Central America?
People who make the decision to leave home and come to the United States generally have few other options. Factors beyond their control have made their circumstances too hungry and violent for them to remain.
For Faith
Unity Declaration on Racism and Poverty
A diverse body of Christian leaders calls on the churches and Congress to focus on the integral connection.
Dear Members of Congress,
As the president and Congress are preparing their plans for this year, almost 100 church leaders—from all the families of U.S. Christianity—are...
In Times Like These … A Pan-African Christian Devotional for Public Policy Engagement
This devotional guide invites deepened relationship with and among Pan-African people and elected leaders in the mission to end hunger and poverty.
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...
For Advocacy
U.S. Hunger and Poverty State Fact Sheets
These fact sheets provide a snapshot of hunger and poverty in the United States and in each state plus Washington, D.C.
Fact Sheet: Hunger by the Numbers
In 2017, 11.8 percent of households in the U.S.—40 million people—were food-insecure, meaning that they were unsure at some point during the year about how they would provide for their next meal.
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...