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2020 Offering of Letters

• Urge your members of Congress to increase funding for nutrition programs at home and abroad. Call (800-826-3688) or email your members of Congress and urge them to end child malnutrition abroad and end summer hunger in the United States.
• Bread for the World's 2020 Offering of Letters to Congress: Better Nutrition, Better Tomorrow urges Congress to pass legislation that provides nutrition for vulnerable people in the United States and abroad. Our faith calls us to stand alongside women and children around the world. Our government should provide leadership toward a well-nourished world.

For more information on this issue:

• The 2020 Offering of Letters Campaign: Better Nutrition, Better Tomorrow
• The U.S. Contribution to Ending Hunger

The Global Nutrition Resolution

• Call (800-826-3688) or email your representative and urge them to cosponsor and pass the Global Nutrition Resolution (H. Res. 189).
• The Senate has passed its version of the Global Nutrition Resolution (S. Res. 260). Keep up the momentum and urge House members to finish the job. The bipartisan global nutrition resolutions recognize the importance of continued U.S. leadership to accelerate global progress against maternal and child malnutrition.
• Thank your senators for passing (S.Res.260), especially if they were a cosponsor. You can view a current list of House cosponsors (H.Res.189) here.

For more information on this issue:

• Senate Passes Resolution Supporting U.S. Leadership on Global Nutrition

Watch for action alerts. For additional talking points, contact organizing@bread.org or call 800-822-7323.

Stay Informed

2020 Offering of Letters Regional Webinars

The next phase of the Better Nutrition, Better Tomorrow campaign launched in January. Aside from continuing to urge Congress to prioritize nutrition programs abroad, the 2020 Offering of Letters will also focus on U.S. nutrition as well.

Bread’s Organizing Department will host a series a series of regional webinars in February to explain the campaign and give tips on how to conduct a successful letter-writing event in your church, campus, or community.

Register now for any of the following webinars or view past recordings:

• East Regional Webinar (CT, DE, MA, MD, ME, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT)
  Hosted by Margaret Tran on Tuesday, Feb. 18 at 4 p.m. ET.
• Southeast Regional Webinar (AL, AR, GA, KY, LA, MS, TN, VA, WV)
  Hosted by Darrell Bouldin on Tuesday, Feb. 11 at 5 p.m. CT. View recording »
• Midwest Regional Webinar (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
  Hosted by Nicole Schmidt and Zach Schmidt. Option 1 on Tuesday, Feb. 4 at 8 p.m. ET. Option 2 on Wednesday, Feb. 5 at 1 p.m. ET. View recording »
• West Regional Webinar (AK, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY)
  Hosted by Clark Hansen on Thursday, Feb. 20 at 1 p.m. PT. View recording »
• Southwest Regional Webinar (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
  Hosted by Lupe Conchas. Option 1 on Thursday, Feb. 20 at 3 p.m. MT, Option 2 on Thursday, Feb. 20 at 6 p.m. MT. View recording »
• Spanish Language Webinar (all states)
  Hosted by Dulce Gamboa, Friday, Feb. 28 at 3 p.m. ET. View recording »

If you have questions, contact organizing@bread.org or call 800-822-7323.

Activists in Action

Meet Bread advocate Amon McKinney

Amon McKinney is a freshman attending Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU). A political science major, Amon is a member of the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) program and the student government association.

Raised with his younger brother by a single mother, Amon says their upbringing was not easy. “I started working at an earlier age so that I could help my mother around the house,” he said. “She needed help with bills, groceries, etc. so I had to step up. That is why I live by the motto ‘I want to help someone to help someone else.’” 

Amon met Bread for the World organizer Florence French who talked with him about the importance of advocacy. “I can only imagine what life would be like for me if I could not eat,” he said. “Eating every day is important, it enhances who we are and it helps us perform better in school and life.”

Amon wants to help communities have access to food. He is plans to develop a Bread team on the campus on FAMU that will organize an Offering of Letters and host events with elected officials. He also wants to hold a fall event with Bread’s Racial Wealth Gap Learning Simulation. In addition to volunteering with Bread, Amon is planning food drives on campus to support people experiencing hunger in the surrounding community.   

Amon hopes he has the opportunity to participate in this year’s Advocacy Summit and would eventually like to work on advocacy and policy issues in Washington, D.C. 

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