Subject: October 17th (NEXT FRIDAY) World Peace Lunch
To: worldpeace@canby.com
You’re Invited to the Noon to 1:15 PM; October 17th, 2008 (NEXT FRIDAY) World Peace Lunch; LUNCHEON IS AT PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY CENTER RESTAURANT, 310 SW LINCOLN STREET, PORTLAND; BUFFET LUNCH IS $13; It Is Also United Nations Day For The Eradication of Poverty and World Food Day; Speakers Are: Timmothy McCarthy; Past Chair and treasurer of Dignity Village a Portland Homeless Camp & Kilong Ung, a Former Khmer Rouge Survivor Who Endured Extreme Poverty for Five Years In A Cambodian Concentration Camp; Don’t Miss These Exciting Speakers
PLEASE CONSIDER CANNED GOODS FOR DIGNITY VILLAGE TO THIS EVENT
Friday, October 17th is the United Nations International Day for the Eradication of Poverty and World Food Day
A day to remind us of the plight of the victims of extreme poverty and those who suffer from the pains of hunger and to build an “international alliance against hunger” and the day aimed to promote awareness of the need to eradicate poverty and destitution in all countries.
Today extreme poverty affects about 1.2 billion people -- that is, those who survive on less than a dollar a day. At the same time, nearly 840 million people worldwide do not have enough to eat. Some 300 million people live in absolute poverty in sub-Saharan Africa and millions of children continue to die unnecessarily each year for lack of health care, clean water, decent housing or adequate nutrition.
The aim of World Food Day is to heighten public awareness of the world ood problem and to strengthen solidarity in the struggle against hunger, malnutrition and poverty.
The Millennium Development Goals, adopted in 2000 by United Nations Member States, set out to halve these figures by 2015. To reach this goal, action is required by both developed and developing countries alike.
The first observance of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty was in 1987, spearheaded by ATD Fourth World. This international NGO is dedicated to overcoming extreme poverty by exploring partnership with families living in chronic poverty, and by encouraging private citizens and public officials to join this effort.
ARE SPONSORS ARE: Wholistic Peace Institute; PSU Hatfield School of Government; PSU Conflict Resolution Graduate School; University of Portland, Peace & Social Justice Section; Afghanistan Peace & Social Justice Institute; Pyongyang University Science & Technology Center Peace Studies Department, North Korea; World Peace Center; Portland International Peace Center & World Peace Garden; Universal Peace Federation
UPCOMING WORLD PEACE LUNCHES AT PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY; MARK YOUR
CALENDARS!!
• Friday; November 21st : Noon to 1:15pm:
• Friday; December 19th : Noon to 1:15pm: Annual Christmas Event
• Friday; January 16th : Noon to 1:15pm: Mary Merkeley Personal
Reflections & Focus on Nobel Peace Laureate Mother Teresa (Invited)
• Friday; February 20th : Noon to 1:15pm: Mercy Corps
• Friday; March 20th : Noon to 1:15pm:
• Friday; April 17th : Noon to 1:15pm:
• Friday; May 15th : Noon to 1:15pm:
PEACE
Gary Alan Spanovich, Executive Director
Wholistic Peace Institute
PO BOX 1178
Portland, Oregon 97207
Phone: 503-266-8996
Fax: 503-263-4081
Email: worldpeace@canby.com
Web Page: www.wholisticpeaceinstitute.com
