World Food Day 2012

World Food Day 2012 

“Zero Hunger Challenge and Sustainable

Food Systems”

   

Monday October 15, 2012

1:50 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

D’Angelo Center Room 310 Queens
Webcast in: DaSilva 208 Staten Island

 

Presentations by St. John's University Faculty

SPEAKING OUT AGAINST HUNGER

  • Hunger as a Violation of Human Dignity – Access to Food is a Fundamental Human Right
  • Dispelling Myths about Hunger
  • Zero Hunger Challenge and the Crisis of High Food Prices
  • Strategies for Promoting Global and Local Food Security through Sustainable Food Systems

WHAT CAN YOU DO TO FIGHT HUNGER TODAY?

  • Promoting Fair Trade Practices and Consumption
  • Opportunities through STJ Campus Ministries
  • STJ Academic Service-Learning and Community-Based Research Opportunities

For more information contact Dr. Barrett Brenton, Senior Research Fellow, Vincentian Center for Church and Society and Director, Center for Global Development, x.5662, brentonb@stjohns.edu