Hunger Banquet: A Taste of World Hunger | Mission Dist.

Submitted by the Event Organizer

An Oxfam America Hunger Banquet allows participants will get to experience first hand the inequalities in our world, the disproportion of food, wealth and resources, and how our decisions affect others. Guests draw a ticket at random that assign them to either a high, middle, or low-income tier, based on the statistics about the number of people living in poverty in the world. Each income level has a corresponding story and meal (of differing portions). As you can imagine, most people do not leave this “banquet” with full stomachs.

During the meal there will be an interactive discussion and short film presentation. Afterward, we will have some time for people to share their thoughts and reactions.

FREE event but RSVP is required to oxfam.sf@gmail.com

Stand Up Against Poverty weekend of action is September 17-19th in response to the UN Millennium Development Goals Review Summit, and Oxfam Action Corps and other allied organizations will be planning events all over the nation and the world calling for global development strategy to beat poverty. The SF Bay Area Oxfam Action Corps will be holding a Hunger Banquet to rally local support, spread awareness, and add our city to the map of action taking place this weekend.

To attend this event please RSVP at oxfam.sf@gmail.com. Please also let us know if you are able to volunteer at this event (may require you to arrive an hour early and/or stay and hour late).

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.