{"id":70358,"date":"2004-08-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2004-08-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/bread-for-the-world-president-to-kick-off-uris-colloquium\/"},"modified":"2004-08-31T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2004-08-31T00:00:00","slug":"bread-for-the-world-president-to-kick-off-uris-colloquium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2004\/08\/bread-for-the-world-president-to-kick-off-uris-colloquium\/","title":{"rendered":"Bread for the World president to kick off 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Colloquium"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tPublic series focuses on hunger and social policy<\/p>\n


\n\tKINGSTON, R.I \u2013 August 31, 2004 — David Beckmann, president of \u201cBread for the World\u201d and the \u201cBread for the World Institute\u201d will kick off the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s annual Honors Colloquium public lecture series, which this year is focused on hunger and social policy. <\/p>\n


\nHis speech, \u201cEnding the Causes of Hunger,\u201d will be given on Sept. 14 at 7 p.m. in the Barry Marks Auditorium, Room 271, Chafee Social Science Center, 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Kingston Campus. All lectures in this semester-long series are free and open to the public. A question-and-answer period will follow.<\/p>\n


\n\tBeckmann worked as a World Bank economist for 15 years, playing a prominent role in the bank\u2019s heightened focus on poverty reduction prior to joining the \u201cBread for the World\u201d organization as its leader in 1991. The 30-year-old nonpartisan organization includes 50,000 people of faith and 2,500 churches that seek justice as a Christian voice for ending hunger, primarily by lobbying Congress on legislation that addresses hunger at home and abroad. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cBread for the World\u201d joined with other anti-hunger organizations to create \u201cThe Blueprint to End Hunger in America,\u201d a recently released groundbreaking document that sets a timetable for ending hunger in America. The blueprint identifies federal government policies and programs, including the expansion of national nutrition programs as key elements to ending hunger in America. <\/p>\n


\nCost estimates for ending hunger in America range from $6 to $10 billion per year in additional federal funding. \u201cThe cost is between a nickel and dime per American per day,\u201d Beckmann is quoted as saying.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cWhat makes \u201cBread for the World\u201d such an interesting organization is that it consciously ties the individual\u2019s desire and willingness to help those in need to their responsibility to seek justice through political action,\u201d says Kathleen Gorman, co-chair of the Honors Colloquium. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cWithout organizations like \u201cBread for the World\u201d and people like David Beckmann, there tends to be a chasm between the faith-based community serving people in the soup kitchens and those who are working for social change at a political level.\u201d <\/p>\n


\n\u201cBread for the World\u201d has also taken a lead in the ONE campaign, joining Bono (U2) in this international fight against hunger, poverty and AIDS.<\/p>\n


\n Beckmann, who is also an ordained Lutheran minister, has authored a series of books and articles on the Christian faith and economics.<\/p>\n


\nBeckmann earned his undergraduate degree at Yale University, his master of science degree from the London School of Economics and his master of divinity from Christ Seminary in St. Louis. <\/p>\n


\n\tMajor sponsors for the colloquium include Edward W. Bouclin, The Providence Journal, Theta Chi Fraternity, 溏心vlog免费B站 \u2018s College of Arts & Sciences, College of Business Administration, College of the Environment & Life Sciences, College of Human Science & Services, Division of University Advancement, Honors Program, Office of the Provost, and President\u2019s Office. <\/p>\n


\n\tCo-sponsors include 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s College of Nursing, Multicultural Center; Office of Student Affairs; Partnership on Food, Hunger, and Nutrition; Women\u2019s Center and Women\u2019s Studies Program.

\nFor More Information: Kathleen Gorman, 874-9089<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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