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Food for Thought: Slow Food Movement

SLOW FOOD SOUTH BAY

Thursday, May 30th

Noon - 1:00pm

Room 126, Lucas Hall

Peg Champion and Brad Whitworth will present the mission, programs, sucesses and challenges of the Slow Food movement.

RSVP: www.slowfoodsouthbay.eventbrite.com

Slow Food is a non-profit organization dedicated to clean, good, and fair food throuough the world. Slow Food South Bay is a local chapter of the International Slow Food Movement, which has over 100,000 members globally. Slow Food promotes education about food production, labeling, social justice, school nutrition, and farm polices.

Come to this Food for Thought lecture to learn about the advocacy work being done by leaders in our local food community.

For more information, contact : armadden@scu.edu - OR - www.slowfoodsouthbay.org

Click here to check out the event flyer for more information!

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Hunger Week: Fast and Feast!

To end Hunger Week 2013, we will be holding a day long fast with a feast at the end to celebrate the completion of Hunger Week! Be sure to wear your yellow wristband so show your support to end hunger and raise awareness! We will be tabling during lunch hours next Monday thru Thursday, so pick up your wristbands then. Below are further details about the feast.

When?

Thursday May 23rd at 6:30pm

Where?

Lucas Patio on the 3^rd Floor

Why?

Delicious food for all from meat-eaters to pescatarians to vegetarians!

Raise awareness of hunger and show your support by wearing the yellow wristbands.

It is also a way to get involved with SCU’s newest club BTGAP, Bridging the Gap to Alleviating Poverty. The club has a lot of opportunities available for its members, so get involved now!

How do you get a spot at this delicious feast?

RSVP @ www.hungerweekfeast.eventbrite.com to confirm your place at the table!

We hope to see you there! Make sure to spread the word about Hunger Week by adding #scuhungerweek2013 to your Instagrams/Twitter/Facebook images of the events!

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Hunger Week; Volunteer to Bag Beans!

Want to directly help prevent hunger in your local community? As part of Hunger Week, you can volunteer to bag beans for our local farm workers! We will be redistributing 300 lbs. of pinto beans into portions of beans for a family of four and then taking them to local farms and handing them out to the workers.

When?

Wednesday May 22^nd from 4:00pm to 6:00pm

Where?

The Forge!

Why?

You can directly help your local community,

whether it’s for five minutes or an hour, it’s up to you!

It is also a way to get involved with SCU’s newest club BTGAP, Bridging the Gap to Alleviating Poverty. The club has a lot of opportunities available for its members, so get involved now!

There will be snacks provided courtesy of BTGAP.

We hope to see you there! This is an easy way to positively impact our local community, as well as a great opportunity to get involved on campus in SCU’s newest club BTGAP! Make sure to spread the word about Hunger Week by adding #scuhungerweek2013 to your Instagrams/Twitter/Facebook images of the events!

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BTGAP- Bridging the Gap, Alleviating Poverty

BTGAP is SCU's newest club that aims to educate the student body about widespread domestic and international poverty, hunger, and environmental issues. It is a club dedicated to educating undergraduate students about issues relating to poverty, specifically with relation to the environment, food, agriculture, and education. We will focus on both domestic and international issues and empower students to make any changes they can. For more information, feel free to email all your questions and concerns to btgapatscu@gmail.com

Make sure to like the facebook page. There you will find more information about the club, as well as updates about events and meetings.

BTGAP will be tabling outside Benson the first week of spring quarter, to keep on the look out!

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