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Please join us for this unforgettable experience
Oxfam America Hunger Banquet:
A Sisters on the Planet Event
Friday, March 4, 2011, 6 PM to 8 PM
University of Minnesota
Friday, March 4, 2011, 6 PM to 8 PM
University of Minnesota
Continuing Education Conference Center
1890 Buford Avenue, St. Paul, MN
With special guests Congresswoman Betty McCollum and Mme. Jacqueline Morette, Haitian farmer and president of the United Women's Association of Pouille, Haiti. Other guests to be announced.
Globally, women are the primary caretakers of their families and the land – often producing up to 75% of the food in developing nations. Please join with Oxfam America and cosponsors on March 4 for an interactive meal where you can learn how women feed the world, and what you can do to support them.
This event is free and open to the public. Advanced registration is requested. Please click here to register, and Facebook it and invite your friends.
Sponsors: Advocates for Human Rights; AFSA High School; Church World Service; Compatible Technology International; Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs; Land Stewardship Project; League of Women Voters – Minnesota; Minnesota Fair Trade Coalition; McKnight Foundation; Minnesota International Center; Minnesota Oxfam Action Corps; Minnesota United Methodist Women; National Catholic Rural Life Conference; National Peace Corps Association; University of Minnesota College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences; University of Minnesota Human Rights Program; Universities Fighting Hunger; World Food Prize Foundation.
1890 Buford Avenue, St. Paul, MN
With special guests Congresswoman Betty McCollum and Mme. Jacqueline Morette, Haitian farmer and president of the United Women's Association of Pouille, Haiti. Other guests to be announced.
Globally, women are the primary caretakers of their families and the land – often producing up to 75% of the food in developing nations. Please join with Oxfam America and cosponsors on March 4 for an interactive meal where you can learn how women feed the world, and what you can do to support them.
This event is free and open to the public. Advanced registration is requested. Please click here to register, and Facebook it and invite your friends.
Sponsors: Advocates for Human Rights; AFSA High School; Church World Service; Compatible Technology International; Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs; Land Stewardship Project; League of Women Voters – Minnesota; Minnesota Fair Trade Coalition; McKnight Foundation; Minnesota International Center; Minnesota Oxfam Action Corps; Minnesota United Methodist Women; National Catholic Rural Life Conference; National Peace Corps Association; University of Minnesota College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences; University of Minnesota Human Rights Program; Universities Fighting Hunger; World Food Prize Foundation.
