Chances are, you did.
That makes you one of the fortunate ones who has access to enough food, one of the most important things in life.When you attend an Oxfam American Hunger Banquet, you get to experience what it's like to struggle to have enough to eat. The Oxfam Student group at Macalester, along with the Oxfam Action Corps Twin Cities held a Hunger Banquet on November 15 at Macalester. Each of the 35 people attending received a profile for the evening, which determined what they would eat for dinner that evening.There is much that is out of our control when it comes to our life circumstances, and at the banquet it's no different. It's completely random which of the 3 groups-upper, middle, or lower-you'll be put in but it determines if you'll go hungry or not.
Professor Bill Moseley spoke to those attending about the hunger crisis, in order to provide a background about why 1 out of 7 on our planet go hungry. During the program, participants learned about global hunger and how quickly circumstances beyond your control, can leave one struggling for food. In the end, there is much we can do to create a just food system and the banquet ended with action steps that we can all take right now. We can write letters to our local paper, contact our political representatives and become active members of organizations, like Oxfam MN and Oxfam Macalester, working on the issues of justice and hunger.
Thanks to the great leaders at Macalester and all those who attended the banquet!
-Kim K.
