[Faith & Hunger] Hunger Action Annual Meeting: Mon Sept. 18th Albany

[Dunleamark at aol.com]

Hunger Action Network of NYS’s Annual Conference: 
Building the  Anti-Hunger Movement.
Mon., September 18, 2006

We invite you to  attend Hunger Action Network’s 24th Annual Conference at 
Westminster  Presbyterian Church, 85 Chestnut St., Albany, from 9:30am - 3:30pm 
on Mon.,  Sept. 18, 2006.

This year’s meeting will focus on how to build a  stronger hunger movement, 
starting with raising the welfare grant for the  poorest of the poor. Workshops 
will also be offered on a variety of issues, such  as universal health care, 
community food security, and job creation. Attendees  will identify and 
prioritize issues important to poor people and develop a  hunger agenda for the next 
Governor. This is your opportunity to shape a unified  hunger policy agenda 
for the future so plan to attend!

Our keynote  speaker will be Professor William DiFazio, who will discuss his 
recent book,  Ordinary Poverty: A Little Food and Cold Storage, a biting 
chronicle of the life  of the working poor in the wake of welfare reform.

You are welcome  to attend as a member and supporter, a citizen advocate, or 
as an interested  individual.  We especially encourage low-income individuals 
to attend. To  register, please contact us at 518-434-7371 
(_dunleamark at aol.com_ (mailto:dunleamark at aol.com) ) or 212-741-8192 or  email  
spasquantonio at hungeractionnys.org.

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9:30        Registration and Breakfast

10:00   Welcome: Dennis  Hanratty, Board Chair, Hunger Action Network of NYS

Hunger in  NY:  Causes, Trends, & What Hunger Action is Doing to End Hunger. 
Bich  Ha Pham, Executive Director, Hunger Action Network of  NYS

10:20   Hunger Caucus: Attendees will identify and  prioritize issues 
important to poor people and develop a hunger agenda for the  next Governor. The 
caucus will include information and a discussion facilitated  by anti-hunger 
policy experts. Help plan a unified statewide hunger 
agenda for 2007!   
 
Discussion Leaders: 
* Joel Berg, NYC Coalition Against Hunger
* Rev.  Deborah Jameson, FOCUS Churches
* State Senator Liz Krueger (invited)
*  Edie Mesick, Nutrition Consortium NYS        (invited)
* Bich Ha Pham, Hunger Action Network 

11:45 Keynote  Address: Professor William DiFazio will discuss his recent 
book “Ordinary  Poverty,” a biting chronicle of the life of the working poor in 
the wake of  welfare reform. 

12:30 Lunch
1:30   Membership Meeting -  Board of  Directors’ Elections  

1:45 Small Group  Workshops

A.  Job Creation: Learn how New York can create  jobs for low-income New 
Yorkers. Here about campaigns for community benefit  agreements. Presenters: ARISE 
& others. 

B. Food Justice: Learn  about progressive food projects and a NYS community 
food policy agenda,  including the NYS Food Policy Council bill. Food security 
builds stronger  communities, promotes economic development, and increases 
access to fresh  locally grown food. Presenters: Hunger Action; Bob Stern, 
Assembly Task Force on  Food, Farm, & Nutrition Policy; & others.

C. Health Care  for All: This workshop will discuss how to achieve universal 
health care in NYS,  including an overview of the positions of the 
gubernatorial candidates. Learn  about the campaign for a state bulk purchasing program 
for prescription drugs.  Presenters: Mark Dunlea, Hunger Action; Lou Levitt, 
Rekindling Reform; &  Physicians for a National Health Program. 

D. TANF (Welfare)  Reauthorization: What Changed and How to Advocate for Best
Options. The  federal government recently reauthorized the federal welfare 
law, increasing the  work participation rate and narrowing some work activities 
categories.   Participants will learn the details about the welfare law 
changes and options to  improve our current system including wage supplement 
programs, job training and  education access and increased protection for those with 
disabilities.  Presenters: Susan Antos, Empire Justice; Bich Ha Pham, Hunger 
Action.   

2:45 Full Group Workshop
* Next Steps in Building the  Anti-Hunger Movement in NYS in 2006-07

3:30 Adjournment /  Reception
* A chance to network and meet Hunger Action members and staff. 
 
Suggested donation (includes lunch):  
Members: $15 for  organizations, $10 for individual, $5 low-income 
individuals and  students
Non-Members: $20 for organizations, $15 for individuals, $5  low-income 
individuals and students

**$5 off if you become a  member


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