Comments on: Leave Your Politics Out Of Hunger http://www.dorieannmorgan.com/2009/04/30/leave-your-politics-out-of-hunger/ Navigating Twenty-Something Suburban Life Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:38:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sunanda http://www.dorieannmorgan.com/2009/04/30/leave-your-politics-out-of-hunger/comment-page-1/#comment-884 Sunanda Fri, 01 May 2009 21:29:36 +0000 http://www.dorieannmorgan.com/?p=290#comment-884 Well, Dorie, I was at the lecture also and we heard completely different things. What i heard was an incisive commentary on the history of hunger in America. Joel Berg used historical references to explain how government CAN step in and eradicate hunger just as in the past government stepped in and eradicated, for example, cholera. The lecture also explored the demographic face of hunger and societal implications. In contrast to the other two speakers that you enjoyed, Berg had a very different speaking style - he was a fascinating and very dynamic speaker. Perhaps you found his speaking style or opening comments off-putting and subsequently lost the import of his lecture? It is difficult to find places to hold these sorts of events. The event was held at United Christian Church because they have a food pantry there - the Emergency Relief Association. Well, Dorie, I was at the lecture also and we heard completely different things. What i heard was an incisive commentary on the history of hunger in America. Joel Berg used historical references to explain how government CAN step in and eradicate hunger just as in the past government stepped in and eradicated, for example, cholera. The lecture also explored the demographic face of hunger and societal implications. In contrast to the other two speakers that you enjoyed, Berg had a very different speaking style – he was a fascinating and very dynamic speaker. Perhaps you found his speaking style or opening comments off-putting and subsequently lost the import of his lecture?

It is difficult to find places to hold these sorts of events. The event was held at United Christian Church because they have a food pantry there – the Emergency Relief Association.

]]> By: eRobin http://www.dorieannmorgan.com/2009/04/30/leave-your-politics-out-of-hunger/comment-page-1/#comment-883 eRobin Fri, 01 May 2009 18:21:41 +0000 http://www.dorieannmorgan.com/?p=290#comment-883 Hi Dorie. Thanks for coming to the forum on 4/27. It's fairly impossible to leave politics out of the campaign to end hunger and food insecurity. Again, I recommend Joel's book, All You Can Eat: How Hungry is America, to you. It explains the battles that have been going on around anti-hunger programs for decades in America. It also shows how those programs worked - until they were derailed. It discusses Welfare Reform, which makes for a very interesting chapter, and it describes solutions for today. Hi Dorie. Thanks for coming to the forum on 4/27. It’s fairly impossible to leave politics out of the campaign to end hunger and food insecurity. Again, I recommend Joel’s book, All You Can Eat: How Hungry is America, to you. It explains the battles that have been going on around anti-hunger programs for decades in America. It also shows how those programs worked – until they were derailed. It discusses Welfare Reform, which makes for a very interesting chapter, and it describes solutions for today.

]]> By: Todd http://www.dorieannmorgan.com/2009/04/30/leave-your-politics-out-of-hunger/comment-page-1/#comment-882 Todd Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:19:25 +0000 http://www.dorieannmorgan.com/?p=290#comment-882 Well written Dorie. I appreciate how you interacted with this event. Seems very fair and very balanced. If nothing else, it gives me a good picture of the kinds of event we don't want to run. Or rather, maybe I should say, the kind of people we don't need at an event like this. Conservative or liberal or anywhere in between, i want to have conversations where we can have a good old fashion debate/conversation about what really is best (not just about why I am right and you are wrong). Anyways, glad you went... Well written Dorie. I appreciate how you interacted with this event. Seems very fair and very balanced. If nothing else, it gives me a good picture of the kinds of event we don’t want to run. Or rather, maybe I should say, the kind of people we don’t need at an event like this. Conservative or liberal or anywhere in between, i want to have conversations where we can have a good old fashion debate/conversation about what really is best (not just about why I am right and you are wrong). Anyways, glad you went…

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