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Bread for the World is:
Bread for the World is a collective Christian voice urging our nation’s decision makers to end hunger at home and abroad. By changing
policies, programs, and conditions that allow hunger and poverty to
persist, we provide help and opportunity far beyond the
communities in which we live.
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• Christians across the nation uniting their voices.
• A unified voice that creates lasting change for hungry people.
• An opportunity to use the gift of living in a democracy.
An Offering of Letters is:
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Biblical Basis
If you spend yourselves on behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.
- Isaiah 58:10
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2011: Outcomes
• Defended funding for domestic safety-net programs when one in five U.S. households struggles to get enough to eat.
• Protected funding for international aid programs that save lives and reduce poverty for the world’s neediest people.
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• Create a circle of protection around programs vital for hungry and poor people in the U.S. and abroad.
2012: The Goal
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Budget Realities
• Programs for low-income people did not cause the deficit.
• These programs stimulate local economies.
• We need to cut hunger, not hunger programs.
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Expanding the Circle of Protection:Overall Campaign
• Protect essential programs for low-income people, especially in difficult economic times.
• Raise congressional awareness about how helpful and effective these programs are.
• Create a strong national voice in support of programs for low-income people.
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Mini-Campaign
Nutrition Assistance
Create a circle of protection around funding for vital
domestic nutrition programs that meet the needs of
millions of American families.
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Mini-Campaign
Nutrition Assistance
• These programs work.• We need to support the
current benefit levels.• SNAP (formerly food
stamps) needs to be protected so it can continue to meet families’ needs.
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Mini-Campaign
Poverty-Focused Foreign Assistance
Create a circle of protection around funding for vital poverty-focused
foreign assistance programs that address the
root causes of poverty.
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Mini-Campaign
Poverty-Focused Foreign Assistance
• Protect funding for foreign
assistance.
• Support Feed the Future,
international development
• Maintain USAID’s staff
working capacity.
• Increase funding for 1,000
Days programs.
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Mini-Campaign
Tax Credits
Create a circle of protection around tax credits for low-
income families.
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Mini-Campaign
Tax Credits
• Pulls more children out of poverty than any other government program.
• Extend the current benefits for both EITC and CTC.
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Mini-Campaign
International Food Aid
Create a circle of protection around funding for
international food aid programs that serve as the greatest—and often only—
line of defense between millions of families and
hunger.
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Mini-Campaign
International Food Aid
• Protect funding for
international food aid
programs.
• Improve the nutritional
quality of food aid.
• Support local
agriculture.
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Key Components of a Letter
• Make it personal. What motivates you to write?
• Make it clear. “I want you to protect programs such as …”
• Include your return address on the letter and envelope.
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2012 Hunger Report and Study Guidewww.hungerreport.org
Hunger Report : Addresses root causes and solutions.
Christian Study Guide: Six small-group sessions.
• Become a Bread member.• Join or start a local Bread
Team.• Visit your member of
Congress.• Become a Bread Covenant
Church.
Get Involved!
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