Bread for the World

Public Education: Bread for the World's 2018 Offering of Letters campaign was launched on February 12, 2018. The campaign equipped Bread members and the public to urge their members of Congress to provide adequate and increased funding for programs that are vital to people who are struggling with hunger and poverty. Sample letters and additional resources to support letter-writing events were available online at bread.org/ol.Bread for the World released, "In Times Like These: A Pan-African Christian Devotional for Public Policy Engagement," a devotional resource commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Poor People's Campaign and the martyrdom of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It features writings of prominent African American/Pan African leaders who are strategic church partners. This resource has been downloaded more than 900 times from Bread's website. It has been an anchor for our engagement with the Conference of National Black Churches, a network of Pan African Women ...

Public Policy: Bread for the World's work in recent years has been focused on the goal of helping to make hunger and poverty a higher U.S. priority - toward the long-term goal of ending hunger by 2030. Global Food Security ActBread for the World played a leadership role in winning unanimous passage of the Global Food Security Reauthorization Act (GFSA) in September with overwhelming bipartisan support. The bill authorizes U.S. efforts to strengthen global agriculture, food security, and nutrition for another five years. It will help improve the accountability, implementation, and effectiveness of anti-hunger and malnutrition programs in low- and middle-income countries. It will also help ensure continued U.S. leadership on global food security by building upon the progress already made through Feed the Future, which served nearly 11 million farmers and 23 million children in 2017. Bread for the World members were directly responsible for securing 59 (28 Republicans ...

Outreach and Advocacy: Bread for the World's 2018 Offering of Letters: For Such a Time as This focused on funding for programs that are vital to people who are struggling with hunger and poverty. Bread members asked Congress to provide adequate or increased funding for programs, such as WIC and international food aid in the Agriculture Appropriations bill and poverty-focused development assistance and global nutrition in the State and Foreign Operations Appropriations bill. 2018 Advocacy Summit and Lobby DayNearly 300 people participated in a two-day Advocacy Summit and Lobby Day in June. In 176 meetings, participants urged members of Congress to pass a Farm Bill that would strengthen food aid and SNAP programs, and to co-sponsor the Global Food Security Reauthorization Act. The event included an African American/Pan-African consultation for 50 leaders and a Latino Leaders Convening, which brought together 30 Latino pastors and advocates.Election workBread for the World's 2018 ...