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A mighty big thanks to poet, Heather Davis JSI (John Snow Inc.) for inviting the 2018 and 2019 World Food Day Poetry Competition winners, Aaron R. and Henry Crawford, respectively, to present their prized poems at JSI's World Food Day Gathering on Oct 18, 2019. JSI staff members also presented some hunger-focused poems! In the photo below from left to right: Heather Davis, Hiram Larew, Aaron R. and Henry Crawford. 
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See the action alert from No Kid Hungry/Share Our Strength for more information and guidance: https://bit.ly/36c77wG End Hunger UK hosted and facilitated a series of events around the Huger Week and on World Food Day, October 16th. One of the U.S. poets, Aaron R., the winner of the 2018 World Food Day Poetry competition, joined online to read his poem.
End Hunger UK has produced a 1 minute video to give everyone a flavor of the event. Find out more about the initiative here: https://www.endhungeruk.org/ Here's a power-poem about hunger by Matt Sowerby from Britain. His work has been showcased by End Hunger UK -- a very active anti-hunger group that, in cross-Atlantic links, will be showcasing Arlington, VA's AaronR's poetry. Thanks to Matt and to Annie Connolly at End Hunger UK for these connections.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVVsn0cRzyU Dear Friends,
The winners of the 2019 World Food Day Poetry Competition were announced earlier today -- World Food Day -- by the North American Liaison Office of the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization. Here's the link -- http://www.fao.org/north-america/news/detail/en/c/1238855/ Please feel free to share the announcement widely through your networks. And thanks to many, many fine poets who entered this year's Competition. All of the submitted poems were powerful and moving. I plan to feature many of them through the coming weeks and months on the Poetry X Hunger Facebook page and website. Hiram Larew Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has published a new annual report on the State of Food and Agriculture. This year, it is dedicated to the topic of food waste: http://www.fao.org/3/ca6030en/ca6030en.pdf
To mark the celebration of #WorldFoodDay, Dr. Hiram Larew wrote a blog post for the Association for International Agriculture and Rural Development (AIARD) featuring several poems published here, on the Poetry X Hunger Initiative website. The piece can be found here: http://www.aiard.org/aiardblog/poetry-speaks-to-hunger
The good folks at End Hunger UK have reached out to 2018 World Food Day Poetry Prize winner, Aaron R to use a video of his performance poem, "Hunger Pains," for their programs. We look forward to what may develop with this exciting cross-Atlantic connection!
https://www.endhungeruk.org/ We have a new interview with Ambassador Tony Hall. Please find it here: https://www.poetryxhunger.com/interviews.html
Three times nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, Ambassador Tony P. Hall is a leading advocate for hunger relief programs and improving human rights in the world. Ambassador Hall serves as Executive Director Emeritus of the Alliance to End Hunger. Kansas State University has an interest in promoting poetry about hunger -- in conjunction with World Food Day. Check out their call for poems about hunger:
https://www.k-state.edu/scicomm/images/ScienceCommunicationWeek-EventPoster_2019.pdf |
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