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Alliance to End Hunger Features Poem

11/9/2024

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At its November 7, 2024 Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, the Alliance to End Hunger featured the 1-minute video produced by Feed the Children which showcases a Poetry X Hunger poem, "Enough," by Canadian poet, Josephine LoRe.  

Thanks to the Alliance team of Eric Mitchell, Danielle Haddy, Minerva Delgado and Nate McGrath for this opportunity to share the power of poetry with so many leaders from the anti-hunger community. 

Here's a link to the video -- ​Feed the Children launches new PSA Sharing a Vision of Hope Inspiring Action through Poetry to Help End Childhood Hunger

And here's the Alliance's link -- ​Alliance to End Hunger - Working to End Hunger in America & Worldwide

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Radio Interview

9/26/2024

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September 24, 2024 -- Dr. Carolivia Herron, host of the Epic City Program on WOWD-94.3 FM, and Hiram Larew visited recently for 60 minutes about all things poetry, including Poetry X Hunger, mud, Voices of Woodlawn, windy hair and Ireland.  
Find the link to the program here -- Radio Interview (hiramlarewpoetry.com)
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Poetry X Hunger's Funds NYC Anti-Hunger Group

8/18/2024

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August 15, 2024 -- Poetry X Hunger proudly announced that it has awarded a grant to New York City's West Side Campaign Against Hunger (WSCAH; Home - West Side Campaign Against Hunger (wscah.org)).   WSCAH will use the grant to sponsor a poetry competition for young people, especially those who may have experienced food insecurity.  Winning poems will be showcased at WSCAH's ROCKS THE BLOCK annual block party and will be published on the Poetry X Hunger website. 

For more information about grants from Poetry X Hunger, visit -- Recipients and Donors - Poetry X Hunger

For more information on making donations to Poetry X Hunger, visit --Poetry X Hunger | Chesapeake Charities

To contact Poetry X Hunger, email [email protected]

Poetry X Hunger is a component fund of Chesapeake Charities, In, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization registered with the State of Maryland.  Donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.  Documents and information submitted to the State of Mayland under the Maryland Charitable Solicitation Act are available form the Office of the Secretary of State for the cost of copying and postage. 
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Poetry X Hunger Awards First Grant

8/6/2024

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​August 1, 2024 -- Poetry X Hunger proudly announces its first grant to a creative arts organization that is fighting hunger.
 
New Jersey’s East Coast Arts & Literature League (ECALL; ecallonline.org ) will use the support to hold a poetry competition with a hunger theme.  In addition to raising awareness about hunger issues, ECALL will use the competition to raise donations for the Community Food Bank of New Jersey.  Winning poems will be published on the Poetry X Hunger website.
 
In accepting the grant, ECALL President Tara Tomczyk described the importance of the grant: “All of us here at ECALL are thrilled to be working with Poetry X Hunger and Chesapeake Charities to host our first-ever poetry contest. As a very new nonprofit organization supporting artists in all fields, we’re excited to provide an opportunity for our members and all poets to make a difference fighting hunger while also making art. We’re grateful for the help, and can’t wait to read the poems!”
 
Founder of Poetry X Hunger, Hiram Larew is just as enthusiastic: “Our work with ECALL is another exciting example of poetry’s power to fight hunger.  Congratulations to ECALL on receiving this first Poetry X Hunger-funded grant.”  
 
For more information on the grant requesting process -- Recipients and Donors - Poetry X Hunger
 
For more information on making a donation to Poetry X Hunger -- Poetry X Hunger | Chesapeake Charities
 
To contact Poetry X Hunger, email [email protected]
 
Poetry X Hunger is a component fund of Chesapeake Charities, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization registered with the State of Maryland. Donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. Documents and information submitted to the State of Maryland under the Maryland Charitable Solicitations Act are available from the Office of the Secretary of State for the cost of copying and postage.

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Showcase in Outlook by the Bay

7/30/2024

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Here's a link to another article about Poetry X Hunger -- this one in the Summer 2024 issue of Outlook by the Bay magazine.  Thanks to Editor and Publisher Jason Whong and to Managing Editor Catherine White for this coverage.  

​Summer 2024 · OutLook by the Bay
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Featured on Henry Crawford's Substack

7/27/2024

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July 26, 2024 -- Widely respected poet Henry Crawford (pictured below) blogged about Poetry X Hunger on his Substack site.  Yes!  Thanks to him for helping to raise awareness about poetry that is fighting hunger.   Here's the link to his blog -- 
(7) Poetry of Hunger - by Henry Crawford - Everyday Poet (substack.com)

And, here's the link to Henry's poetry website -- ​Home (henrycrawfordpoetry.com)
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Poetry X Hunger and Food Justice

6/27/2024

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A panel of creatives met by Zoom on June 12, 2024 to discuss the future of the Arts in addressing food justice.  Lots of good ideas about a very timely topic!

Organized by Aly Maier Lokuta of The New Jersey Performing Arts Center, the panel was emceed by Triada Stampas of Fulfill and included Hiram Larew of Poetry X Hunger.  Other panelists were poet Elisabet Velaquez, Lindsay Erben of the Art Institute of Middlesex County (New Jersey, USA), and Carolina Moratti of Cooking Outside the Box.

Here's the 60-min recording of the Cultivating Advocacy: Leveraging the Arts for Food Justice panel discussion -- Cultivating Advocacy: Leveraging the Arts for Food Justice (youtube.com)
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Pendemics Journal's HUNGER Issue

6/15/2024

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Editor Emily Ferrara has published a pretty amazing Spring/Summer 2024 issue of Pendemics Journal from the Global Quarantine Museum.  All of the poems and art included in the issue are focused on fighting hunger.

Here's the link to the HUNGER issue -- https://online.fliphtml5.com/ppypf/orhr/

​Here's the link to the Journal -- Covid-19 | The Global Quarantine Museum (erferrara.wixsite.com)

And here's to The Creative Arts that work to prevent and end Hunger.  Yes!

Image is of Dr. Jayne Shatz's Empty Bowl.  
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Liminal Spaces Supports Poetry X Hunger

6/10/2024

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Wow.  A collection of poetry-infused art titled Liminal Spaces has been published by The Arts Lab of South County (Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA).  

This vibrantly presented, 89-page anthology includes poems by those who participated in the Lab's year-long Words on Thirds poetry workshop.  Poets collaborated with Lab-affiliated visual artists to co-create a wide range of expressive works -- all of which are showcased in the collection.  

Poet/Artist Nancy Murray directed the workshop and edited the collection. 

And to add to the excitement...A portion of the collection's sales will benefit Poetry X Hunger in the fight against hunger.  Yes!   

Here's the link to the collection including audio recordings of the poets reading their work --  LIMINAL SPACES| Arts Lab of South County (artslab-sc.org) 

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The 2024 Telly  Awards -- Yes!

5/26/2024

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The celebratory note below from Feed the Children's Chris Gard is exciting.  Josephine LoRe's Poetry X Hunger poem, "Enough" is included in a Public Service Announcement that is winning well-deserved recognition in the fight against hunger.  

Thanks to Feed the Children and to Josephine!
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I am thrilled to inform you that our beautiful PSA we created together has won 5 awards in this year's Telly Awards competition. Thank you again for this amazing collaboration and partnership.
 
GOLD WINNER: SOCIAL IMPACT — ONLINE COMMERCIALS
 
If Words Were Enough
 
SILVER WINNER: NOT-FOR-PROFIT — BRANDED CONTENT
SILVER WINNER: NOT-FOR-PROFIT — ONLINE COMMERCIALS
SILVER WINNER: FUNDRAISING & APPEALS — NON-BROADCAST
 
PEOPLE'S TELLY BRONZE WINNER: ONLINE COMMERCIALS — PEOPLE'S TELLY
 
The Telly Awards honor excellence in video and television across all screens. Founded in 1979 to honor local, regional and cable television commercials, with non-broadcast video and television programming added soon after, the award has evolved with the rise of digital video to include branded content, documentary, social media, immersive and more.  The Telly Awards today celebrates the best work in the video medium in an exciting new era of the moving image on and offline.
 
The Telly Awards annually showcases the best work created within television and across video, for all screens. Receiving over 12,000 entries globally from 6 continents and all 50 states, Telly Award winners represent work from some of the most respected advertising agencies, television stations, production companies and publishers from around the world. The Telly Awards recognizes work that has been created on behalf of a client, for a specific brand and/or company (including your own) or self-directed as a creative endeavor.
 
Chris Gard
Vice President of Marcom & Creative
Feed the Children ‑ United States
Direct: 405-945-4143
[email protected] | www.feedthechildren.org

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