On June 1st, Oxfam America's GROW campaign officially launched. At the Boston headquarters, I saw a flutter of activity as we got together our GROW materials, brochures and information to be shipped nationwide in order to support our Action Corps volunteer's. However, if I thought I was busy packaging and sending the materials, it was only until I saw how much effort and work the volunteer's put into using them at their launch events! Over the last couple weeks, I've gotten the opportunity to see the pictures and hear the stories of how the Table For 9 Billion launch event went in over a dozen cities.
If you haven't had a chance to read up on the GROW campaign, it takes on the core challenge of fixing a broken food system and centers around the idea that every person deserves enough to eat. In a world that will host 9 billion people by 2050, we must create a new food system in order to feed them all. Even though our world produces enough food for everyone, one person in every seven will still go hungry. Oxfam America believes that hunger is about power, and with awareness and advocacy of Oxfam supporters, we can work towards a world where everyone has the power to feed themselves.
Around the nation, and the world, supporters of the GROW campaign set a Table for 9 billion at farmers markets, community events and town centers to highlight the new campaign and to ask for support from their community. Below we have chosen a few city blog posts which explain how their events went and their experiences with the Table for 9 billion.
If you would like to read more about the city specific events, look to the left side bar for links to all of the Oxfam Action Corps city blogs.
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