So, I have decided to start using my blog again. I feel as though, this is one of the few ways that I can get all my thoughts off my chest and keep you all updated with what is going on in the world.
Kansas is back on the map!
Yesterday and today, Erin, Nate, Shawna, and I all had the opportunity to go to the Hunger Dialogue. This dialogue was sponsored by an organization called Numana. Shawna and I got our first exposure to Numana through a packaging event where we were able to help package 100,000 meals to send to kids in schools in Haiti. Now at this Hunger Dialogue, the four of us were representing K-State in order to discuss University initiatives to end World Hunger.
This event allowed us to make a ton of connections with not only other universities, but important players in solving hunger both domestically, and locally.
My Action Plan
1. Share my notes from the dialogue
2. Arrange meeting with key players at K-State
3. Work on a new curriculum that allows K-State students to engage in advocacy in social justice issues.
4. Numana Packaging event during Homecoming week.
5. Civic Leadership retreat at the end of Week of Welcome.
Awesome Quotes from Conference
A wise man doesn't have all the answers, but he surrounds himself with people that do
An empty sack can't stand
Hunger isn't the problem, it is the result of the problem (Poverty is the foundation that these problems stem from)
MLK never talked about the problems facing blacks, he talked about the Dream
Trying to change the world without any demonstrable proof of our success--Dr. Walter Wink
God's Call
For those of you that consider yourself children of God. He calls us to fight for those that are poor, oppressed, widowed, hurting. As Gary Haugen (IJM) said, we are the plan. There is no plan B. Proverbs 19:17- "If you help the poor, you are lending to the Lord—and he will repay you!"
With that, I commission you all to join me in the fight for justice.
Ariel
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