Bread for the World’s Day of Action: Next Wednesday, June 10

This is a busy month for Congress, including decisions on a number of issues that are important to people struggling with poverty.  From the July 4 holiday to the November elections,  most members of Congress will be focused on campaigning, so they are under pressure to finalize legislation this month.

Please consider participating in Bread for the World’s Day of Action, June 10.  Hundreds of Bread for the World members (including me) will be in Washington for Bread’s Advocacy Summit, including June 10 lobby visits on hunger issues. Bread is inviting people across the country to contact their members of Congress on the same day and same issues.  More than 800 people have already signed up for long-distance advocacy.

Bread for the World has prepared a menu of issues on which we could win change:   funding for SNAP and WIC, instructions to the Administration to maintain current statistics on US food security, and international assistance focused on hunger and health.  As participants in the Advocacy Summit visit different members of Congress, they will focus on those issues on which their members of Congress are best positioned to have influence. Collectively, these in-person visits and Day of Action communications will let Congress know that we want them to make hunger a priority.

If you are willing to contribute to this impressive effort, sign up for the Day of Action.   On June 10, you will receive an email action alert.  You will be asked to communicate with one or all of your members of Congress on the issue where we have the best chance of winning big change.  Sign up here.

Learn the Issues

To learn more about this year’s Day of Action and the issues advocates will be discussing with Congress, watch this preparation seminar from Bread for the World organizers. The session offers practical guidance on effective advocacy and provides an overview of the domestic and global hunger issues that will be the focus of the Advocacy Summit and coordinated outreach efforts taking place across the country.