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The 2008 Indiana Bread conference is complete and was a great success with around 100 registrants! 

Some photos from the conference:

bullet Art Simon delivering keynote speech
bullet Congressional process panel (workshop)
bullet Africa plenary session
bullet Offering of Letters workshop

Information about future conferences will be added as it becomes available.  Details on our most recent conference are below:

“Advocacy to End Hunger in Our Time”

2008 Bread for the World – Indiana Conference

March 29, 2008

The 2008 Bread for the World - Indiana Conference brought together national and local anti-hunger leaders along with concerned Christians from across Indiana to learn about hunger and how to end it in our lifetimes.  We will soon post photos from this year's conference. 

Program

bullet Keynote by Rev Arthur Simon, Founder and President Emeritus, Bread for the World
bullet Plenary Session on Africa, led by Hoosiers with direct experience in Kenya, Congo and Nigeria
bullet Special Workshops including:
bulletAdvocacy with Congress – Why and How To Do It
bulletHow to Work with News Media. 
bulletDomestic Hunger
bullet"Offering of Letters" - How to Get your Church Involved
bulletInterdenominational Worship
bulletNetworking time - meet others with similar interests
bulletBook fair, including a book signing with Bread Founder Art Simon

Here's the 2008 full agenda.

Participants

People of faith who want to see hunger ended locally and globally: church members, pastors, food bank and community agency staff and volunteers, mission committee members, social justice advocates.

Location

North United Methodist Church, 3808 N. Meridian Street, Indianapolis, IN.  North Church has plenty of secure parking and is easy to get to.

Registration

Registration is closed as the conference has passed.  The single registration fee was $20 per person; the corporate registration fee (2 or more registrants from a single organization) was $15 per person; the student registration fee was $15 per person. The registration fee includes all materials, and lunch.  Download the registration form with map (PDF file) or Word DOC file.

Sponsor - Bread for the World

Bread for the World is a collective Christian voice urging our nation’s decision makers to end hunger at home and abroad.

Rev. Arthur Simon

Art Simon founded and led Bread for the World for nearly two decades. He is a Lutheran pastor and author of books including How Much Is Enough and Grace at the Table.

 

For more information contact Roger Howard: 
Roger@RogerHoward.com or
317-594-9355 (8a-8p, Mon-Sat)