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Indiana Bread and WFYI to host Rick Steves in Indianapolis December 1st

9/29/2019

 
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Rick Steves is a well-known travel writer, author, TV personality, and also a passionate advocate for the hungry. As part of their Listen Up speaker series, the Indiana Bread for the World team and WFYI are partnering to present an evening with Rick Steves. He will be discussing his recent travels focused on international hunger and poverty and the resulting documentary Rick Steves in Ethiopia and Guatemala: Hunger and Hope, to be aired first quarter of 2020.

Sunday, December 1
3:00 PM
VIP 2:00 PM
Clowes Memorial Hall on the Butler University Campus, Indianapolis

Standard Ticket: $19 or $30
  • Reserved seat at the conversation
VIP Ticket: $100
  • Up-front seating for the conversation
  • Meet & Greet with Rick Steves, including drinks and hors d'oeuvres before the show at 2:00 PM

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Senator Young at Noblesville Bread event

9/1/2019

 
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Over 300 Hoosiers from >40 cities and towns all over Indiana gathered to hear Senator Todd Young and other leaders talk about better addressing child hunger in Indiana.
 
Indiana ranks 42nd in infant mortality, 1 in 6 Hoosier children are food insecure, and food insecurity is rampant on college campuses. Action is clearly needed!
 
Event Speakers were:
- Dr. Wade Clapp, Chair of Pediatrics, IU School of Medicine, on nutrition & infant mortality
- Mr. Andrew Hartley, Superintendent, Plymouth Schools, on good nutrition & academic success
- Dr. Harriet Giles, Auburn Univ Hunger Solutions Institute on hunger on college campuses
- Sen. Todd Young on the reality of a Fair Shot for All Children related to hunger issues
- Dave Miner with a call to action
 
Thanks to all who attended!
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    Bread Indiana in the media
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    Eradicating hunger, food insecurity in Indiana requires bipartisan effort
    Indianapolis Star, Jul 19, 2021

    Holcomb's end to federal jobless aid just another way of saying the poor are lazy

    Indianapolis Star, Jun 25, 2021

    Closing Our City's Meal Gap is a Critical Need
    Inside Indiana Business, January 25, 2021

    Join Nationwide call to increase hunger relief
    Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, May 29, 2020

    Senator Braun should support maternal and child nutrition
    Indianapolis Star, Oct 31, 2019

    Senator Young speaks to Bread audience in Noblesville
    Hamilton County Reporter, Sep 1, 2019

    Global Fund's life-saving programs
    Indianapolis Star, Apr 4, 2019

    Sen. Young's Leadership on Yemen
    Indianapolis Star, Mar 21, 2019

    2018 Farm Bill newspaper ad 
    Indianapolis Star, September 17, 2018
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    Using innovation to combat Indy's widespread hunger
    Indianapolis Star, June 26, 2018
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    Hoosiers can do better in fight against hunger (PDF)
    Indianapolis Business Journal, May 4, 2018

    David Miner - one of United Way's 100 Heroes

    People should not be going to bed hungry
    Terre Haute Tribune-Star, February 26, 2018

    Hoosiers, Hunger Activists Call For No Cuts To SNAP
    WTIU (NPR - Bloomington), November 6, 2017

    Local man working to bring attention to proposed cuts to food stamp program
    WISH-TV - Indianapolis, September 22, 2017

    Catholics and other Christians advocate for support of worldwide hunger programs
    The Criterion, September 22, 2017

    Longtime Indianapolis hunger relief leader begins 16-day fast to show the impact of federal food cutbacks as Congress debates spending plans (PDF). September 2017