Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Poverty and Hunger
Poverty and Hunger in CT and Beyond
This spring the Deacon's Council did a book study of Hand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America. This is book is a remarkable window into the issues of domestic poverty and hunger in America. The conversation at the Council meeting resulted in some excellent work by our deacon postulants about how we as the Episcopal Church in CT can more faithfully live into God's Mission and do something to address the issue of poverty on a local level. At our 2014 Annual Convention a resolution was passed to promote the practice of paying a living wage in our parishes. The deacon postulants have done some excellent work developing resources to help our parishes do just that.
Their paper and other resources around Domestic Poverty can be found on the ECCT website: https://www.episcopalct.org/resources/Concerns/Domestic-Poverty/
If you are interested in learning more about what you can do to help address issues of hunger and poverty here in CT, there are also some great resources through Feeding America.
http://www.feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-America/our-research/map-the-meal-gap/2013/CT_AllCounties_CDs_MMG_2013.pdf
This is a link to a report on Hunger in Connecticut based on data from the Connecticut Food Bank.
http://help.feedingamerica.org/HungerInAmerica/FB56_CT_EastHaven_report.pdf?s_src=W149REFER&s_referrer=donated_media&s_subsrc=http%3A%2F%2Fhelp.feedingamerica.org%2Fsite%2FPageServer%2F%3Fpagename%3DHIA_hunger_in_america&_ga=1.263919375.2091024846.1437347282
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