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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170763762014-11-21T10:36:05.595-07:00Bread New Mexico BlogHave Faith. Seek Justice. End Hunger. BreadNM Bloghttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17076376.post-3970134345954292432014-11-21T08:14:00.000-07:002014-11-21T08:40:29.951-07:00Father Larry Snyder, David Beckmann Challenge You to #shareyourplate

Last December, Catholic Charities USA, Bread for the World, and others answered Pope Francis and Caritas Internationalis' call for a global wave of prayer to end hunger as part of the One Family #FoodForAll campaign.

Rev. Larry Snyder, president of Catholic Charities USA, created his own cooking video as a way to build on the #FoodForAll campaign. He then sent out a challenge to others to do the same before November 27 - including a special invitation to Rev. David Beckmann, president of Bread for the World, to participate in the #ShareYourPlate challenge. With the help of the help of two young anti-hunger activists, Elizabeth Quill and Margaret Hudak, prepared this video.

Rev. Beckmann then challenged travel writer Rick Steves, community food systems expert Sharon Thornberry, and Bread for the members and anti-hunger activists around the country to create a cooking video or post a photo at #ShareYourPlate via their Twitter or Facebook page and  tag @bread4theworld,

Participants are urged to share a virtual meal and help bring awareness to the problem of hunger.
 By sharing a cooking video, the #ShareYourPlate campaign reminds us that food is something we all share. Read More in Bread Blog

Folllow the challengers on Twitter: @DavidBeckmann

@Fr_Larry_Snyder Father Larry Snyder, Catholic Charities, converses with Bread board member  John Carr

@RickSteves Travel writer/TV host Rick Steves chats with Bread board chair Sandra Joireman

@OFB_SharonT Community food activist and Bread board member Sharon Thornberry (center) consults with Bread western region organizers Matt Newell-Ching and Robin Stephenson

BreadNM Bloghttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17076376.post-64283880912586927092014-11-19T08:01:00.000-07:002014-11-21T09:01:14.999-07:00More Opportunties to Shop for Fair Trade, Just and Sustainable Gifts

 A few day ago we told you about two opportunities to purchase local, sustainable and fairly traded gifts via events hosted by TenderLove Community and the Immaculate Conception Church Justice and Life Ministry. I would now like to share a couple more additional opportunities. One is a general guide from Sojourners: Faith and Action for Social Justice, and the other is an Alternative Christmas Fair hosted by St. Andrew Presbyterian Church in Albuquerque.

 Sojourners Just Giving Guide
"Do you love nothing more than the taste of fair trade coffee? Do you enjoy the thrill of finding unique gifts that help make a difference in the world? The Sojourners Just Giving Guide offers an opportunity to acquire a broad array of gifts, cards and services.

The featured organizations are Bought Beautifully, Bread for the World, Cat Lovers against the Bomb, Church Health Center, Coexist, Covenant House, Equal Exchange, Freedom from Hunger, From War to Peace, Heifer International, Image Journal, International Justice Mission, Koinonia Farm, Limited Edition Hatch Bible, Love 41, Maryknoll Sisters, Plant with a Purpose, Sojourners Magazine, Sojourners, The Kitchen Book, William Greenbaum Fine Prints, World Vision, Yeshu: A Novel for the Open-Hearted.

 Alternative Christmas Fair, St. Andrew Presbyterian Church

On Sunday, November 23, St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, 5301 Ponderosa Ave NE, Albuquerque (map), will host its Alternative Christmas Fair. Through this event, which begins at 11:00 a.m., the church helps with the sustainability of people and hunger issues in third world countries and local communities through the following participants:

Angel Tree: helps provide parent - child bonding even when the parent is in prison. -

East Central Ministries: provides community programs, youth programs, and neighborhood micro businesses.

Gamma Phi Beta: makes jalapeño jelly and uses the proceeds for scholarships, or to help organiza- tions like the Roadrunner Food Bank. We couldn't have an Alternative Christmas Fair without Shirley Wafford's jalapeno jelly.

The Heifer Project: works in the areas of livestock and agriculture. In areas where hunger and despair once prevailed, Heifer programs have reinvigorated commu- nities through livestock, training and Passing on the Gift.

Just Coffee: Café Justo is a coffee grower cooperative based in Salvador Urbina, Chiapas, Mexico. We market a pure, organic coffee which is grown, harvested and mar- keted in the spirit of justice. Our goal is to provide incentives for people to remain on their family lands.

Greater Habitat for Humanity: builds simple, decent, af- fordable homes for area deserving families. There will be a table of do- nated items for sell benefiting this organization.

BreadNM Bloghttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17076376.post-51750972919718158352014-11-18T08:10:00.001-07:002014-11-18T08:10:58.577-07:00A Belated Good-Bye to Ten Thousand Villages in Santa Fe

Why couldn't they make it in Santa Fe, where the International Folk Art Market has drawn thousands of visitors looking to buy similar types of items, with a similar philosophy behind it of helping create a market for craftsmen and women around the world? Building rent that is too high and parking that is too scarce... -article in The Albuquerque Journal, June 20, 2014

Wait. How did I mis it? It's been almost half a year since the Ten Thousand Villages store in Albuquerque shut its doors. But I wasn't paying attention. Now that I'm look to promote purchases of fair-trade and local products during the holidays, this option is now gone, a victim of the high cost of doing business in the heart of Santa Fe.

Karen and I visited Ten Thousand Villages in the summer of 2013, bought a few presents and a couple of packs of fair trade coffee. We had a nice chat with store manager Trish Padilla about Level Ground coffee, and why the store had chosen that brand over other popular fair-trade brands like Equal Exchange. There was also some conversation about an exciting schedule of events that the store had planned to bring in customers to the store over the ensuing months. It was so exciting to have a Ten Thousand Villages operating in our state, especially after the decision of Peacecraft to cease operations in Albuquerque after nearly a quarter of a century. The decision to shut down was made at corporate headquarters, since the Santa Fe site was owned by Ten Thousand Villages and was not a franchise or contract store (which is the case with most other locations). I have to confess that after that one visit to Ten Thousand Villages in 2013, I never did make it back to Santa Fe to shop at the fair trade store.

Stores in Colorado & Texas
With no fair-trade store in New Mexico, the next best option is to shop online or attend local craft stores that benefit organizations in our communities. So where is the closet fair-trade store? There are five options in Colorado, including Ten Thousand Villages stores in Fort Collins and Denver, Momentum in Boulder, Glenwood Mennonite Church in Glenwood . Good Shepherd United Methodist Church and Beth-el Mennonite Church in Colorado Springs holds seasonal sales of products from Ten Thousand Villages. Arizona has no actual stores, but two churches--St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church in Tucson and Koinonia Mennonite Church in Chandler--sponsor holiday sales featuring fair-trade products from Ten Thousand Villages. In Texas, there are Ten Thousand Villages stores in San Antonio, Austin, Fort Worth and Houston, as well as several churches in the state that sell fair-trade products.BreadNM Bloghttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17076376.post-60612465597568141182014-11-17T07:57:00.000-07:002014-11-17T08:07:30.990-07:00Author of Diet for a Hot Planet featured in Conference Call Tomorrow (November 18)
While you may not think "global warming" when you sit down to dinner, our tangled web of global food—from Pop-Tarts packaged in Tennessee and eaten in Texas to pork chops raised in Poland, with feed from Brazil, then shipped to South Korea—is connected to as much as one third of total greenhouse-gas emissions. Livestock alone is associated with more emissions than all of the world's transportation combined. Move over, Hummer. Say hello to the hamburger. -Small Planet Institute on Anna Lappe's Diet for a Hot Planet

Interfaith Power & Light invites you to a conference call tomorrow, November 18, featuring author Anna Lappé. Just as her mother, Frances Moore Lappé's book, Diet for a Small Planet, was influential in launching the sustainable food movement, Anna's latest book, Diet for a Hot Plant: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork and What You Can Do About It, is contributing to the climate change movement by highlighting how our current food system is driving climate change.

Anna is a regular guest on nationally syndicated radio shows, such as NPR's Weekend Edition, The Diane Rehm Show, and WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show. Anna's work has been featured in The New York Times, Gourmet, O: The Oprah Magazine, Domino, Food & Wine, Body + Soul, Natural Health, and Vibe, among many other publications.

The conference call will take place at 10am Pacific, 11am Mountain, Noon Centra,1pm Eastern. To join call (712) 432-0080 and use code 804115#.BreadNM Bloghttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17076376.post-74128650518659577052014-11-17T07:19:00.002-07:002014-11-20T08:33:36.910-07:00Homeless Meals and Services in Albuquerque for Thanksgiving Week

November 22 (Saturday)
[First Nations Community HealthSource's Thanksgiving Dinner for the Homeless cancelled]

November 24 (Monday)

6:00-7:00 pm – Pre-Thanksgiving meal at Joy Junction

 November 25 (Tuesday)

 9:00 to 11:00 am -- Noon Day Ministries is open (showers, laundry and breakfast, no lunch)

11:00 am to 2:00 pm – Albuquerque Rescue Mission's Thanksgiving meal (no breakfast or dinner that day)

November 26 (Wednesday)

9:00 to 11:00 am -- Noon Day is open (showers, laundry and breakfast, no lunch)

Albuquerque. Healthcare for the Homeless (HCH) will be open ALL DAY this Wednesday (8:00 am to 4:00 pm)

11:00 am to 2:00 pm – Joy Junction's Thanksgiving meal at the Convention Center downtown (you can get free tickets at various shelters for reserved meal times, but no one will be turned away)

Thanksgiving Day (Thursday)

There will be a circle of remembrance, a sunrise gathering in honor of Native peoples (6:53 am sunrise) in the parking lot of the Albuquerque Center for Peace & Justice (Harvard & Silver SE)

Healthcare for the Homeless and Noon Day are closed

8:30 to 9:30 am – Thanksgiving brunch at Good Shepherd (only meal that day at Good Shepherd)

7:00 to 11:00 am – holiday meal at St. Martin's Hospitality Center

11:00 am to 2:00 pm – Thanksgiving meal at La Mesa Presbyterian Church, 7401 Copper NE (north of Central, east of Louisiana)

11:00 am to 2:00 pm –Thanksgiving meal at Salvation Army Temple, 501 Broadway SE (& Lead)

2:00 to 4:00 pm – Thanksgiving dinner at Joy Junction, 5:00 to 6:00 pm – Thanksgiving dinner at Project Share, 1515 Yale SE (south of Kathryn)

5:00 to 6:00 pm – regular dinner at Albuquerque Rescue Mission (no breakfast that day, but opens at 1:30 pm)

November 28 (Friday)

 Homeless services: Noon Day is closed; St. Martin's is open 7:00 am to 2:00 pm (regular meal at St. Martin's); and Healthcare for the Homeless (8:00 am to 4:00 pm); regular hours at other sites

**Noon Day Ministries will be moving soon to its new location at 2400 Second St., NW. The new name will be The Rock at Noon Day. All Thanksgiving week events will be at their current location, 101 Broadway NE.BreadNM Bloghttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17076376.post-49677606595180092062014-11-16T08:57:00.000-07:002014-11-16T16:12:09.399-07:00The Useful Brown Paper Bag"Grocery bags must always have a lengthy baguette or a stalk of celery springing from the top to let us -- the uneducated viewer -- know that this is, in fact, a grocery bag." Forbes (from "Things that Only Happen in Hollywood Movies")

Photo: Roadrunner Food Bank

There was a brown paper grocery bag inserted in between the Metro and the Sports sections of The Albuquerque Journal on Saturday morning. This was a gentle reminder that that our friendly letter carriers would be holding their annual Thanksgiving food drive on Saturday, November 22. The food drive sponsored by the National Association of Letter Carriers and the Rural Letter Carriers Association has traditionally served as an opportunity for folks in Albuquerque and elsewhere to donate non-perishable food items during the holidays.

The bag itself can serve as a vessel to fill with non-perishable food items and kid-friendly foods to be left by the mail box on November 22, taken to a local post office or to Smith's grocery stores (one of the sponsors of the holiday food drive). The bag also has an important request: Please do not donate homemade items.

The surface of the bag was also chock full of information about the broader holiday food drive sponsored by Roadrunner Food Bank and a dozen or so local businesses. This includes opportunities to help sort the food collected by our friendly letter carriers (or dropped off at the post office) either at a post office or at Roadrunner Food Bank on Sunday, November 23. Click here to register for available volunteer opportunities.

Another prominent feature in the paper bag was a box with digital opportunities to contribute financially, with the message, "Your $1 gift allows us to distribute 5 meals." There are opportunities to give online, to donate via Text message (Text RRFB to 2022 to generate a $10 donation). As an alternative, there is digital bar code allowing the public to donate to Roadrunner Food Bank via QR code. These scan codes are increasingly becoming a fact of life. (On a recent flight, many passengers presented a bar code on their cell phone to board the airplane!).

So what other information was on the paper bag? There are opportunities to:

Donate Holiday Turkeys and hams (accepted at Roadrunner Food Bank, M-F, 8:00 am-4:00 pm).

Organize an online food drive with co-workers, family and friends

Learn about hunger in New Mexico (with information from Feeding America)

The flip side of a bag has a handy timeline of Holiday Food & Fund Drive Dates. November 22 is an important date for the holiday drive. In addition to the letter carriers drive, ABQ Uptown will hold its own food drive among its shoppers. And one TV station (KOB TV) and two radio stations (92.3 NASH FM and 93.3 KOB FM) will host Roadrunner Food Bank's Live Broadcast at 5:00 p.m.). And looking ahead beyond the holidays, there is Souper Bowl 2015 on Saturday, January 24 (advance tickets available).

Isn't it amazing how much good information a brown paper bag can hold? That's an important reason why The Albuquerque Journal and food drive sponsors used paper instead of plastic to convey information about the Holiday Food Drive. And even though a thin plastic surface is not a useful tool to convey information, you can fill two or three bags with non-perishable food items. (Many communities around the country are banning plastic bags for environmental reasons, but that is a theme for another time). BreadNM Bloghttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17076376.post-83592203483809918872014-11-15T08:34:00.004-07:002014-11-16T07:27:52.770-07:00Gift Givers Anonymous Needs Your Help to Wrap 1,200 Donated Items

Gift Wrapping Party in 2013

Gift Givers Anonymous (GGA) has collected 1,200 gifts for families in need in Albuquerque, and needs your help to wrap these presents. These are "gently used" items that have been donated of acquired throughout the past year.

 "We take those gifts and turn them into "new" gifts that can be gifted to people throughout the ABQ community," said the organizers. "On one special weekend in December, we all go out into the community and give gifts away to people!!

"The focus of the project is on community collaboration and on spreading joy throughout the ABQ community," said GGA organizers. "It is about gifting others, total strangers, just to spread joy and kindness."

So here's how you can help. GGA has organized four gift-wrapping parties in November and December. There are three parties remaining, including this evening.

Saturday, Nov 15
Sundowner Apartments (6101 Central Ave NE) 4:00 PM- 7:00 PM
Saturday, Nov 29
Montgomery Church of Christ (7201 Montgomery Blvd NE) Noon–4:00 PM
Saturday, Dec 6
Messiah Lutheran Church (11515 Lomas Blvd NE) Noon–4:00 PM

For more information, please contact Kalei, email@example.com, (505) 504-5222
Check out Gift Givers Anonymous on Facebook BreadNM Bloghttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17076376.post-82584568507903700702014-11-14T07:29:00.001-07:002014-11-14T09:58:18.320-07:00Shopping at Apron Day and the Christmas Just Market

On the day after Halloween, many retail outlets bring out their Christmas displays, planting in your subconscious the idea that the shopping season is here. But you have a choice When you acquire gifts for loved ones for Christmas, you don't have to buy your presents at the big box outlet or at the shopping mall. In Albuquerque, there are two opportunities to buy handcrafted and/or fair trade items.

The TenderLove Community Center's Apron Day (tomorrow, November 15th) offers aprons and arts and crafts created through the center's program for homeless women.[TenderLove Community Center is a 501(c)(3) organization that offers a 12-month training program for homeless and near homeless that teaches them sewing and assists them in obtaining employment within 3 months of graduation. "Our goal is to help them break the cycle of homelessness and empower them for a better future."]

On Sunday, December 7, the Immaculate Conception Church Justice and Life Ministry will hold its Christmas Just Market, offering local and fair trade crafts, nativities, olive oil, coffee, chocolate and much more. The images below provide more details about the two events, including location and time.

BreadNM Bloghttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17076376.post-65911186723320805482014-11-12T08:06:00.001-07:002014-11-12T08:06:07.796-07:00Derick Dailey: We Must Pray and Act, and Pursue Food Justice Locally

Derick Dailey, my good friend and colleague on the Bread for the World board of directors, penned a great piece the Fall issue of Reflections, a magazine of theological and ethical inquiry. The magazine is published quarterly by the Yale School of Divinity.

Derick, a graduate of the Yale School of Divinity and currently a student at the Hostra School of Law, wrote an article for this issue entitled "Divine Possibility: Ending Hunger by 2030."

The theme of the Fall 2014 issue is At Risk: Our Food, Our Water, Ourselves. There are many great articles, including a piece by Sara Miles entitled Give Us Bread. The other authors are not familiar to me, but the topics are very interesting: The Feeding of the 12 billion,Toward a Divine Diet, Ancient Voices Speak to an Ecological Future and much more.

Here are a couple of excerpts from Derick's piece:

What can people of faith do? Ending hunger will not happen without a move of God. For the Old Testament prophets, food was, in effect, a basic human right. They remind us to seek justice for everyone, especially the orphan and the widow, so that everyone has enough to eat. There is no shortage of biblical support for food justice and God's continued grace. So we must pray and act. Pursue food justice locally. Urge policymakers to embrace poverty-reduction strategies. Leverage your voices and your votes.

Another sign of hope: Social justice is a larger priority for faith institutions and theological education. Congregations are embracing strands of political theology to fight poverty and hunger. Involvement looks different for each community. Some groups run local soup kitchens and food giveaways. Others ask Congress to support strong poverty-reduction policies. Others directly invest in building schools and libraries in underdeveloped countries. Another trend is the collective mobilization of their church, typically the national body, to divest from companies that do not support their vision of justice. Thanks to progressive theological education, new generations of faith leaders are demanding that social justice be central to a prophetic gospel in ecclesial bodies, businesses, and global corporations. Read full articleBreadNM Bloghttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17076376.post-73785360177550439932014-11-10T06:31:00.003-07:002014-11-10T06:31:38.376-07:00An Encounter at the Airport with Missionaries of Charity on Dorothy Day's Birthday

"The mystery of the poor is this: that they are Jesus, and what you do for them you do to him."

As I was waiting to board an airplane in Albuquerque on Saturday, November 8, I spotted four nuns wearing habits that looked very familiar. After a moment of thought, I realized where I had seen these habits with the distinctive blue stripes across across the front of their hood. Pictures of Mother Teresa. These sisters were members of the Missionaries of Charity. I chatted briefly with a couple of the sisters, and they told me they had spent a few weeks in Gallup serving a poor community and were on their way back to St. Louis, which happens to the site of the order's Mother House in the U.S.

Perhaps it was a coincidence (and a happy one) that the encounter occurred on Dorothy Day's birthday. No two (fairly) contemporary women are more identified with the poor than Mother Teresa and Dorothy Day. Mother Teresa is the ultimate symbol of charity with her work in Calcutta. Dorothy Day is the founder of the Catholic Worker movement. Catholic Worker houses around the country provide shelter and food--but they are also ultimately about promoting justice. And the common thread is that both were women of deep faith and prayer. Both Mother Teresa and Dorothy Day are modern day saints (regardless of whether the authorities that make sainthood decisions think so).

So, two days after Dorothy Day's birthday, I would like to share some great resources, courtesy of Father James Martin, S.J.

More about the Servant of God from Robert Ellsberg:

A brief video about her life:
 And an album of photos, courtesy of Jim Forest
BreadNM Bloghttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17076376.post-43593020749742319532014-11-09T05:25:00.000-07:002014-11-09T05:25:13.244-07:00A Daily Blessing (from the Book of Numbers)

From Numbers 6:24-26
To be under the almighty protection of God our Saviour; to enjoy his favour as the smile of a loving Father, or as the cheering beams of the sun; while he mercifully forgives our sins, supplies our wants, consoles the heart, and prepares us by his grace for eternal glory; these things form the substance of this blessing, and the sum total of all blessings. from Matthew Henry's CommentaryBreadNM Bloghttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17076376.post-24818538427840216972014-11-08T08:48:00.000-07:002014-11-09T07:04:48.864-07:00Will Fighting Hunger and Poverty be a Priority During Gov. Susana Martinez's Second Term?

"In the fall of 2003, I stood on a stage very similar to this one at another hotel in Albuquerque. The occasion was then-Governor Richardson's Hunger Summit, a gathering attended by about 300 people. That summit, by the way, was precipitated by USDA statistics that found New Mexico ranked number one in the U.S. in food insecurity.

The story I told then is the same one I'll tell today. We must shift our attention from only addressing the symptoms, namely hunger and food insecurity, and stop ignoring the disease, namely poverty." -Mark Winne (excerpts from keynote speech at End Hunger Conference, July 2014)

The other day I received an envelope containing a shiny, glossy brochure with a long list of Issues and Challenges addressed during the End Hunger in New Mexico Summit 2014. The brochure also contained a list of Action Areas discussed at the summit, as well as a long list of highlights. On the same week, while cleaning out some files in our office/computer room I happened to have come across a report entitled The State of Hunger in New Mexico, dated October 16-17, 2003. Mark Winne, a keynote speaker at the End Hunger in New Mexico event in 2014, was also a major participant in the 2003 summit. He offered a comparison of the two summits and pointed out some areas of progress, but also indicating that we really haven't done a lot to solve this ongoing problem that has prevailed during the administrations of Democratic Gov. Bill Richardson and Republican Gov. Susana Martinez.

What role will Human Services Department play?

Martinez was reelected by a broad margin in November 2014, and we hope that she will take the problem more seriously during her second term. Eliminating hunger and poverty in our state did not appear to be a top priority for her in her first term. In fact, the very opposite was true. She hired a secretary of health and human services who said there was "no evidence of significant hunger in New Mexico." That secretary, Sidonie Squier, recently submitted her resignation.

Martinez has an opportunity to rectify this mistaken by appointing an individual to the post who truly recognizes that there are structural problems that perpetuate hunger in New Mexico. That individual must take a broad view of the problem, recognizing that hunger not only affects children and seniors, but also working families, rural communities, Indian reservations and border communities. I wrote about taking this comprehensive view following the July 2014 summit.

An important step would be for the Human Services Department (HSD) to participate in any statewide anti-hunger efforts. The agencies most involved with the anti-hunger summit in July 2014 were the North Central New Mexico Economic Development District and the Non-Metro Area Agency on Aging. Where was HSD? The organizers of the July summit spoke of holding a follow-up summit, perhaps in the summer of 2015. Will the new head of HSD be a major participant?

And while we're looking to develop long-term solutions to hunger in New Mexico, our state should continue to support and strengthen our safety net. Near the end of Martinez's first term, HSD proposed quite the opposite: a change in the work requirement to limit food stamps available to adults by expanding mandatory job search requirements to include households with children and work requirements for all childless adults.

The New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty and the Southwest Organizing Project filed a lawsuit, claiming that the agency did not follow proper procedures in adopting new work-related requirements. In response to the lawsuit, a state district judge put a temporary halt to the new requirements, which prompted the HSD to announce that it would redo the plan for imposing work requirements. An HSD spokesperson said the change was an attempt to bring "increased transparency and accountability" to the process.

While the effort to bring stakeholders into the process is important because there will now be public debate, the administration is still intent on imposing the work rules. We hope that beyond bringing more "transparency" into its directives, the administration makes a serious attempt to address hunger and poverty in our state. Martinez needs to put her muscle behind a plan that brings in all the relevant agencies. A good first step is to ensure that HSD is part of the solution and not an obstacle.

From brochure from July 2014 conference

Table of Contents from report following 2003 summit

BreadNM Bloghttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17076376.post-8858718581396258212014-11-07T07:30:00.001-07:002014-11-07T07:30:39.105-07:00Bread Rising in New Mexico: Commit to Pray, Act, Give"Ending hunger has not been a priority for our nation since President Johnson's time. It's way past time for our nation to get serious about ending hunger. We can't do what God is calling us to do alone. We need your help.We need the Spirit to convince Bread for the World members and friends to increase their commitments. Consider the Pray, Act, Give one-pager inside your program brochure. Our goal is to have 100,000 people committed to pray on a daily basis about ending hunger. The next step is to Act. In order to make ending hunger, we need ramp up our advocacy efforts...Our goal is to make Bread representation in every congressional district. T..In order to ramp up our efforts, we need money...No gift is too small, for every dollar we raise, it works out to be $150 in leverage for congressional legislation that helps poor and hungry people. I ask you to prayerfully consider what you will do to help Bread for the World meet our goals... -Joanne Nazarian, Western Region, Donor Relations, Bread for the World

BFTW Joanne Nazarian from Larry Buelow on Vimeo.

BreadNM Bloghttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17076376.post-79838342523388015102014-11-05T06:52:00.001-07:002014-11-05T06:52:04.362-07:00Feeding America Report: More than 46 Million People in Our Country Rely on Food Pantries, Meal ProgramsOne in seven Americans, more than 46 million people, including 12 million children, rely on food pantries and meal service programs to feed themselves and their families, according to a new study released in August by Feeding America, the nation's largest provider of charitable food assistance to low-income Americans. The video below offers a summary of the report. Here is the Executive Summary See the Full Report

BreadNM Bloghttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17076376.post-70467923223043856402014-11-04T07:09:00.000-07:002014-11-04T07:27:45.465-07:00'Classroom Crusader' Keeps First Graders from Going Hungry
As a first-grade teacher in the Albuquerque public schools, where he's been working for 21 years now, Callahan has seen too many children coming to school hungry. When he first started working, Callahan says, he had no idea that so many kids and families were suffering to the degree of being homeless or unable to feed their children dinner each night. from an article in The Huffington Post

I was going to put together a blog post to simply celebrate Marvin Callahan, a teacher at Comanche Elementary School in Albuquerque, who has been recognized for his efforts to address hunger in the classroom. The Huffington Post wrote a great article in September about his efforts to ensure that his first graders and their families would have enough to eat on weekends. He recently appeared on the Meredith Vieira's Classroom Crusaders (see video below).

I want to take that a step further and talk about how the social safety net in a country as wealthy as ours is full of holes. But first, let me recognize the creative and dedicated Comanche Elementary School teacher. According to The Huffington Post, Callahan learned that many of the students at the school lived in households where the family did not have enough to eat on the weekends. Even though the school is located near Comanche and Pennsylvania--not necessarily one of the poorest areas of town--statistics who that over 60 percent of students qualify for the federal free or reduced-priced lunch program.

Two years ago, Callahan, with the help of school counselor Karin Medina and other community members, started a backpack program (using their own funds) to send kids home with food on Friday afternoon. The backpack had enough food for families to prepare two breakfasts, two lunches and two dinners.

"Callahan does everything he can to provide for his students, at least during school hours," said the article in The Huffington Post, posted on Sept. 24. "Every morning, he begins the day by asking the 18 students in his first-grade class if they've eaten breakfast that morning, and if they haven't, he sends them to the cafeteria for a meal or gives them a snack from his supply closet--paid for out of his own pocket."

Holes in the Safety Net
Now, to the problem with the inadequate safety net. The situation at Comanche Elementary School is a microcosm of what is happening in our country. "One in seven Americans, more than 46 million people, including 12 million children, rely on food pantries and meal service programs to feed themselves and their families", according to a study that Feeding America released in August. Some 200 food banks are affiliated with Feeding America, including Roadrunner Food Bank in Albuquerque.

"Together, charitable food assistance and federal nutrition assistance programs weave a nutritional safety net for households in need; however, despite participation in one or both of these modes of assistance, many Feeding America client households continue to struggle with food insecurity, which can lead to difficult choices, including spending tradeoffs and coping strategies," said the report. Here is the Executive Summary See the Full Report

There is no excuse for families to go hungry in a country as wealthy as ours. We need to strengthen the social safety net and fully fund programs that allow families to have access to nutritious food. There is no reason why Marvin Callahan would have to step in. And yet, in the absence of a national commitment to end hunger, we give thanks to God for the Marvin Callahans of the world.

KOAT linkBreadNM Bloghttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17076376.post-83189735906272517722014-11-03T07:22:00.002-07:002014-11-03T15:09:08.539-07:00Bread Rising in New Mexico: Act, Give, End Hunger by 2030Our Bread Rising in New Mexico celebration on October 25 included reflections from four local Bread for the World members on three actions related to the Bread Rising campaign: Pray, Act and Give, as well as the theme of looking forward and working to end hunger by 2030. We posted the text of the reflection Pray earlier. Below are videos and excerpts from the reflections by Else Tasseron from St. Paul Lutheran Church (Act), John and Violet Foley from Mesa View United Methodist Church (Give), and Erik Medina from First Congregational Church (End Hunger by 2030). Videos courtesy of Larry Buelow.

Act
Matthew 25:34-40
Else relates a touching story about growing up as a child in The Netherlands, which was occuppied by the Nazis in World War II. Then she tells us why faith and action against hunger are related.

I firmly believe that God created a world where nobody needs to be hungry, let alone die of hunger We need to confront this injustice...When God says "let the children come to me," how can we say No?When God says "feed the hungry," how can we say No? When God says "clothe the naked," how can we say No? When God says "love the outcast," how can we say no? No action is small. A pair of rubber gloves is not small when it prevents an infection...
BFTW Else Tasseron from Larry Buelow on Vimeo.

Give
Luke 9:12-17 and Mark 12:28-31

"God and my neighbor are connected. That really changes everything for us as we seek to worship God and our neighbor. Our worship of God depends also on giving and serving our fellow human beings... Giving is worship. It's impoosible to worship God on our knees and not rise to give to our neighbor. When we reach for the purse, our billfold, our checkbook, we worship God. When we give of ourselves, of our resources, we worship our God."

BFTW Foley from Larry Buelow on Vimeo.

 End Hunger by 2030
Psalm 145

Erik tells us how his experiences as a Presbyterian camp counselor influenced his involvement in Bread for the World.
After reading David Beckmann's book Exodus from Hunger, I have become increasingly convinced that we all have the power to help end hunger.

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BreadNM Bloghttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17076376.post-37131583158538467822014-11-02T08:11:00.006-07:002014-11-02T08:11:57.654-07:00Bread Rising in New Mexico: PrayOur Bread Rising in New Mexico celebration on October 25 included reflections from four local Bread for the World members on three actions related to the Bread Rising campaign: Pray, Act and Give, as well as the theme of looking forward and working to End Hunger in the U.S. by 2030. Since we do not have a video on the reflection on Pray, in Part 1, we will reprint the reflection by Rev. Anne Morawski, Lutheran Campus Pastor at the University of New Mexico and Central New Mexico. For part 2, we pulled some excerpts to go with videos, which we will publish in a separate post that will follow this one.

Pray
Isaiah 55:6-11
I'm grateful to Bread for the World for teaching me to be a citizen advocate, working to change the things that contribute to hunger and poverty in our nation and world. I've said many times that the most radical thing that Bread ever did was to teach church ladies how to write letters to Congress – on hunger and poverty and many other issues facing our nation. Those letters have never stopped. I'm glad I too have been one of those persistent women who pestered Congress with letters.

Our theme for this Anniversary is "Pray, Act, and Give." There is a close connection between all three. Without prayer, our actions can be misguided, or we become discouraged and fail to act. How can we give if we do not also pray that our gifts will make a difference and support the work we do together? Prayer has sustained the movement among people of faith to end hunger for decades. Our many legislative successes have always been undergirded with prayer. While some of us may have more time or money that we can give, or even a greater ability to act or encourage others to take action, all of us can pray. We pray for the earth, and for people in need. We pray for leaders and decision-makers whose actions affect the needs of others in so many ways.

The reading from Isaiah calls us to prayer. "Seek the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near." There is the call to repentance for those who have become comfortable in the land of exile. God's mercy is abundant – even for those in every generation who live well at the expense of others – even for those of us who benefit most from the systems that keep others in place – even for us who have enough in a world where so many go hungry. Let us return to the Lord who will have mercy, and to God who will abundantly pardon.
This part of Isaiah addresses the children of the exile – the grandchildren of those who were taken to Babylon when Judah was captured and the city of Jerusalem was destroyed.

They have never seen Jerusalem. They will decide whether or not to return to rebuild the Temple and the walls. They will choose which gods to serve and where. They have settled in Babylon, bought land, created businesses, married and raised children, but the prophet comes to call them out of themselves, to leave business as usual, and to begin again. This part of Isaiah is filled with hope and promise. God's ways are not our ways. A new way is always possible, even when we don't or can't see it. God's Word will not return empty.

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It is interesting to me that the call to prayer is really an imperative – "Seek the Lord . . . Call upon him." It is like the instruction from St. Paul in Thessalonians: "Pray without ceasing." It is not simply an invitation to prayer, but an imperative – a mandate – a command. God wants us to be in a relationship of prayer, in constant conversation, talking with God, resting and reflecting in the presence of God, listening in prayer for guidance and comfort, for wisdom and healing.

I don't know how long folks prayed before they started Bread for the World. I suspect that there have been lots of prayers throughout the years – prayers that support the ministry of action, prayers that change hearts and minds and votes.

Today God calls us again to prayer – to enter the next 40 years of working for change in an attitude of humility, listening, waiting for guidance, relying on God for courage and strength, sustaining the work, persisting in prayer.

The promises of God through Isaiah are there for us as they were for them: "For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return there until they have watered the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and succeed in the thing for which I sent it."

God is faithful. There will be seed times and harvests, and bread enough for all. Amen. BreadNM Bloghttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17076376.post-4717263694299592622014-11-01T08:16:00.001-06:002014-11-01T08:16:14.168-06:00Making Hunger an Election PriorityThe elections are coming up on Tuesday. Some of us already participated in early voting or cast absentee ballots. Others will go to the polls on the day of the vote. Regardless of how you participate in the election, please DO VOTE. Your vote matters. And if you're an anti-hunger advocate, please take time to study the positions and voting records of the candidates and cast your ballot for those who make ending hunger a national priority. Bread for the World provides an opportunity for you to pledge to vote for anti-hunger candidates.

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Meeting with an aide to Rep. Ben Ray Lujan in Washington

The Norbertine Community of Santa Maria de la Vid has been a strong partner with Bread New Mexico for as long as I remember. The Norbertine fathers and brothers strongly supported Bread for the World's Offerings of Letters, both by writing letters within their own community and providing support and encouragement for volunteers at Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Catholic Community.

Norbertine seminarian Graham Golden participated in visits to legislative offices both here in Albuquerque and in Washington. Therefore, we thought it was fitting for a Norbertine priest to hold the Call to Prayer at our Bread Rising in New Mexico event on October 25. Here is the invocation from Rev. Gene Gries, a strong anti-hunger advocate in his own right.

BFTW - Father Gene Gries from Larry Buelow on Vimeo.

Ellen Buelow, a member of the local Bread for the World leadership team and a parishioner at Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary community, spoke about what actions are available to us at present to address global hunger, specifically initiatives related to food-aid reform.

BFTW Ellen Buelow from Larry Buelow on Vimeo.BreadNM Bloghttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17076376.post-43425788807950688902014-10-30T08:52:00.000-06:002014-10-30T08:52:41.437-06:00Bread Rising in New Mexico: Celebrating the Past, Looking to the Future
I do not understand the mystery of grace -- only that it meets us where we are and does not leave us where it found us. -Anne Lamott

Patty Emord welcomed us to St. Andrew

How did we get here? What did we accomplish? Where are we going? Those central questions was part of our simple but very meaningful celebration of prayer, reflection and song on Saturday, October 25, which we called Bread Rising in New Mexico. Several dozen people joined in the celebration at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church that afternoon..

We came together to observe Bread for the World's 40th birthday. More importantly, we put together a celebration that allowed us to stop and think of how that long history of Bread applied to us here in New Mexico. Just as all politics is local, all grassroots advocacy is rooted in local activity.

We asked St. Andrew to host the event because this congregation has been a part of Bread for the World's history in Albuquerque from the almost the very beginning. (We could have also held our celebration at St. Paul Lutheran Church, with whom we also have a long relationship).

With a slide show we celebrated the decision of Jim Brown, a member of the Christian Brothers, to take on the role of volunteer state coordinator in 1984. We rejoiced as we remembered how a group of Bread members, including Lutheran Campus Pastor Howard Corry, decided to create a local group in 1989 and then promote Offerings of Letters among churches in Albquerque. Then we lifted up the dozens of churches that stepped up over the years to hold letter-writing Sundays (and sometimes Saturdays and weeknights) in New Mexico, including Smith Memorial Presbyterian Church in the tiny community of Truchas, Peace Lutheran Church in Las Cruces, Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in downtown Albuquerque, St. John's United Methodist Church in Santa Fe and many, many others. Here is a video of my introduction to the slide show.

New Bread members Dianne Dragoo and Rena Dragoo

Celebrating People
Our advocacy over the years went beyond the pen and paper (and more recently the computer). We viewed pictures of Bread members from New Mexico who took our message directly to members of Congress and candidates with direct visits in Albuquerque and Washington. We also used the occasion to recognize one of our own members of Congress, who has been an "Outstanding Anti-Hunger Adovcate for New Mexico."

Our slide show also celebrated dozens of individuals who have long been the core of Bread New Mexico over the past 30 years, including those who were involved in the 1990s, the 2000s, those who are part of our current leadership team, and the local members who have become involved more recently. And how can we forget our regional organizers? Emily Abbott, Zelinda Welch, Matt Newell-Ching, Holly Hight and Robin Stephenson? We also expressed gratitude for the partnerships that s we forged with the Lutheran Advocacy Ministry, The New Mexico Conference of Churches, New Mexico Oxfam Action Corps and the CARE Action Network.

Our walk down memory lane also included scenes of those times when we came together for worship in ecumenical services, Circle of Protection prayers and songs, and to heed the call from Pope Francis to pray for an end to hunger. Because we come from diverse Christian faith traditions, our ecumenical choir was an important part of our celebration. And fittingly, the opening and closing song was Bread for the World, a piece composed by Marty Haugen on the occasion of Bread's 35th anniversary. We also have a video of the choir performing Pan de Vida (Bob Hurd)

Looking Ahead: The Bread Rising Campaign

David Miner, chair of Bread Rising Campaign

Our review of our history was very important for the other purpose that brought us together in this sanctuary: the Bread Rising campaign, which aims to end hunger by 2030. David Miner, national chair of the Bread Rising campaign and an anti-hunger activist in Indianapolis, was a special guest at our service.

The campaign urges Bread members and supporters around the country to take three important actions: 1) increase our commitments to ongoing prayers for the end of hunger; 2) redouble our commitment to advocacy; 3) provide the resources to help our organization leverage the big changes that are needed to end hunger. We asked local Bread members to prepare reflections on those three actions as well as the goal to end hunger in our country by 2030. Those reflections are included in a separate piece that we will be posting soon.BreadNM Bloghttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17076376.post-20871640926073584472014-10-29T08:02:00.003-06:002014-10-29T17:44:46.404-06:00Bread Rising in New Mexico: Ecumenical Choir Sings 'Pan de Vida' A couple of days ago we posted videos of two songs from our Bread Rising in New Mexico celebration on October 25. Those songs were the song Bread for the World by Marty Haugen and the traditional hymn Lift Every Voice and Sing. Here is a third video of our ecumenical choir, courtesy of Larry Buelow.

BFTW_Pan de Vida from Larry Buelow on Vimeo.BreadNM Bloghttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17076376.post-45708325815504622352014-10-28T07:50:00.000-06:002014-10-29T17:45:44.191-06:00Bread Rising in New Mexico: An Outstanding Anti-Hunger Advocate

We honored Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham at our Bread Rising in New Mexico celebration on October 25. (There will be several other posts from the event in the coming days). Because of a busy schedule, the congresswoman could not be there herself to accept the recognition. Field representative Alexandria Bazan accepted the certificate on behalf of the congresswoman. A video of the presentation and a letter from Rep. Lujan Grisham to participants (read by Ms. Bazan) is right below.

Taking the SNAP Challenge

Larry Buelow, Ellen Buelow, Alex Bazan (Field Representative)

BFTW Award Presentation from Larry Buelow on Vimeo.BreadNM Bloghttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17076376.post-91796005632621013142014-10-26T13:11:00.000-06:002014-10-29T17:46:55.092-06:00Bread Rising in New Mexico: May We Be Bread for the World

(Left to Right) Debbie Steffen (St. Andrew Presbyterian Church), Joan Brown (Franciscan Sisters), Anne Hanke (St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church), Terese Bridges (St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church), Rev. Steve Miller (Disciples of Christ), Mark Peceny (Dominican-Newman Community), Erik Medina (First Congregational Church) and Bill Miller (St. Andrew Presbyterian Church)

Marty Haugen wrote the song Bread for the World in honor of Bread for the World's 35th anniversary in 2009. This tribute was the opening and closing song for the Bread Rising in New Mexico event in October 2014. This was a celebration of Bread's 40th anniversary and 30 years of presence in New Mexico. A more detailed post (or posts) about the event will following in coming days. For now, I want to take the opportunity to share these two videos of our ecumenical choir performing the Marty Haugen piece and the traditional hymn Lift Every Voice and Sing. .

BreadNM Bloghttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-17076376.post-24547903572628167842014-10-25T09:22:00.001-06:002014-10-25T09:23:16.472-06:00Lutheran Pastor to Speak in Albuquerque about Faith Community's Response to 2008 Immigration Raid in Postville, Iowa

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On May 12, 2008, federal immigration officers dressed in riot gear raided the Agriprocessors meat packing plant in Postville, Iowa, and arrested nearly 400 people for alleged immigration violations.

The raid--which at the time was the largest single-site immigration operation in the country--affected many families in this community of slightly more than 2,000 residents in northeast Iowa. The raid left women, children and other dependents without their principal breadwinner. "Leaders of the relief effort reported the workers' paychecks have stopped, and their families' greatest need now is cash to pay basic household expenses and medical costs," Decorah (Iowa) Newspapers said in an article published on May 18.

The faith community reacted with sense of outrage about the raid, both protesting the move and mobilizing to help the families. Among those involved in the relief efforts was Rev. David Vázquez, then campus pastor at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, who joined members of other faith communities in the area to form the Postville Response Coalition. Rev. Vázquez worked in areas of coordination, advocacy and legal support. The Postville incident became a symbol of the excessive punitive nature of our immigration laws and a rallying point for immigration reform.

Keynote Speaker at Lutheran Advocacy Ministry Conference

Rev. Vázquez will be the keynote speaker at the Advocacy 2014 conference in Albuquerque, sponsored by the Lutheran Advocacy Ministry-New Mexico. The half-day event will be held on Saturday, November 8, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., at St. Timothy's Lutheran Church, 211 Jefferson NE(Jefferson & Copper) Map Registration cost is $15 per person, including lunch. Session topics will include advocacy basics, hunger, immigration and more.

To register or for more information, send your name and contact information to firstname.lastname@example.com The Registration Deadline is November 4.

Originally from Guatemala, Rev. Vázquez has served in places as diverse as rural Indiana, working for refugee resettlement in Canada, and an international community in southern Germany. He has spoken at various regional and national events around issues of immigration as well as youth and young adult culture, and focuses his research work on immigration as a central image in sacred texts.

Rev. Vázquez, who was recently selected as the new president of Pacific School of Religion, has developed Bible studies from the perspective of immigrants and refugees. His writings include Out of the Waters: Resisting the Power of Fear, a Bible study on the book of Exodus, published by the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services and 1 and 2 Samuel from the Books of Faith Bible Study Series by Augsburg Fortress Publishers and co-author with Diane Jacobson of Ruth, published under the same series.

He has also served as consultant on two documentaries related to the Postville raid, "abUSed: The Postville Raid" by Luis Argueta (see Vimeo below) and Vivian Rivas and "Guatemala: A Tale of Two Villages," by Greg Brosnan and Jennifer Szymaszek.

Luis Argueta: "Postville Raid: U.S. immigration enforcement and the effects on immigrant children and families" from Fairhaven College, WWU on Vimeo.BreadNM Bloghttp://email@example.com


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Alibaba should go to public 10 years ago, like CSCO, MSFT did long ago, giving its public investors more room to ride its growth.
Now that BABA market cap is already $230B in the first day of IPO, leaving retail investors less meat. Can BABA double, triple? I doubt it. If a new IPO cannot give us potential 3-5 bagger,that will not be a good stock.
Sentiment: Strong Sell
VNCE is moving now!
VNCE is an elite retail stock, grossly undervalued by Wall Street.
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The main branch of the Reading Public Library is back in business.
The doors opened Thursday morning for the first time since August.
The library was closed for months because the century-old building needed renovations.
The plaster inside has been touched up, the roof's been repaired and there's new carpeting and a fresh coat of paint on the walls.
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Illini Split with White Sox, Orioles DIL to Finish Dominican Trip
Baseball | 11/28/2014
The Fighting Illini baseball team wrapped up its time in the Dominican Republic on Friday, splitting its final two games against the Chicago White Sox and Baltimore Orioles Dominican Instructional League (DIL) teams. G1 Box Score | G2 Box Score | DR Trip Final Stats
Illinois Ties Tigres del Licey on Thanksgiving, 4-4
Baseball | 11/27/2014
On Thanksgiving Day, the University of Illinois baseball team and Tigres del Licey Reserves of the Dominican Winter League finished in a 4-4 tie after the exhibition game was called after nine innings. Box Score
Catamaran Ride Highlights Illini's Day Off in Dominican Republic
Baseball | 11/26/2014
After playing five games in three days, the Fighting Illini had a day off from baseball on Wednesday. The Illini took a catamaran ride to Isla Saona, which featured music and dance lessons.
Illini Visit Orphanage Following Split with Houston Astros DIL
Baseball | 11/25/2014
The Fighting Illini baseball team had a full day of education, baseball and service on Tuesday in the Dominican Republic. G1 Box Score | G2 Box Score
Illini Sweep Games against New York Yankees Dominican Instructional League
Baseball | 11/24/2014
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Fear of Beauty by Susan Froetschel: "We hear two sides of this story. One is Sofi's. The other is that of US Army Special Ranger Joey Pearson, who is in this faraway place to escape a rough childhood and rigidly fundamentalist parents." (January 2013)
The Exemeus by Folami Morris & Abeni Morris: "Hyalee Smith is dead, she just doesn't know it yet. Her short life was devoted to love and to hate. Love of the man who stole her heart, hate for the man who stole the world. Murdered by the government she swore to destroy, she's been given another chance to make it right." (January 2013)
The Blogger Abides by Chris Higgins: "When I got my first freelance writing gig, I faced a bunch of unknowns: how to write quickly and well online, how to get paid, how to write a pitch, what editors did, and even dumb stuff like how to do my taxes. After half a decade as a paid blogger and magazine freelancer, I've learned a lot. Everything I know about the art and science of freelance writing is in this book." (December 2013)
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