Advocacy, Understanding & Preparation

Savannah

Audrey

Some of us with John and Susan and some of us with Bread for the World Advocate, Sarah

D.C. License Plates

Susye & Mitzi

So studious! Garrett, Riker, Raymond & Maggie

Our Seminar Designer, Susan Burton

John Hill, United Methodist Environmental and Economic Justice Director

Hey this is Savannah and Audrey, and we represent the high school girls room. Today we are going to talk about Advocacy and bread for the world. The lady that came to talk to us, her name was Sarah Bareis. One of the exercises that we did was to connect a web that intertwined the different kinds of advocacy. Like Racial, Fair Trade, Hunger, HIV/Aids and others. But that was after lunch. Before lunch, we met John Hill, who is the United Methodist Environmental and Economic Justice Director (as you probably know from the picture). He was pretty cool, we talked about alternatives to fuel and how the environment relates to poverty. A self-proclaimed nerd, he prepared us for our Congressional visit with Senator Claire McCaskill (D) tomorrow by suggesting questions we might ask her about the environment and the stability of our economy. Oh, forgot to tell you, we're meeting with Senator McCaskill tomorrow. We prepared for the visit for, like, two whole hours! That's the last thing we did before saying good-bye to Jamie and Susan, our incredible seminar staff. Also, as a little surprise, Carol Kreamer stopped by to visit and say "hi" this morning. She encouraged us in our poverty work, and told us about the "offering of letters" that our conference presented to Congress about the Global Poverty Act.

One of the highlights of our day, was when we came back to the hotel for chicken putanesca and potato wedges, with a side of the most delicious green beans this side of the Mississippi. Then, to top things off, my mom (Amy, Audrey's mom) was surfing through the channels on the TV and we happened to come across Mr. and Mrs. Smith. We watched it all through dinner, and then came to our room and watched it as well. It's a pretty good movie, especially 'cause it's edited on TV. It's been a pretty good day, and we finally ended it with Starbucks and Barnes and Noble. Lovely, eh?