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Earlham Grads Named For Immediate Release:
RICHMOND, Ind. — Fatima Carson '07 and Julie Ferreira '06 begin training this month to become leaders in the fight against hunger as part of the Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellows Program. Each year 24 participants are selected for the 12-month program, which is part of the Congressional Hunger Center. Fellows are placed with urban and community-based organizations such as food banks, economic development agencies and faith-based organizations for six months. Fellows then move to Washington D.C. to complete the year with six months work at national organizations involved in the anti-hunger and poverty movement, including national advocacy organizations, think tanks and federal agencies. "I was excited by the two-part nature of the program," Carson says. "This two-pronged approach addresses the immediate needs of hunger and poverty alleviation at the grassroots level during the field placement and also the larger structural issues during the public policy placement." Carson hopes to gain an understanding of how public policy influences the work of organizations and programs and also how public policy is implemented. Ferreira has spent the past year serving with AmeriCorps in southern California where she has established a community garden and works with more than 20 families to grow their own food. 
Fatima Carson ’07 says Earlham helped ground her passion and concern for social justice in a strong academic skill set. Her Bonner Scholar service helped illustrate the importance of working at both the grassroots level and the public policy level. "I'm interested in local and urban food projects such as community gardens, farmer's markets and CSAs or subscription farms as participatory tools for community and change," Ferreira says. "I hope to get a better sense of national policy that could facilitate and support such community food projects." Both women also credit Earlham and their experiences as Bonner Scholars as influential in their interest in ending hunger. "I think hunger is a manifestation of larger powerlessness," Ferreira says. Carson agrees. "Every year the world produces more than enough food to feed all of the people living in it," Carson says. "Hunger is something that can be alleviated and prevented. Food is one of the most basic needs. If people do not have food they cannot work toward other things such as education or meaningful employment." — EC — Contact:
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Julie Ferreira ’06 participated in a Sustainable Agriculture Forum and shared information with students starting Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) while at Earlham. As a Bonner Scholar, she also organized visits to Earlham’s Miller Farm for local Boys and Girls Club members.
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Indiana 47374-4095 |