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The October2011 Coalition supports solidarity with Food Not Bombs
The corporate machine’s drive for profit has resulted in a race to the bottom in which wages are stagnant, unemployment and homelessness grow, and more families are finding themselves unable to afford food.
Food Not Bombs is doing something about hunger. A worldwide all-volunteer organization that has existed for 30 years, Food Not Bombs feeds people vegetarian meals and protests war and poverty. Around the world, nearly one billion people go without food every day,and more than 25,000 die each day as a result. Hunger is growing in the United States, where more than 44 million people rely on food stamps and food pantries and kitchens are so overwhelmed that they are turning people away. This is unacceptable in one of the richest nations of the world.
It is even more unacceptable that people are being arrested for sharing meals with the hungry. Volunteers with Food Not Bombs were first arrested in Orlando, FL, on June 1. They continue to return to feed the hungry and undergo arrest. Cities throughout Florida are introducing laws that could restrict Food Not Bombs to sharing food only twice a year per park. Can you imagine that now it is a crime to give food to hungry people?
The October2011 Coalition asks you to support Food Not Bombs in its campaign to challenge the mayor and City Council for the right to care for those who need it most. Visit the website at www.FoodNotBombs.net and see the calendar of upcoming events, which is also listed below.
It is way past time that we required that our dollars stop being used for war and the expansion of Empire and start being used for our human needs. If you want to participate in changing the system, please visit www.October2011.org and take the pledge. Join us on October 6, 2011,to Stop the Machine! Create a New World!, a world that is peaceful, just, and sustainable.
Here is a link to a new song by Dave Rovics called "Ballad of Eola Park" http://www.youtube.com/drovics#p/a/u/0/_T5z2YVZ0SQ.
CALENDAR OF FOOD NOT BOMBS ACTIONS IN ORLANDO
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 5:30 PM: Risking arrest sharing dinner at Lake EolaPark, corner of Central and Osceola, Orlando
MONDAY, JUNE 20, 9:30 AM: Risking arrest sharing breakfast at LakeEola Park, corner of Central and Osceola, Orlando
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 5:30 PM: Risking arrest sharing dinner at Lake EolaPark, corner of Central and Osceola, Orlando
MONDAY, JUNE 27, Breakfast at 9:30 AM and Black Out Arrests Speak Out at City Hall in the Council Chambers at 2:00 PM: 2nd floor, 400 S. Orange Ave. Wear black and come to speak at the city council meeting to ask for an end to the arrests.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 5:30 PM: A Day Without Food at Lake Eola Park, corner of Central and Osceola, Orlando
FRIDAY, JULY 1, NOON - Free meal, cultural events and over nightvigil outside Orlando City Hall
A DAY WITHOUT FOOD
FOR ONE BILLION PEOPLE JUNE 29th WILL BE A DAY WITHOUT FOOD
Join our fast, join us at Lake Eola Park and call Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyerat 407.246.2221
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