On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 4:12 PM, Frank Tamborello <[email protected]>wrote:
> *To All Those Interested in Food and Justice... * > > * * > > A (usually) weekly update on food issues, promoting access to sufficient, > affordable, healthy food ---with a focus on campaigns you can become active > in! **** > > *Follow us *on Twitter @HungerActionLA . Welcome to all the new people on > the list: please respond to [email protected] if you wish to use a > different e mail or be removed**** > > Like our new Facebook page > https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hunger-Action-Los-Angeles/133467296826961** > ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *May 2, 2013: * > > ***1. ****Hunger Action Day May 21-22* > > ***2. ****LA City Council To Hear Testimony on Homeless Bill of > Rights Tuesday May 7 , 10 AM* > > ***3. ****Update on State Hunger Policy Issues* > > ***4. ****Fix The Sequester---Not Just Airport > Delays > * > > ***5. ****Make Your Voice Heard on Farm Bill > * > > ***6. ****Whats the Controversy with Breakfast in the > Classroom? * > > ***7. ****Free Summer Meals Available to Children in Low-Income > Communities** * > > ***8. ****Your Turkey Has SuperBacteria: What to Do?* > > ** ** > > ************************************** > > ***1. ****Hunger Action Day May 21-22, Sacramento: Youre Invited!* > > ** ** > > The 16th (or possibly 17th) annual Hunger Action Day in Sacramento is > May 22 at the state capitol. Everyone concerned about ending hunger is > encouraged to participate: low income residents, nonprofit agency staff, > clergy of all faiths, doctors, butchers, bakers ,candlestick makers. (Even > pro basketball players from teams already eliminated from the playoffs are > welcome). Busses leave L.A. the morning of Tuesday May 21 if you like the > full experience: or, you can meet us up at the Capitol having gotten around > the airport delays thanks to Congress looking out for their priorities (see > item 4). To rsvp and find out more contact [email protected] . On > Hunger Action Day about 400 people from all over the state will converge on > the Capitol to educate our lawmakers about how they can de-criminalize > poverty, especially through state bills that support successful recovery > after prison and that spare the homeless from being arrested or cited for > resting or eating in public (see following items.) See > www.hungeractionla.org for the full flyer and list of details.**** > > ** ** > > ************************************************** > > *2. LA City Council To Hear Testimony on Homeless Bill of Rights Tuesday > May 7 , 10 AM* > > ** ** > > State bills often get supported or opposed by other entities such as > cities and counties, who weigh in with their point of view on the bill. LA > City Council is holding a hearing to determine their support or opposition > to Homeless Bill of Rights on Tuesday May 7, at City Hall. People are > encouraged to go and speak out in support of the bill at that time. Already > 200 cities have opposed it, but they are not up to date on the current > version of the bill in its more focused form, and are re-acting to earlier > misconceptions about it. **** > > Please call LA CAN 213 228-0024 for more information.**** > > ** ** > > *When: 10:00 am Tuesday May 7* > > *Where: LA City Hall, 200 S Main St * > > *Look for: Folks in orange shirts* > > * * > > This bill passed the states Judiciary Committee, with several changes > from the original version. In fact right now it primarily protects a > persons right to rest in a public place without being harassed, cited or > arrested by law enforcement, as well as the right to share and eat food in > public. These are fundamental rights for a group of people who have no > choice but to rest, eat and keep their belongings in public. The bill does > not endorse or make legal obstructing traffic or pedestrians, harassing > people, or defecating all over the place, as some of its detractors have > claimed. **** > > ** ** > > > ****************************************************************************** > **** > > *3. Update on State Hunger Policy Issues* > > * * > > There are a few updates on bills we will be fighting for in Sacramento:*** > * > > ** ** > > *SB 283Successful Re-Entry and Access to Jobs.* This is the bill that > restores CalFresh and CalWORKs eligibility to people re-entering after > certain drug felonies, who are in compliance with parole andprobation > requirements. The bill was put in the suspense file by the Appropriations > Committee. That makes May a crucial month for the committee to hear from us > that this is a bill we support. You can see a sample support letter > here.<https://www.facebook.com/notes/successful-re-entry-sb-283/sample-support-letter-for-sb-283/539661142723767> > **** > > *AB 191*---This bill aligns MediCal and CalFresh so low income people > getting health insurance can also get food benefits. This bill was also put > in the suspense file by the Appropriations Committee.**** > > More details, including fact sheet: http://cfpa.net/ab-191 **** > > ** ** > > *Also some news on a proposed tax on soda to create a Childrens Health > Fund:* > > *Proposed Soda Tax* *SB 622*: (From Prevention Institute): Yesterday, > Senate Bill 622, which would establish a statewide soda tax and create a > Childrens Health Promotion Fund, passed the Senate Health Committee. This > victory is no small feat -- it's the first time a sugar-sweetened beverage > tax has ever cleared two committees. Next stop: the bill will be heading to > the Appropriations Committee, where it will need strong support from public > health advocates and families up and down the state. **** > > You can find more information on Californias proposed sugar-sweetened > beverage tax, including a factsheet, and sample letters of support on the > California > Center for Public Health Advocacys > website<http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=DovikEgAkbvqFXT53TK%2F8N3fzMkYk6U1> > .**** > > In our latest blog > post<http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=EtjNV1UJc6eB2T91%2FGauK7XS3aSmE48L>, > Sarah Mittermaier takes a look at SB 622 and explores the need for a > statewide soda tax to stem the tide of chronic disease and fund vital > childrens health initiatives. She writes:**** > > *I am more confident than ever that public opinion is shifting and that > beverage industry lobbying dollars will not always be able to buy > elections. In a recent Field > poll<http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=RVIxKfKwZSS1kOhzOl8bpLXS3aSmE48L>, > 68% of California voters (including 79% of Latinos and 70% of African > Americans) said they would support taxing sugar-sweetened beverages if the > proceeds funded increased physical activity and improved nutrition in > schools.* > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ******************************************************************** > > *4. Fix The Sequester---Not Just Airport Delays* > > * * > > From Coalition on Human Needs (with some edits and new material inserted > by us) : Tell Congress to take action now: Fix ALL the harmful automatic > cuts not just inconvenient air travel delays.**** > > Remember the sequester that took effect due to new, extremely > conservative members of Congress trying to force the issue and cut Social > Security, Medicare and other programs? While some talk shows are actually > saying what sequester and claiming there have been no negative impacts > from the cuts, here are some happening right now:**** > > **· **Cancellation of Head Start summer programs, ended regular > Head Start programs weeks early, or dropped children from Head Start > classrooms. **** > > **· **Cuts in unemployment benefits for long-term jobless people > by 10 percent or more. **** > > **· **Many thousands of low-income people already on waiting > lists for years are consigned to wait longer for rental vouchers; others > with vouchers are seeing large rent increases or are losing the vouchers > they had. **** > > **· **Fewer homebound seniors are getting home-delivered meals > or getting fewer of them. **** > > (See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZfQUxzInjI ) and > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/29/meals-on-wheels-sequestration_n_3165256.html > **** > > **· **Teachers and teachers aides in schools serving low-income > children are being laid off. Public defenders are being furloughed. **** > > And thats only a very partial list of the impact of the automatic cuts > known as sequestration. **** > > Congress has the power to revoke these cuts. So they took emergency action > on only one thing----: they allowed the Federal Aviation Administration > (FAA) to move funding around to end furloughs for air traffic controllers, > thus ending long lines at some airports. Conveniently, in time for them to > fly home and get a much needed rest from making Americans lives miserable. > **** > > You can make your voice heard by taking any one or more of these steps:*** > * > > Coalition on Human Needs emailable letter to Congress: Fix Life-Changing > Cuts, Not Just > Inconveniences<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=otrFJeyvsvX75g76uthZLmUekimTOW1N> > **** > > Campaign for Americas Future/Daily Kos emailable letter to Congress: Repeal > the > Sequester<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=itpgt3zH1yhU71JsuETTWGUekimTOW1N> > **** > > Half in Ten Campaign Sequestration > Toolkit<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=bVxMtzwdOIaSMN6viPOJv2UekimTOW1N>(sample > press release, letter to the editor, tweets, how to tell your stor, > helpful graphics)**** > > National Education Association: Ed Flight > campaign<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=rOLAlro8%2BfFCn6mH0wC%2BrGUekimTOW1N>(take > a picture of yourself holding a paper airplane and post it to > Congress)**** > > MoveOn.org Petition: Fix the Sequester Cuts for the Poor, Not Just > Congressional > Travel<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=B7iQBZ2R7Fn6%2BkxMKGMag2UekimTOW1N> > **** > > Background information available at: CHN Background Info on > Sequestration<http://www.chn.org/human_needs_report/chn-fear-of-flying-congress-fixes-waits-in-airports-but-lets-the-poor-wait-one-more-year-for-housing-vouchers-2/> > **** > > Two-Way Communication: **** > > To tell us if you are planning actions to stop these cuts, if you know of > specific cuts in your area caused by sequestration, or for more > information, please contact Danica Johnson, CHNs Communications Manager, > at [email protected] .**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ************************************************** > > *5. Make Your Voice Heard on Farm Bill* > > Several national groups are gearing up for the fight to protect SNAP in > the 2013 federal budget and in the Farm Bill. **** > > Bread for the World has easy ways to contact Congress and tell them to > protect SNAP. In addition, Bread is urging Congress to protect the reforms > in international food assistance recently implemented which call for the > government to purchase food from the local countries needing assistance, > rather than the time consuming corporate welfare process that benefits U.S. > companies and leaves other countries dependent on us, rather than > strengthening their ability to help themselves.**** > > > http://www.bread.org/what-we-do/resources/newsletter/may-june-2013/act-now.html > **** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ******************************************************************* > > *6. Whats the Controversy with Breakfast in the Classroom?* > > * * > > By Frank Tamborello: Breakfast in the Classroom is one of the best > anti-hunger programs ever devised. It solves several challenges faced by > low-income students in Los Angeles Unified. They attend a very crowded > school district in a city with a lot of traffic problems, so getting > nutrition in the classroom is a great way to make up for what may not > always available at home, in time to start the school day.**** > > **** > > I know its a successful program because my niece is a teacher in a rural > area of east Texas, where kids get bussed in from a lot of remote areas. > She loves the program and has noticed the difference in the attitudes and > abilities of the kids when theyve been fed. She said they dont have any > problem with bugs or any mess left behind. If they can do it in Texas, > surely it would be no problem in LA? **** > > **** > > The programs implementation here in LAUSD, though, has become a political > football (or hot potato if you prefer a food metaphor, maybe a sweet potato > pancake (a popular breakfast entrée in LA)?). Here is how something sweet > as ending childhood hunger in Los Angeles went off the rails: Last year, > Superintendent Deasy and the LAUSD Board announced that breakfast will be > served in the classrooms of 700 LA schools. The first 275 schools now > offer breakfast in 10,000 classrooms, leading to a 9.5 million increase in > additional breakfasts served!**** > > ** ** > > Some teachers, amplified by United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA), have > complained that while they want students to eat breakfast, they dislike > cleaning up after messes, or it takes too long. They released some of > these complaints and called on the district to stop the rollout of BIC. > Superintendent Deasy hit back hard: he announced that, in order to continue > rolling out BIC into the next schools, the LAUSD board needs to vote to > continue it, as part of the budget decisions scheduled for 2014. In order > to illustrate the potential impact on the districts budget, he proposed to > remove 912 cafeteria workers jobs if BIC isnt continued. The Service > Employees International Union (SEIU) has loudly mobilized to ensure these > positions are retained.**** > > **** > > Whose voice has been missing from this spat between the citys > powerbrokers? Of course the most important voices of all: the parents and > the students who benefit from the program directly.**** > > **** > > Hunger Action LA has been a strong supporter and advocate for BIC, > participating in the No Kid Hungry launch in 2011 and the BIC launch in > 2012 with California Food Policy Advocates, Inner City Struggle, and > Healthy School Food Coalition. While HALAs membership has always been > supportive of union struggles (after all, with sufficient jobs and wages > hunger is much less of an issue), its stressful and not productive to see > conflicts between groups of allies who generally want the same goal of a > just (and hunger free) society.**** > > **** > > Hunger Action LA calls on all our partners to come together and make this > work. The challenges facing some teachers in some classrooms are > solvable. The cafeteria workers deserve to retain meaningful jobs in our > schools. The students and parents deserve good nutrition and great > learning . ( I saw a poster at the Wilshire/Normandie red line that said in > 2018, 63% of all jobs will require a higher education, and posters in such > locations dont lie.) Were certain that our allies on both sides of this > matter can identify and implement solutions to keep the program intact and > get our kids on the right track for learning by providing nutrition for > their growing brains and bodies.**** > > ** ** > > To see the program in action, watch this inspiring video:**** > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkrq1lbyByg&feature=youtu.be **** > > **** > > Heres ABC 7s report on whats going on.**** > > ** ** > > http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=9085658 > **** > > ** ** > > The LAUSD Board is discussing Breakfast in the Classroom at its May 14 > meeting. We encourage you to go and support mending (not ending) this vital > nutrition program.**** > > ** ** > > **************************************************************** > > * * > 7. Free Summer Meals Available to Children in Low-Income Communities**** > > From the National Hunger Clearinghouse: Summer is fast approaching and a > lot of families in low-income areas still don't know about the free, > nutritious summer meals available to their children 18 years old and > younger. Help us spread the word about summer meals so that no child goes > hungry this summer when school is out.. Tell families you work with how to > find sites in their community that serve free summer meals by telling them > to:**** > > - Call the National Hunger Hotline at 1-866-3-HUNGRY or 1-877-8-HAMBRE > (for Spanish-speaking families). A live operator will tell them where the > nearest sites are**** > > - Visit > *www.whyhunger.org/findfood*<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTMwNDI2LjE4MjA4ODUxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDEzMDQyNi4xODIwODg1MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3NTM4MzE2JmVtYWlsaWQ9cGF0cmljaWFyYW1vc2FsdmFyZXpAZHBzcy5sYWNvdW50eS5nb3YmdXNlcmlkPXBhdHJpY2lhcmFtb3NhbHZhcmV6QGRwc3MubGFjb3VudHkuZ292JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&&&100&&&http://www.whyhunger.org/findfood>. > Families can type in their address and then an online map will show them > where the nearest summer meals sites are in their community.**** > > Better yet, you can hang up or hand out our new Summer Meals Fliers (in > English and Spanish) in your community or place of work to get the > information to the people who need it. **** > > - *Click here to download the English > flyer.*<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTMwNDI2LjE4MjA4ODUxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDEzMDQyNi4xODIwODg1MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3NTM4MzE2JmVtYWlsaWQ9cGF0cmljaWFyYW1vc2FsdmFyZXpAZHBzcy5sYWNvdW50eS5nb3YmdXNlcmlkPXBhdHJpY2lhcmFtb3NhbHZhcmV6QGRwc3MubGFjb3VudHkuZ292JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&&&101&&&http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/Summer/library/Hotline-English.pdf> > **** > > - *Click here to download the Spanish > flyer.*<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTMwNDI2LjE4MjA4ODUxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDEzMDQyNi4xODIwODg1MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3NTM4MzE2JmVtYWlsaWQ9cGF0cmljaWFyYW1vc2FsdmFyZXpAZHBzcy5sYWNvdW50eS5nb3YmdXNlcmlkPXBhdHJpY2lhcmFtb3NhbHZhcmV6QGRwc3MubGFjb3VudHkuZ292JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&&&102&&&http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/Summer/library/Hotline-Spanish.pdf> > **** > > ** ** > > ****************************************************** > > * * > > *8. Your Turkey Has SuperBacteria: What to Do?* > > From Consumer Reports: *Consumer Reports latest investigation confirms > that all those antibiotics being fed to our food animals **do** matter. > (See Consumer Reports finds superbugs in > turkey<http://cu.convio.net/site/R?i=I331b_vyp5CEdk6rUrfxaA> > )***** > > Released today, our study found meat from conventionally raised turkeys > which can be routinely fed antibiotics had bacteria resistant to more > drugs than birds raised without antibiotics. Since one way superbugs can > spread to people is through raw meat, its crucial you know these findings. > **** > > It's important to cook turkey thoroughly, and we have tips to help you > avoid antibiotic-raised meat. But just avoiding the problem isnt the > solution*. Industrial food producers must stop playing this dangerous > game with our life-saving drugs and a bill has been introduced to do just > that!***** > > Email Congress to stop mass feeding of antibiotics to food animals, and > check out our new investigation and > tips.<http://cu.convio.net/site/R?i=yj-_1p5hA1d1me8PbUsnAg> > **** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Frank Tamborello**** > > Hunger Action Los Angeles**** > > 961 S. 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