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WHE-AC to Hold Hunger Week March 26-30

WHE-AC is in the process of planning its winter activities. Our big project for March will be a fund raising and education week for Oxfam's Tools for Peace and Justice. We are currently discussing plans to adopt an Overseas Development Network (ODN) project in conjunction with the Oxfam project for our hunger week. Events for our education and fund raising week include: educational videos and/or guest speakers on March 26 and 27, a benefit concert by the band Juice at the Blind Pig on March 28, and a bucket drive for Oxfam America and ODN on March 28 and 29.

Last semester was full of educational activities in which many students and community members participated. The Oxfam Fast for a World Harvest was a great success. Through the combined efforts of many hard working people, WHE-AC was able to raise about $8,000 of which 50% will go to local soup kitchens and shelters. We would like to send out a special thanks to all the people in the University of Michigan Residence Halls, the ICC Housing Co-ops, the University of Michigan Greek System, the People's Food Co-op, the Wildflower Community Bakery, and all those individuals in the Ann Arbor area who fasted and/or donated money to help others both locally and internationally who are less fortunate than ourselves.

This past semester was a great success for WHE-AC in the fall, and we would like to see even more new faces in 1990. Our meetings are held every Tuesday at 6pm in room 4202 Michigan Union. If you are interested in learning more about WHE-AC and/or would like to learn about what you can do to help locally or internationally with hunger-related issues, please attend our meeting or call 764-3669.

The World Hunger Education Action Committee (WHE-AC) is a campus-based organization whose focus is on educating the community on the causes of world hunger and on the solutions to world hunger. Our goal is to understand the complex social, political, economical, and environmental forces that both create and promote world hunger. We recognize that true development can only be achieved by empowering people on a grass roots level. We organize projects with this perspective in mind. Consequently, we work with Oxfam America, Overseas Development Network, and the Institute for Food and Development Policy (IFDP).

WHE-AC, 4202 Michigan Union, Ann Arbor, MI 48109; 764-3669