got food? 
4,000,000 Californians DON'T!
TAKE ACTION!
Action: See my Action page for ideas of how YOU can act to make a difference to impoverished people: the hungry, homeless and opressed in our world.
"Speak out for those who cannot speak, for the rights of the destitute. Speak out, judge righteously, and defend the rights of the poor and needy. "
- Proverbs 31:8-9
“... let us love, not just in word or speech, but in truth and action.”
- I John 3:18
JUST FAITH Ministries
www.justfaith.org
I've recently become a Board Member on the National Board of Directors for JustFaith Ministries. I've taught the JustFaith ecumenical curriculum for the past three years and is part of the county-wide ecumenical organizing team for JustFaith locally.
Each year 15,000 people in the U.S.experience JustFaith and spend a school year exploring the intersection between the Bible and social Justice. |
"Learn to do good. Work for justice.
Help the down-and-out. Stand up for the homeless.
Go to bat for the defenseless."
- Isaiah 1:17 (The Message)
“What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of people.”
- St. Augustine
"I don't have the answers, life is not easy, but my heart
is in the right place."
- Marian Wright Edelman
Director, Children’s Defense Fund
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to Hunger and Homelessness programs in the 4-county region our Presbytery serves |
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Hunger Action Advocacy
The Presbytery of San Jose
Pat Plant
Hunger Action Advocate
(408) 279-0220
pat@sanjosepby.org
THE PRESBYTERIAN
HUNGER PROGRAM
The Presbytery of San Jose Hunger Action Advocacy program is part of our denomination's Presbyterian Hunger Program. Their website is full of helpful information on what individuals and churches can do and are doing to alleviate hunger locally, nationally and globally.
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Feb. 20, 2010; 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Poverty Simulation
St. Lawrence Catholic Church, Santa Clara
Signup: povertysimulation@catholiccharitiesscc.orgGrow your heart, your level of compassion, your willingness to help opeople in need
FLYER |
Walk a mile in the shoes of another person... one who is struggling to survive |
San Jose Furniture Bank
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Donate to this free service which gives slightly worn furniture donated by people like you, to formerly homeless people just starting out in new apartmenst. |
| Help InnVision's Donation Depot |
Help EHCLifebuilders |
Step Up Silicon Valley: Campaign to Cut Poverty in Half by 2020
Speakers available on the Step Up Campaigns and regular poverty simulations are offered throughout Santa Clara County, call Pat at (408) 279 0220 for more information and to schedule.
Mercury News. Patty Fisher column. August 5, 2009
Mercury News Editorial April 22, 2009
Mercury News article April 20, 2009
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Local statistics show the reality of poverty in Santa Clara County: 120,000 households (one out of four) have to choose between paying the rent, buying food, or paying for health care. The income gap continues to widen, with 39% of local jobs paying less than $30,000 while the income needed by a family of four just to survive in this area of high rents is over $70,000. |
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Ecumenical Just Faith classes are being held in Palo Alto, Sunnyvale, Campbell, and San Jose. Details. |
DONATE FOOD AND/OR FUNDS AT OUR LOCAL FOOD BANKS IN OUR PRESBYTERY
Santa Clara County
Santa Cruz and San Benito Counties
Monterey County
"Local non-profit food programs are witnessing the worst-ever crisis of homelessness and hunger due to the increased unemployment rate and wave of home foreclosures."
- Emmett Carson, CEO, Silicon Valley Community Foundation |
“For I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty, and you gave me something to drink... I tell you whenever you do these things for the least important of these followers of mine, you did it for me.”
- Matthew 25:35-40
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FAST AND PRAY
2008-09 PC USA-wide monthly fast responding to the global food crisis |
Flyer
Presbyterian Hunger Program Fasting information (different prayer focus for each month) |
Homelessness and Affordable Housing Sunday
Packet pdf
Article on helping the homeless and links to Homeless Resources |
Celebrate this litany and share links and ideas to congregation on ending homelessness and building affordable housing.
Created by the Presbyterian Network to End Homelessness |
FAIR/FRESH
LOCAL FOOD
Being Green |
Books, Films, Organizations, Web links to Fair/Fresh/Local Food Information |
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