wfn.org | NCC TV Special on Hunger

["Carol Fouke" <cfouke@ncccusa.org>]

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES TV SPECIAL ON HUNGER 
CAPTURES LEADERS AT 30th ANNIVERSARY OF BREAD FOR THE WORLD
 
Washington, DC, June 28, 2004 -- When major figures in the fight to end
hunger came together in Washington this month to celebrate the 30th
anniversary of hunger advocacy organization Bread for the World, a National
Council of Churches film crew was there, capturing comments from participants
such as Bread for the World's CEO David Beckman and NCC General Secretary Bob
Edgar.	
 
The interviews will be part of "Hunger No More: Faces Behind the Facts," a
television documentary to be broadcast nationwide on ABC network affiliates
beginning October 24 as part of ABC's interfaith "Vision and Values" series. 

Others being interviewed for the special broadcast include:  

* Senators George McGovern and Elizabeth Dole; 

* ethicist Jeffrey Sachs of The Earth Institute at Columbia University; 

* Joan Holmes of the United Nations-related Hunger Project; 

and other key figures in the movement to end hunger in America and overseas.
Case studies of specific projects by various humanitarian and advocacy groups
will be included. 

Edgar said the TV special is being produced as part of the National Council
of Churches' commitment "to address significant issues of faith and public
policy and to pursue concrete solutions to the persistent challenge of
poverty in a time of great wealth and capability in our society." 

In addition to Bread for the World and NCC, sponsoring partners also include
the United Methodist Committee on Relief; the World Hunger Program of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the Society of St. Andrew; the
ecumenical humanitarian agency Church World Service; and Mennonite Media,
whose president, Burton Buller, is directing the production.  

The National Council of Churches, founded in 1950, is America's leading
ecumenical organization, with a membership that includes 36 Protestant and
Orthodox denominations with more than 100,000 local congregations in all 50
states.  

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For more information:  Carol Fouke (212-870-2252), cfouke@ncccusa.org; Pat
Pattillo (212-870-2048), wpattillo@ncccusa.org, or Shirley Struchen
(212-870-2574), sstruchen@ncccusa.org