Students working on the Hunger & Homelessness campaign at Rutgers Newark held a forum on issues of hunger and homelessness on campus Dec 6. With over 40 peple in attendance, the forum brought together faculty, student leaders, campus administration, and students to hear about issues on hunger and homelessness. Topics ranged from Darfur, to Hurricane Katrina, New Jersey food banks, and issues in the local Newark area. Among the speakers were the director of The Newark Emergency Services for Families, John Brown and Hurricane Katrina coordinator Alessandra Ducasse from NJ Community Water Watch's R-N chapter. This informative presentation is just another step in helping to educate students on issues of poverty in an effort to get them engaged and activated in advocating for issues surrounding Hunger and Homelessness. Also announced at the forum was NJPIRG's participation in the 23rd annual Hunger Cleanup in 2007. NJPIRG is hoping to get 20 student groups to represent Rutgers Newark in one of the biggest serv-a-thons in the nation.
