WE THE PEOPLE
Our Country!
The United States of America!
Net worth is in the Trillions, which no one can quite quote exactly just how much!
Our Country!
The United Stated of America!
So why are we homeless?
In 2014, 1.49 million people used homeless shelters and 578,424 were recorded as being without shelter: sleeping on the streets, in tents, in cars, and other exposed places according to article by E.W in Democracy in America, February 2016.
Our Country!
The United States of America!
So why do we have such a hunger problem?
According to research, Americans waste 150,000 tons of food each day – equal to a pound per person.
Americans waste an unfathomable amount of food. In fact, according to a Guardian report released in July of 2016, roughly 50 percent of all produce in the United States is thrown away—some 60 million tons (or $160 billion) worth of produce annually, an amount constituting “one third of all foodstuffs.” Wasted food is also the single biggest occupant in American landfills, the Environmental Protection Agency has found (Chandler, 2016).
1 in 6 American children may not know where their next meal is coming from according to Feeding America. “Facts About Child Hunger in America.” Feeding America, 2017.
22 million children in America rely on the free or reduced-price lunch they receive at school, but as many as 3 million children still aren’t getting the breakfast that they need according to No Kid Hungry. “Child Hunger Facts.” No Kid Hungry, 2018.
People of color are disproportionately affected by higher risk of hunger. 22.5% of Black households and 18.5% of Latinx/Hispanic households experienced food insecurity in 2018 according to America’s Health Rankings. “Analysis of U.S. Department of Agriculture, Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement.” United Health Foundation, 2019.
As a native of Camden NJ, walking up and down broad way you find those seeking to eat, those seeking to find shelter, those seeking just to have a shower and clean clothes.
As I look around Atlantic county where I work, you find the same thing. People seeking to eat, those seeking to find shelter, those seeking just to have a shower and clean clothes.
Why can’t we do better to serve our people?
Our brothers and sisters in need!
Can’t we do better than throwing good food away just because it’s a few hours old?
We have to stop wasting!
Everywhere you look there are multiple abandoned houses. Condemned!
Yet we have NO SHELTER?
And we wonder why people are setting up shop and living in abandoned houses as if they own the home. They are desperate and we aren’t helping to solve the problem.
Imagine what we could do if we all got together, instead of hating one another because of the color of our skin and invested in these properties in order to provide shelter to those in need.
JUST IMAGINE, what it could be like to end homelessness? WOW!
JUST IMAGINE, what would happen if no one was hungry but full? WOW!
I believe in the impossible!
We should believe in the impossible!
We could change the world!
WE THE PEOPLE!
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!
THE PLACE WE LOVE!
