Most
people would agree that no one should have to starve to death in a world where
there is more than enough food for everyone to eat.
In fact, when the leaders of the world met at the United Nations at the Millennium
Summit in the year 2000, they agreed to commit themselves to accomplish eight
'Millennium Development Goals' by the year 2015. The first of those goals is to
reduce in half the number of people in extreme poverty without the food they need
to live healthy lives.
Many of the diverse movements for change that make up the vast 'better world movement'
have embraced the Millennium Development Goals as tangible achievements to strive
towards, and a specific promise and agenda we can insist that our leaders honor.
Is our nation living up to its promise of working to eliminate hunger? United
for a better world, we can convince our leaders that we must honor that promise
to end hunger!
Millennium Development Goals
