Living Our Walk

Exercise Your Citizenship • Flex Your Way of Life • Walk With the World • Extend Your Point of View • Build a Brighter Tomorrow

What's the next step after the CROP Hunger Walk? How can you make the struggle against hunger and injustice a part of your daily life? Try these activities to take your experience to another level:

Exercise Your Citizenship

Let your elected officials know that hunger is not acceptable. Visit our Speak Out page to learn about public policy issues affecting hunger and poverty around the globe. Write a letter, send a fax, make a phone call, and make a difference!

You can also support the efforts of these Church World Service denominational partners:

Bread for the World http://www.bread.org
50 F Street NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20001, 800-82-BREAD, Advocates for hungry persons at home and abroad.

Jubliee USA Network http://www.jubileeusa.org/start.htm
222 E. Capitol St., NE, Washington, D.C. 20003-1036, 202- 783-3566, Seeks debt relief for poorest nations.

ELCA Grassroots Network http://www.elca.org/advocacy/federal/
Lutheran Office for Governmental Affairs, 122 C Street NW, Ste. 125, Washington, D.C. 20001, 202-783-7507

Episcopal Public Policy Network http://www.dfms.org/eppn/
Episcopal Church Office of Government Relations, 110 Maryland Ave., NE, Suite 309, Washington, D.C. 20002, 800-228-0515

Faith In Action Network
American Baptist Churches, Office of Governmental Relations, 110 Maryland Ave., NE, Washington, D.C. 20002, 202-544-3400

Stewardship of Public Life Network
Presbyterian Washington Office, 110 Maryland Ave., NE, Washington, D.C. 20002, 202-543-1126

UCC Justice and Peace Ministry
700 Prospect Ave. East, Cleveland, OH 44115, 216-736-2178

United Methodist General Board for Church and Society
http://www.umc-gbcs.org
100 Maryland Ave., NE, Washington, D.C. 20002, 202-488-5620

Flex Your Way of Life

Walking with hungry persons challenges us to re-examine how we live. We can begin by using our buying power to support companies that do not exploit their workers. Find our more about becoming a better consumer by visiting the following Web sites:

Co-op America, http://www.coopamerica.org
1612 K St. NW, #600, Washington, D.C. 20006, 202-872-5307

National Green Pages On-line http://www.greenpages.org
A service of CO-OP America.

Alternatives for Simple Living http://www.simpleliving.org/
3617 Old Lakeport Road, P.O. Box 2857, Sioux City, IA 51106, 712-274-8875

Walk With the World for a Week

Alter your daily life to more closely resemble most of the world's peoples -- and spend time each night discussing the experience:

Monday:	Forego use of all personal gasoline driven or electric machines (auto, washers, lights).
Tuesday:	Save your trash. Place it on a table. If your livelihood depended on selling this material, or something made from it, what could you do with it?
Wednesday:	Volunteer in a soup kitchen or food pantry. Besides the absence of many of our so-called conveniences, the materially poor have much to teach us about community support.
Thursday:	Imagine you have 15 minutes to evacuate your home. You don't know how long you will be gone or what resources will be available along the way. Your life depends on speed of completion and portability. What will you take?
Friday:	Fast for one day. Notice how you feel (energy level, attention capacity).
Saturday/ Sunday:	Fill a large garbage can (cleaned) with water. Turn off the water for your house. Only use the water from the can for all household needs. Imagine if the can was two miles away.
As a conclusion to your experience watch a video from the CWS Film & Video Library, P.O. Box 968, Elkhart, IN 46515, (800) 297-1516, ext. 38. Back to top

Extend Your Point of View

We have a lot to learn, and unlearn, about the rest of the world. Church World Service offers a variety of educational resources - both print materials and on-line - for adults and children.

Or try the following options to learn more by doing:

A travel/study program sponsored by your denomination or The Center for Global Education, Augsburg College, 2211 Riverside Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55454, (612) 330-1159
Web site: http://www.augsburg.edu/global.

For other eye-opening travel opportunities contact Transitions Abroad: The Guide to Learning, Living and Working Overseas, 18 Hulst Road, P.O. Box 1300, Amherst, MA 01004, (413) 256-3414
Web site: http://www.transitionsabroad.com

Invite the world to your congregation by sponsoring a refugee. Contact your denomination or the CWS Immigration and Refugee Office, 475 Riverside Dr., Room 658, New York, NY 10115- 0050, (212) 870-3153.

Become a partner parish to a church overseas through Sister Parish: A Program of Global Linkage, P.O. Box 653, West Fargo, ND 58078, (701) 282-7998

Or try the Share Foundation, Box 16 Cardinal Station, Washington, D.C. 20064, (202) 319-5540, Web site: http://www.share-elsalvador.org/.

Build a Brighter Tomorrow
Contribute to the work of Church World Service through the Tools & Blankets Program, or CWS Kits Program. Contact your Church World Service Regional Office toll-free at 1-888-CWS-CROP (1-888-297-2767).