In January, Seattle Oxfam Action Corps co-organizer Brook Elliott Buettner spoke at a Hunger Banquet hosted by a high school group (the Edmonds Woodway High School Mixed and Multicultural Club). The club members did a wonderful job of presenting the banquet- the majority of their guests sat on the hard gym floor and ate nothing but a small bowl of rice, while a small number sat at well-appointed tables and were served several courses including lasagna and pie. The local paper did an
article about it, telling this little story:
After the meal, discussion questions were posed to the entire room. Club advisor and Edmonds Woodway instructor Kathy Ludgate asked the high-income group why they didn’t offer to share with the other two groups. Immediately a young man rushed over to her with a piece of pie. The room erupted in laughter. One of the discussion leaders asked why he hadn’t made the same move earlier. “Well,” he replied, “what I got just didn’t seem excessive to me. It seemed normal.”
In January, Seattle Oxfam Action Corps co-organizer Brook Elliott Buettner spoke at a Hunger Banquet hosted by a high school group (the Edmonds Woodway High School Mixed and Multicultural Club). The club members did a wonderful job of presenting the banquet- the majority of their guests sat on the hard gym floor and ate nothing but a small bowl of rice, while a small number sat at well-appointed tables and were served several courses including lasagna and pie. The local paper did an article about it, telling this little story: 
No comments:
Post a Comment