Our first week of protests outside of the United Nations ended well today. The United Nations is getting much busier than usual, mostly because world leaders will be coming here on Monday. Because of that, the foot traffic of diplomats, politicians, and tourists was just great. As we made noise, reminding the UN that 854 million people are going hungry right now, other members of the HungerFREE team passed out bright red brochures that gave pointed messages on how important it is that the United Nations take action immediately on global hunger. The signs we held up took on a much stronger UN feel to them, as HungerFREE campaigners from 9 countries began writing special messages in their own languages. Some of us were holding two signs at once, flipping them around from English to Spanish or English to Bangladeshi… you get the point. The tourists absolutely gawked, while many members of the diplomatic set broke into beautiful smiles. So many people are in complete solidarity with us. It’s incredibly heartening. And it means that we have to keep on pushing to really make this a Hunger FREE planet!
September 22, 2007...12:57 am
1st Week of Protests Ends With Gawkers and Big Smiles
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