Have faith. End hunger.
Ending hunger is a moral imperative
that does not stand alone. Hunger thrives on the racial, social, and
economic inequalities that are eating away at the soul of our nation and
pulling us apart. But ending hunger could now become the cause that
brings us together across partisan lines to make our economy include
everyone and work for everybody.
The goal of ending hunger
nationwide is not only noble but easily within reach. Taking up this
goal could give us a corrective lens, a lens of hope for seeing
ourselves and our country in a new way. It could also give us better
vision for helping the world overcome extreme hunger and poverty.
Our
failure to speak and write to members of Congress about hunger consigns
millions of people here and abroad to diminished lives and premature
death, so it is a silence that kills. We can break that silence by
urging the nation’s leaders to help end hunger and humanize our
economy.
This book addresses all people of goodwill, including
agnostics and atheists, but with a special word of concern for religious
people—Christians in particular—who help through charity, but neglect
to use the power of their citizenship against hunger.
