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“Advocacy to End Hunger in Our Time”First Indiana Bread for the World Conference Sat. March 29, 2008 The Indiana chapters of Bread for the World are sponsoring their first-ever statewide conference, convened under the theme “Advocacy to End Hunger in Our Time”.  Millions of U.S. children go hungry every year, and millions more children around the world die every year from hunger or from preventable and treatable disease. This conference will bring together national and local anti-hunger leaders along with concerned individuals from across Indiana to learn about hunger and how to use our voices to end hunger in our lifetimes. The keynote address will be given by Rev. Arthur Simon, Founder and President Emeritus, Bread for the World, and author of the books How Much Is Enough and Grace at the Table. There will be a plenary session on Hoosiers doing important anti-poverty work in Africa, plus multiple workshops led by experienced anti-hunger leaders. A session on advocating to Congress will feature staff members from the offices of Senator Evan Bayh and Rep. Dan Burton, and a media advocacy workshop will include discussion by panelists Indianapolis Star editor Dennis Ryerson and NUVO Newsweekly news editor Laura McPhee. Church members, pastors, food bank and community agency staff and volunteers, mission committee members and social justice advocates are all encouraged to attend. The conference will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 29th at North United Methodist Church, 3808 N. Meridian Street, Indianapolis, IN.  Registrations can be made at the event, and the conference fee, which includes all material and lunch, is $20 per person; the group registration fee (two or more registrants from a single organization) is $15 per person; the student registration fee is $15 per person.   For advance information about the conference, attendees can contact Roger Howard,  roger@rogerhoward.com. Bread for the World - Indiana is part of Bread for the World, a collective Christian voice urging our nation's decision makers to end hunger at home and abroad. Bread for the World is also affiliated with Alliance to End Hunger, a multi-faith and multi-cultural organization with the same mission. More information about the program plus registration forms can be found at www.BreadIndiana.org. More information about Bread for the World can be found at www.bread.org.