Word: fasted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Fast is designed to make people think. To think about what it is like to be hungry for a night, to think about the fact that 35,000 people die every day of hunger and that an estimated 10 million Africans...
There are two issues I would like to address regarding those students who chose not to participate in the Oxfam fast...
Firstly, I respect the right for any student to refuse to fast. I realize many people feel that the fast is a useless gesture, $1.25 is a small amount of money, or that the particular date of the fast was an inconvenience...
Secondly, if there are students who disagree with the practice, not the promise of the Fast, I ask them to do something else. I understand the Fast does not offer the perfect solution to ending world hunger through education or funds. There must be better ways; if you feel dissatisfied, do something...
...want to end up going out to eat on the night of the Fast, come to the Hunger Banquet; If ou don't like Oxfam's relief efforts, give your money to H.E.L.P.; If you want to earn $500,000 for Oxfam, join the Ride for Life; If you want to learn about development, go to a discussion sponsored by H.H.A.C. or H.R.I.D.F.; If you want to physically give food to the homeless, show up at PBH and join the Food Salvage program; If you can't or won't do any of that, do something else...