Movie Monday (part deux)
Life + Debt, 2001 (86 minutes) Life and Debt explores the impact of globalization on Jamaica. The film provides an important perspective for groups who want to engage in fairly deep discussion around the topics of globalization, trade policy, and...
Interview with an AIDS researcher
In anticipation of National HIV Testing Day this Sunday, an interview with Joseph Rower, a Lutheran PhD student currently conducting HIV and AIDS research… What exactly are you studying right now and where? I am a PhD student in the...
Thinking through EarthBound
I graduated from college about six weeks ago, and was thrilled to be done with papers, exams, projects, and school in general. But I’m a learner, so honestly you can’t keep me away from that stuff for long. I just...
What Not to Eat
I recently watched the documentary Food Inc. and it blew my mind. This documentary goes deep into the United States food industry to show viewers where our food actually comes from. This movie aimed to show how the way...
Movie Mondays!
Here at ELCA World Hunger we’ve been watching films on hunger and poverty and preparing study guides for your use. Over the summer I will be highlighting some of the films that you may want to use for an...
What I learned at City Hall
It’s late and I just got home from a City Planning Commission meeting. Admittedly, I stayed late chatting with Commission members. I went as a member of the public as I was interested in their topic of the evening: housing....
Cigarettes and cultural/social change
I really appreciated Mark Goetz’s June 11 post, “Ziplock Bags and Deliberated Choices” about decisions that we don’t make ourselves but let the dominant cultural “flow” determine for us. Swimming upstream is hard work. Ridicule is usually involved, as Mark...
I think I’m in the right place
Hello readers! I’m the other World Hunger intern for summer 2010, Julie Reishus. Today is day eight of this amazing internship experience, and so far every day has been energizing, convicting, affirming, and challenging. I am sincerely thankful to God...
Hello Hunger Rumblings Readers!
My name is Allie Stehlin and I am an intern at ELCA World Hunger this summer. I am a senior at Gustavus Adolphus College in Minnesota and am studying Political Science, Peace Studies, and Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies. I...
Ziplock Bags and Deliberated Choices
The following was written by guest blogger, Mark Goetz. I love ziplock freezer bags. They are handy and durable, seal well, and don’t take up much space in a drawer waiting to be used. In the freezer and refrigerator they don’t...