I attended the Robin Run Chapter of Bread for the World (Indiana) this morning. We were encouraged to write a letter of congratulations to our Congress person.
In June, a delegation from Indiana's Seventh Congressional District met with Congressman Carson as part of the Bread for the World's Annual Lobby Day. (See my entries in June 2008 when I took the Greyhound Bus to Washington.)
My Congressman, Andre' Carson, was re-elected. Here's my letter which I faxed to his Washington Office:
Dear Congressman André Carson,
Congratulations on your re-election to Congress. Thank you for service to our community and global poor and hungry.
Our present economic disaster will increase the number of people hungry in Indianapolis, in Indiana, in the United States, and in the developing world.
As a member of Bread for the World, I ask you to make hunger a major issue. Thank you for participating in Forum on Hunger in Indianapolis on October 12.
Finally, please support the United Nation's, United States', European Union's and others effort to bring peace to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Over 5.4 million people have died from preventable and treatable diseases in the last 10 years. Currently, hundreds of thousands are displaced due to fighting by rebels groups against the democratically elected government.
Sincerely, Woody
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