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| Group to lobby G-20 on world hunger |
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| By Ann Rodgers, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 |
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PITTSBURGH — A Christian organization that seeks to end world hunger has developed an interfaith guide for the G-20 summit.
“The G-20 Pittsburgh Summit: Reflections for People of Faith” can be downloaded from www. bread.org, the Web site of Bread for the World. The organization will lobby G-20 leaders to make decisions that bring benefits of the global economy to the world’s poorest people.
They will urge delegates to keep promises the G-20 already has made, including ending corruption and secrecy in key international lending organizations and increasing the money that the World Bank and International Monetary Fund make available to entrepreneurs in the poorest nations.
Although Bread for the World is a Christian organization, the study guide has been designed so Jews and Muslims can use it in reference to their own teachings.
On Sept. 23, as summit participants prepare for the meeting, Bread for the World will sponsor a procession of about 30 national religious leaders through Pittsburgh’s downtown streets.
“Hopefully it will be a silent witness to the religious leaders’ concerns about the G-20,” said Gary Cook, Bread for the World’s director of church relations. The group did not apply for a protest permit because police officials said none was necessary if they weren’t carrying signs, he said.
The leaders will then meet with and urge G-20 delegates to make decisions to help end world hunger.
Cook drew a line between groups like his that urge the G-20 leaders to do the right thing, and protesters who believe the G-20 is inherently part of the problem.
“There’s a contrast between the people who are getting all of the attention, who are on the streets because they don’t believe the G-20 has any legitimacy, and the people who are here because they believe that the G-20 has responsibilities that they need to live up to,” Cook said.
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