ENGAGE
The Conference of Leadership for Change
March 1, 2014
Pre-Conference Film Screening: A Place at the Table
Date: Friday, February 28, 2014
Location: Hyma Auditorium, 1st floor Christopher Hall of Science, West Virginia Wesleyan College
Time: 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Join us for this pre-conference film screening and discussion!
Fifty million people in the United States—including one in five children—suffer from hunger and do not get enough to eat on a regular basis to be healthy and active. In A Place at the Table, directors Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush follow three families struggling with food insecurity: Barbie, a single mother who grew up in poverty and is trying to provide a better life for her two kids; Rosie, a fifth-grader who often depends on friends and neighbors to feed her and has trouble concentrating in school; and Tremonica, a second-grader who suffers from asthma, obesity and related health issues, which are exacerbated by the poor quality of the food her hard-working mother can afford.
Ultimately, A Place at the Table shows us how hunger and obesity pose serious economic, social and cultural implications for our nation and how food access issues could be solved once and for all if the American public decides—as we have in the past—that making healthy food available and affordable is in all of our best interests.
There are several options for lodging in the Buckhannon area. The three locations below will be providing a discounted rate to anyone who mentions attending the “Engage Conference at West Virginia Wesleyan College.”
Microtel Inn & Suites
2 Northridge Drive
Buckhannon, WV 26201
304-460-2525
1-800-771-7171
www.Microtelinn.com
Bi-Centennial Inn
88E Main St.
Buckhannon, WV 26201
1-800-762-5137
www.bicentennialinn.com
Hampton Inn
1 Commerce Blvd
Buckhannon, WV 26201
1-800-426-7866
ENGAGE: The Conference of Leadership for Change
Email: wvwcservice@wvwc.edu
Website: www.wvwc.edu/engage
Location: 59 College Avenue, Buckhannon, WV, United States
Phone: (304) 473-8165
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