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SOCIAL EQUITY

The Empty Bowls Soup Tale
How you can help fight hunger in New Orleans
By Anica O'Neil and Rae Wallace

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ou never see it coming. In fact, it almost always sneaks up on you. As it
creeps up on you, knowledge of its presence intensifies. You start to feel
empty. Then, the wooziness sets in, and that is when you know it's close.
But, by that time, it is already too late. It growls. And, as its thunderous
voice roars, waves of ache rip then echo through your core. It's got you.
But, unlike many stories that begin
like this, the main characters in this story
have the best armament to defend themselves. Their secret strength is a mean
bite. Their armory is stocked with nunchucks of celery, apple grenades and onion tear gas. A well-stocked refrigerator
and pantry along with a few bowls are
all that's needed to defeat the villain -
hunger. But not everyone in our communities has the ingredients needed to fill
their bowls.
So, at this year's Annual Conference,
during a pre-lunch " Soup-Tail Hour "
fundraiser, NRPA's Ethnic Minority So-

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ciety (EMS) is offering you an opportunity to help. Purchase a ticket to the Ethnic Minority Luncheon or the pre-lunch
fundraiser, scheduled for Thursday,
September 28 at 11 a.m. at the Hilton
Riverside Hotel, and proceeds will help
support local New Orleans food banks.
But, the story of this " Soup-Tale " didn't
begin here, it began with a mission.
The Mission: Social Equity
In Prince George's County, Maryland,
more than 130,000 residents struggle to
get the food they need. Nationwide, 42
million Americans struggle with hunger.

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People often question how hunger and
parks and recreation connect. The answer is equity.
NRPA invests in protecting vulnerable communities and believes that by
building communities, regardless of socio-economic standing, age, race or ability, our communities can thrive. According to FeedingAmerica.org, 43.1 million
people in America are living in poverty.
That number is nearly identical to the
number of Americans who struggle with
hunger. No community can thrive when
its neighbors are hungry, and turning a
blind eye makes us all vulnerable. At the
M-NCPPC Department of Parks and
Recreation in Prince George's County
Maryland, we realized this, and we were
not the only ones.
We realized that the mission of the
Commit to Health grant from NRPA,



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