Meredith College Hunger Banquet

3800 Hillsborough Street,Raleigh NC 27607

31 March, 2022

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Angels are Aware Hunger Banquet Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 5:00 PM Belk Dining Hall We're All In This Together!Let's get together to support our community and fight food insecurity. 41% of students at Meredith College are impacted by food insecurity. 18% of those students may go hungry. Together we can fix this and help build a stronger future for all of us. Join us for an address from our keynote speaker Dr. Joseph Ewoodzie, Jr. author of Getting Something to Eat in Jackson, followed by an open mic night of poetry relating to hunger. Keynote Speaker Dr. Joseph Ewoodzie, JrAs an Associate Professor of Sociology and Vann Professor of Racial Justice at Davidson College in Charlotte, North Carolina, Dr. Ewoodzie helps to provide his students with the tools to understand the social world around them. His focus of study is centered around belonging and its connections with culture, boundaries, inequalities, and blackness. He is the author of the recently published book, Getting Something to Eat in Jackson: Race, Class, and Food in The American South. Through this book Dr. Ewoodzie utilizes food as a means to explore the complex relationship between race and class in the everyday lives of African Americans in the urban South. Davidson College | Dr. Joseph Ewoodzie, Jr Thank you to all of our sponsors!Thank you for your continued support throughout the Meredith College Hunger Week! To learn more about our sponsors check out the links below. Meredith College Dining Services Meredith College Masters of Science in Nutrition Programs Cafe Carolina and BakeryUnited Restaurant Equipment Company Dining by Daisy at Meredith College T&H Creations Wegmans Angels are Aware CampaignThe Angels are Aware Campaign is a campus wide initiative at Meredith College focused on raising awareness of food and basic needs insecurities amongst college students. The Angels are Aware Campaign is dedicated to finding sustainable solutions to these inequities to ensure that our students have a strong start as they work to achieve their goals.