Thursday, July 05, 2007

Sojourner's Quote of the Week

QUOTE OF THE WEEK at sojo.net

"We have to step out of this charity model, and as nonprofits, we have to start being involved in the political discourse. Hunger's not about food."

- Robert Egger, anti-hunger activist, founder of D.C. Central Kitchen, and recent recipient of the Duke Zeibert Capital Achievement Award. (Source: The Washington Post)

In that brief interview in the Post Mr. Egger explains what he meant by his quote above. He also offers his insight on young people's attitude toward helping others.

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