As part of UNLV's Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, The Las Vegas Oxfam Action Corps was invited to participate in the LEAD team's Hunger Banquet, on November 19th. They received all of their materials from Oxfam and invited Lauren to speak about the history of Oxfam, what we do and believe and how students can get involved. Jacob, Louie, Ruth and Gracie also participated. It was a good and impactful exercise. The students got at least an idea of the disparity in the world and some compelling statistics on hunger and poverty that really made them think. Also, as they are students, and really enjoy free food in any form - they actually seemed grateful for a plain, luke-warm, potato. It was a lot of fun and a good opportunity to raise awareness about Poverty, Oxfam and the Action Corps!
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