I can see every day, people are going hungry. It’s not just the old anymore, the faces are getting younger and younger. According to www.feedingamerica.com, over 1 in 4 households (26.1%), are impoverished or food insecure. I understand this topic, because if people realize it or not, it affects many of my educational counterparts. One of my topics today is how I plan to fix this issue as an individual, and as a community. My main focus is going to be hunger, but specifically African American children under the age of 18.
According to www.http://hunger-research.sog.unc.edu, an overall 14% of Wake County or 133,460 children are living in a household that is food insecure. What is really sad to me, is how only about 56,280 of those children …show more content…
I will not mention anyone, but I just notice these things. According to Dr. Oz, there are some foods that raise what is called the ‘happy drug’ in your brain, also known as dopamine. This affects the way you think, as well as self-esteem, suicidal thoughts, and other dangerous thoughts or actions. Even though there are lots of negatives in the aspect of hunger, there are positives, too. Last year, a great teacher showed my class a video. It showed the class how being raised in a poor home or having a bad upbringing can either ruin a life, or can make someone great. A wise man once said ‘Poverty is the schoolmaster of character’. That man was …show more content…
There are so many ways to make the hunger situation better. Some ideas that are typically thought of is donating to the local food bank or spending time with the homeless shelter, or something along those lines. Nobody ever seems to think about how people who aren’t in these places and struggling would have paid for utilities, had easier payment plans, or something along those lines. I have a question: How many people in the room have seen a Public Service Announcement based on poverty or hunger? Now, how many of the people that raised their hands turned away or flipped the channel? People don’t want to see these sad faces, or the starving people, and that is part of the reason hunger is still prevalent among Americans. People always talk about how one person can make a difference and how nobody is too small to make a big change. This is a wake up call! We as a community can work to end hunger if people CARE! These were only just a few ways to reverse the hunger issue, and I just listed a
According to www.http://hunger-research.sog.unc.edu, an overall 14% of Wake County or 133,460 children are living in a household that is food insecure. What is really sad to me, is how only about 56,280 of those children …show more content…
I will not mention anyone, but I just notice these things. According to Dr. Oz, there are some foods that raise what is called the ‘happy drug’ in your brain, also known as dopamine. This affects the way you think, as well as self-esteem, suicidal thoughts, and other dangerous thoughts or actions. Even though there are lots of negatives in the aspect of hunger, there are positives, too. Last year, a great teacher showed my class a video. It showed the class how being raised in a poor home or having a bad upbringing can either ruin a life, or can make someone great. A wise man once said ‘Poverty is the schoolmaster of character’. That man was …show more content…
There are so many ways to make the hunger situation better. Some ideas that are typically thought of is donating to the local food bank or spending time with the homeless shelter, or something along those lines. Nobody ever seems to think about how people who aren’t in these places and struggling would have paid for utilities, had easier payment plans, or something along those lines. I have a question: How many people in the room have seen a Public Service Announcement based on poverty or hunger? Now, how many of the people that raised their hands turned away or flipped the channel? People don’t want to see these sad faces, or the starving people, and that is part of the reason hunger is still prevalent among Americans. People always talk about how one person can make a difference and how nobody is too small to make a big change. This is a wake up call! We as a community can work to end hunger if people CARE! These were only just a few ways to reverse the hunger issue, and I just listed a