By Kristina Scherber
Cardinal Staff
On Saturday, March 21, Peace and Justice Club hosted a hunger banquet in the cafeteria. The event served as a visual representation of how food is distributed throughout the world.
As students entered the cafeteria, they were invited to take part in the hunger banquet. Those who accepted the invitation were given a slip of paper that said what economic class they were assigned to and the story of a person to go along with it.
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Many students were surprised by the food and portions that they received. Students in the upper class were given a small bowl of pasta and sauce, a bun and a glass of juice. They were seated at a linen-covered table with china. The middle class group received beans with rice and were seated in chairs, whereas the low class only received rice and water and sat on the floor.
“I felt bad being the only one at a table with nice food,” said freshman Michelle Boris, who was seated at the upper class table. “I wanted to share it or go sit with the others.”
“Through ‘Engage: Poverty’ we wanted to build community and give students a place to come together to learn and to share ideas about how we can help change things by collaborating here on campus,” said senior Becca Collins, co-leader of Peace and Justice Club.
Along with the hunger banquet, Peace and Justice’s “Engage: Poverty” initiative included a Common Threads clothing drive and sale, a reading by Spoken Word Youth Poet champion Tottiana Adams, a Fair Trade fair and keynote speaker Julia Dinsmore.
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