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Lobbying for change VICKIE PAPAGEORGE COPY EDITOR VP724@CABRINI.EDU
Twenty three students in the Working for Global Justice seminar class traveled from their Cabrini classroom to Washington D.C., on Friday, April 11, in order to lobby Congress on the topic of foreign assistance for underdeveloped countries and additional funding for food aid. The trip was a result of close collaboration of the students with Catholic Relief Services. They went through semester-long training for advocacy and how to lobby Congress. “The students also learned about the role the U.S. government plays in these global issues and that because of our demo-
cratic system, they have the right and the responsibility to tell their government how to address these issues. This is the essence of advocacy – to inform our elected officials of our opinion in order to influence their decisions,” Brendan Cavanagh, CRS grassroots advocacy specialist, said. Divided in three groups of seven to eight people, each group sat with the staff of Senators Arlen Specter, Robert Casey and Robert Menendez and discussed the important need of support for the Farm Bill and the Global Poverty Act to aid poor countries in Africa, South America and other parts of the world. The Farm Bill defines international and domestic U.S. food and agriculture policy for five years. Provisions in the bill, known as
P.L. 480 Title II food aid, specify how the United States responds to food needs of poor people worldwide during emergencies such as war and drought and also for long-term development such as using food to promote education, health and agriculture. It ensures safe living and working conditions for farm workers, promotes fairness for farmers in developing countries and provides food security aid efficiently and effectively to hungry people worldwide. The Global Poverty Act aims to further the United States foreign policy objective of promoting the reduction of global poverty, the elimination of ex-
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Three groups of students traveled to Washington, D.C. to meet with the staff of Senators Arlen Specter, Robert Casey and Robert Menendez. Students pictured above: Vickie Papageorge, Christina Mitchaluk, Christine Graf, Diana Vilares, Tim Harner, Bill Cassidy, Jessica Storm, Bridget Flynn, Delta Benoit, Britney Mitchell, Joe Johnson, Sam Randol, Mike Balka, Kara Schneider, Jill Smith and Megan Pellegrino.
Gore campaigns to reduce effects of global warming LIZ LAVIN DEPUTY EDITOR EAL723@CABRINI.EDU
Former Vice President Al Gore is hoping to change the world with three years and a $300 million ad campaign. The goal of the costly campaign is to urge Americans to push for a more aggressive reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. Gore is launching the ad
campaign with the Alliance for Climate Protection, a group he created in 2006. Both Gore and the Alliance for Climate Protection feel the ad campaign is necessary to turn basic awareness of the problem into action. The issue of global warming has been the center of debate for years. In 2007, the United Nations International Panel on Climate Change issued a report
stating that since the 20th century, humans have been the main cause of global warming. Gore has made it his personal mission to help solve the problem. With “An Inconvenient Truth,” Gore urged Americans to make small changes in their everyday lives. He says what needs to happen now are policy changes by United States lawmakers. “I think it’s great that Al Gore
is doing this campaign,” Dr. David Dunbar, associate professor of biology, said. “I don’t think it would have worked even five years ago…but more and more individuals are now convinced global warming is ‘real.’” Dr. Melissa Terlecki, assistant professor of psychology, agrees that the nationwide awareness of global warming has just recently increased. She says very
few people realize how serious the global warming situation is because not many ordinary citizens are educated about the topic but that is changing with the many “going green” campaigns happening nationwide. The ads will run during shows like “American Idol” and “The GLOBAL WARMING, page 3