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Remarks by participants of the Food Stamp Challenge
James K. Cummings, Chair, and Simon Greer, President, Nathan Cummings Foundation
Presentation
In TED-style talks, we explore tzedakah's elemental components—righteousness and justice—from three innovative approaches to combating poverty.
The first presenter, Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz, founder of Uri L’Tzedek: The Orthodox Social Justice Movement, reflects on poverty through the lens of the food-justice movement, and the many issues with ties to poverty (health, immigration, workers’ rights) that cluster within it. Our lunch today is a locally sourced, farm-to-table meal, to complement.
Steve Rothschild, founder of Twin Cities RISE!, tells the story of this remarkable workforce-development program’s success in weaving together multiple sectors to help people escape from poverty, but in finding application for its innovative methods to other issues.
Finally, Dafna Lifshitz, founder of Israel’s Appleseeds Academy, reminds us that even in the startup nation, disadvantaged communities often lack access to and training in the technology skills that are so critical for success in the 21st-century economy. We’ll close on a hopeful and positive vision of Israel that brings together volunteers, businesses, communities, and individuals from across the society to create equal opportunity and reduce social disparities.
