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Face Hunger Workshop
The Captial Area Food Bank (CAFB) created the Face Hunger™ role-play and discussion workshop to increase awareness and understanding of hunger and its many causes. The workshop is interactive and can be used with a wide variety of audiences including political, faith-based, middle and high school, university, and social service. This event can also be combined with volunteering at the CAFB.
Each participant receives a profile with information about the identity, income, and resources available to a person at risk of hunger. The identities vary and may include being a single parent dependent on the government for financial support, a victim of job loss or natural disaster, or living on a fixed income.
In the workshop, participants “become” persons suffering from hunger and facing the challenge of providing meals for their family. These challenges include budgeting money and using the limited resources available to people in need of emergency food. Participants deal with government agencies, private charities, and community businesses and services at the same time, they confront issues such as racism, crime and illiteracy. This enables participants to walk in the shoes of a person in need, by experiencing real-life situations.
Each role-play is followed by a discussion that allows participants to talk about the feelings that they experienced and the issues relevant to the problems they faced during the activity. They consider short- and long-term strategies to help alleviate hunger and poverty.
Face Hunger™ raises awareness. Social service providers, legislators, students, employees, and members of faith-based communities will gain insights from Face Hunger™ and be provided with the necessary tools to better carry out efforts to alleviate hunger.
Details and Cost
The Face Hunger™ role-play and discussion take approximately 90 minutes and includes an introduction to CAFB programs. The activity is appropriate for groups of between 8-10 persons up to a maximum of 30 persons, ages 12 and older. Face Hunger™ can be tailored in length and scope to meet the needs of specific groups.
Contact
For more information or to schedule a session, please email: advocacy@capitalareafoodbank.org or call 202-526-5344.
