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Food Not Bombs Founder to Visit

The founder of Food Not Bombs, as one would expect, has a “famous tofu spread.” The global movement dedicated to feeding the hungry with free, mostly vegan meals has been operating in over 1,000 communities since its founding in Massachusetts in 1980 by Keith McHenry. McHenry will be on hand at the Resource Center for Non-Violence on Thursday evening to give a talk and share his tofu spread. He will discuss the background of the Food Not Bombs movement, as well as practical strategies for community building through sharing food.

 The local Santa Cruz Food Not Bombs chapter, which has been operating off and on for decades, has been reliably providing a free meal for the community outside the downtown Post Office every Saturday from 4-5pm since last December. Abbi Samuels, who has been volunteering with the organization for five months, says the Food Not Bombs movement is particularly needed in Santa Cruz because of our large homeless population.

 “Food Not Bombs is really a political statement saying basically, 'Lets spend our moneyless on military and more on feeding people,'” she says. “It’s about sharing food. It’s not just for people that are hungry. Anyone can eat with us.”

Thursday, Dec. 12 from 7-9pm at the Resource Center for Non-Violence, 612 Ocean St, Santa Cruz. www.foodnotbombs.net

 

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