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FOCUS Alert! October 20, 2011Welcome to the FOCUS Alert an occasional short publication
spreading the news of our common work together. You are
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In this email:1. Patsy ClineAfter Midnight Nov. 4th2. Faith and Advocacy Nov. 15th3. FOCUS got mugged!4. Horn of Africa Event on Saturday5. Occupy Albany6. Call Senators Gillibrand & Schumer7. Visit FOCUS on the Web!
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1. Patsy ClineAfter Midnight Nov. 4th
5. Occupy Albany
2. Faith & Advocacy Nov. 15Equipping the Saints
Tuesday, November 15th
6 pm at Westminster Presbyterian
Lite dinner available
rsvp: 443-
0460 or [email protected]
Please join us for a conversation on faith and
advocacy as we strategize together on ways to
end hunger and poverty. What is our role as
people of faith? What can we do? The What,When, How of Advocacy. Lets talk. Lets plan.
3. FOCUS Got Mugged!
We askedyou answered!Thank you for the dozens and dozens of mugs
that youve donated to theFOCUS Breakfast Program.
Winter Breakfast opens on November 1st. Over
40 volunteers have signed up to run the program
on T,W and TH, each week thru next spring.
Were still looking for subsgive Paula call at
443-0460 or [email protected]
4. Horn of Africa Fundraiser on Saturday
The Occupy Albany General Assembly decided to startthe occupation this Friday, Oct 21, at Lafayette/AcademyPark. This is the park across from City Hall and next to theCapitol, by Eagle Street and Washington Ave. Gatheringstarts at noon and General Assembly there at 5pm.And STAY!!
6. Call Senators Gillibrand and Schumer asapDamaging Amendments
Introduced in Senate WouldSeverely Cut SNAP
Senator Gillibrand is leadingthe fight nationally to protectSNAP, so all she needs is a callto thank her (202 224-4451).
Sen. Schumer says he is alsoopposed, but a call to himwould help convince him totake more of a leadership role.(202 224-6542)
Our colleagues are in Washington, D.C.right now and have shared breakingnews regarding a threat to the Supple-mental Nutrition Assistance Program(SNAP, or Food Stamp Program in NewYork).
This week, the Senate Agriculture Com-mittee has been working on a bill andsubsequent amendments that dictatefunding for SNAP and other nutritionassistance programs. This is the Agri-
culture Appropriations Bill for fiscal year2012.Senators Jeff Sessions (AL) and JimDeMint (SC), have proposed amend-ments to the Appropriations Bill thatwould make severe cuts to the SNAPthat would severely limit access, and/or reduce food stamp benefits this
fiscal year.
Millions of New Yorkers could be impact-ed by this proposal, increasing food in-security across the state.
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