Scripts

Luke Wright: Intro

Hey, thanks for joining us this morning. I'm Luke and this is Noah, Aidan, Emily, and Alexis. We're
juniors in the Academy for Global Studies at Austin High. Global Studies is a part of the ISSN international
network of schools, and has several core pillars. Part of those pillars is to investigate global issues,
communicate our ideas, and take action upon those ideas. We chose to investigate hunger, an issue which
affects people globally, including here in Austin. Thanks again for your time, we hope you enjoy what we've
prepared and look forward to discussing it further.

Noah Schatz: Global Hunger

World Hunger has been an issue for decades, all over the world there are hungry people. 805
million people in the world do not have enough food to live a healthy active life. The vast majority of the
world's hungry people live in developing countries. Asia is the continent with the most hungry people - two
thirds of the total population. Poor nutrition causes nearly half (45%) of deaths in children under five.
Poverty is the principal cause of hunger. There are many ways to prevent World Hunger. Here are a few
ways to prevent world hunger A groups that helps prevent World hunger is Heifer, they provide animals
such as cows and chicken as sustainable food for impoverished families. It will be with the help of people
all over the world that Hunger will be ended, and is thanks to people like Mr. Hall that we see its decline.

Aidan Hogan: National Hunger

Food insecurity describes an inconsistent supply of food, that does not meet the basic needs of a
human being. This problem has become increasingly prevalent in our nation, with 1 in 6 people in America
facing hunger, and the existence of food insecurity in every county in America, hunger is an issue that
needs to attract more attention. Since 2010 the striped nations you see on the map indicate states that
have seen a significant increase in hunger, as you can see the striped nations constitute a much larger
portion of our country than both the blank nations, and the nations with crossed lines, which delineate
nations that have either seen little change, or where poverty rates have decreased. this shows the
increasing urgency to solve National Hunger. One of the most concerning aspects of the problem of hunger
to me are its huge effects on children. 1 in 5 children are at risk of hunger and in Latino and AfricanAmerican communities it is 1 in 3. One of the main reasons for this prevalence of hunger among children is
the inconsistency of meals provided at school, out of 100 schools 87 have breakfast sites and only 36 have
summer food programs, so in many situations when school lets out, a consistent supply of food is
unavailable, plunging many children into food insecurity and hunger. over 20 million children receive free
and reduced lunch, out of those 20 million less than half will get breakfast and only 10 percent have access
to summer feeding sites.
Emily Potter: General Information
As you may know, hunger is a very big issue that the world is fighting against today. Chronic hunger affects
more than 900 million people in the world today. Surprisingly food shortages is not the issue, in fact global
supply of food far out numbers consumer demand. Four of the leading causes of hunger is poverty,

discrimination, armed conflict, and environmental overload. Some of the effects of hunger include
increased risk of disease, high infant mortality rates, and acute vulnerability in times of disaster for example
when Haiti was hit by that hurricane. It affected the citizens so much more because of the state they were
living in before the hurricane even hit. Over 13% of the world's population is undernourished, and almost 1
billion people struggle with hunger daily.

Luke Wright: Memorial Idea

As a part of this project, we were tasked with not only investigating the issue, but coming up with
some type of hypothetical monument or memorial that could be built. We think a natural monument would
be a statue of hall in Columbus, the capital city of the state he represented. This statue could incorporate
elements that memorialized the progress he made in fighting hunger. This would not only inform people of
his achievements, but could be used to advocate further support for the cause of fighting hunger both in
local communities such as here in austin and on a global scale.

Alexis Garcia: Tony P. Hall

Tony P. Hall was born on January 16, 1942 in Dayton, Ohio. He was a leading advocate for
hunger relief programs and improving human rights conditions in the world. He founded the
Congressional Friends of Human Rights Monitors and authorized legislation that supported food aid,
child survival, basic education, primary health care, micro-enterprise, and development assistance in
worlds poorest countries. He also founded and chaired the Congressional Hunger Center nongovernmental organization, which was committed to ending hunger. Hall is a recipient of the United
States Committee for UNICEF 1995 Childrens Legislative Advocate Award, United States AID
Presidential End Hunger Award, 1992 Oxfam America Partners Award, Bread for the World
Distinguished Service Against Hunger Award, and NCAA Silver Anniversary Award.