Kent community service clubs in collaboration with the dining hall hosted a Hunger Awareness Dinner, an effort to raise awareness of the issue of global hunger.
The interactive dinner allowed students to experience first-hand how food is distributed throughout the world. Upon entering the dining hall, tables were randomly assigned a class; “first world,” “second world,” or “third world.” These classes determined what type of meal students seated at each table received. The proportion of tables mirrored the proportion in the world population. Only two tables represented the “first world,” or high class, and were served a full multi-course meal. Four tables made up the “second world,” or middle class, and had less variety of food options. The remaining tables represented the “third world,” or lower class, which had only one option.
Megan Solkonicki, Associate Director of Admission and leader of many of the community service efforts at Kent, noted even though the students had different experiences, all had a “healthy and filling meal” and that the dinner’s purpose was to “highlight in a meaningful way the differences and hardships that people around the world face every day.”
Hosting clubs included:
* REACH
* FABB (For a Better Beginning)
* KIN (Kids in Need)
* Habitat for Humanity
* Environmental
* My Soldier
* Animal Rights
* Mission Committee
* Diversity and Culture
* STAND (Students Taking Action Now: Darfur)
