ProjectROTI - Next iteration

From 2 - 5 PM, on Saturday August 9, we will execute on the next round of flour distribution.

As before, please refer to the project page for information on how to participate.

To respond to a very insightful comment on the last post on this topic, "When are we going to understand and admit our role?":

1. Working members of FASTRising are acutely aware of the harm caused by the inroads made into traditional household savings by loans from commercial financial institutions.
2. And they admit their complicity where such has been the case.
3. This flour distribution is a tiny effort. It helps a small number of people. But it does help them in a very basic, very concrete way. That cannot be denied. Our secondary purpose in participating in this effort, started by the YPL group, is to create awareness around the issue, to incite young people to do more than just donate money and to actually dare to take a walk down to Wigan Pier.
4. And yes, there is no reason to stop anyone from reading Amartya Sen's analyses of endemic poverty and hunger (as well as other credible researchers) and applying that knowledge to our case. It would be a day of great rejoicing for us to know that our insignificant blogging actually triggered off such a powerful train of thought in the mind of one of our readers.