This March marks the 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day. To celebrate, Oxfam America—an international development and relief organization that creates lasting solutions to poverty, hunger and social injustice—is organizing more than 150 events worldwide.
This March marks the 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day. To celebrate, Oxfam America—an international development and relief organization that creates lasting solutions to poverty, hunger and social injustice—is organizing more than 150 events worldwide.
Around the world—from Maine to Mali—women are leading efforts to find solutions to the complex challenges of hunger, poverty and climate change. These solutions include support for sustainable agriculture, community cooperatives, local food movements, women’s education programs, and more.
To raise awareness about these efforts, NAMA co-sponsored an Oxfam America Hunger Banquet® in Portland Maine along with leaders from Maine’s business, agricultural, environmental, culinary, non-profit, faith and philanthropic communities, to celebrate the role women play in feeding the world.
MASTERS OF CEREMONIES
- Diane Atwood, Medical Writer and Former Health Reporter for WCSH6
- Cathy Lee, Managing Director of Lee International and Oxfam America Sisters on the Planet Ambassador
HOST COMMITTEE
- Anne Burt, Oxfam America Sisters on the Planet Ambassador
- Cathy Lee, Lee International and Oxfam America Sisters on the Planet Ambassador
- Daphne Comaskey, El Camino Restaurant
- Eleanor Kinney, Slow Money Maine and Oxfam America Sisters on the Planet Ambassador
- Eloise Humphrey, El Camino Restaurant
- Heather Spalding, Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association
- Jill Agnew, Willow Pond Farm
- Reverend Jill Job Saxby, Maine Council of Churches
- Karen Volckhausen, Happy Town Farm
- Mary Allen Lindemann, Coffee by Design
- Nancy Dyer Gray, Harraseeket Inn and Broad Arrow Tavern
- Naomi Mermin, Naomi Mermin Consulting and Oxfam America Sisters on the Planet Ambassador
- Penelope Jordan, William H. Jordan Farm
- Sherry Huber, Oxfam America Sisters on the Planet Ambassador
- Stacia Hoover, Oxfam America Sisters on the Planet Ambassador
- Suzanne McCormick, United Way of Greater Portland and Oxfam America Sisters on the Planet Ambassador
- Theda Lyden, Harraseeket Inn and Broad Arrow Tavern
WITH SUPPORT FROM THE FOLLOWING CO-SPONSORS
American Lung Association, Bangor Savings Bank, Coastal Enterprises Inc., Cultivating Community, Good Shepherd Food Bank, William H. Jordan Farm, Lamey-Wellehan Shoes, Lee International, Maine Businesses for Sustainability, Maine Community Foundation, Maine Council of Churches, Maine Farmland Trust, Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, Maine Restaurant Association, Maine Women’s Lobby, MOO Milk, Naomi Mermin Consulting, Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance, Rabelais Books, Rising Tide, United Way of Greater Portland