1. Are you working alone or in a group? If you are working in a group, who are your group member(s)?
I am working alone.
2. What social issue have you been assigned?
Hunger Prevention
3. In order to develop an effective PSA you must feel a personal connection to the social issue that you are addressing. What does this social issue mean to you?
I feel it's not fair that some people are starving while others are just throwing away or wasting the food they have.
4. What group(s) is/are affected by your assigned social issue?
People in third world countries and homeless people all over the world.
5. What potential negative impact can this issue have?
People may steal from others so they can afford to buy food. This can also be a reason we have so many drug dealers trying to make money for their families.
6. What research (statistics) can you use to support your argument that this is a social issue that needs to be addressed?
Number of children who are starving or died or starvation. 15,000,000
Every 3.6 seconds someone dies of hunger
Children who weigh less than they should for their age. 183 million
7. Agency/Organization
a. List the name of an agency/organization that has been established to address your assigned social issue. United Way of New York City
b. What is their complete contact information? (Include web address, phone number and street and/or email address.) http://www.unitedwaynyc.org. 2 park avanue - New York, NY 10016. Tel: 212-251-2500
c. Describe how this organization is connected to your social issue. They help supply to emergency food relief preograms which help people who are starving in the world.
8. What steps can be taken to address this issue? (List at least three steps that can be taken.)
a. Donate money to the hunger relief programs
b. Stop wasting and buying unnecessary food.
c. Donate food to the poor who are living on the street
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