CAST to Hold Hunger Forum
Community Action Southold Town is addressing the issue of hunger on the North Fork with a special program titled “One Community, Underfed: A North Fork Hunger Forum” on Sunday, Oct. 27 from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. at Southold High School at 420 Oaklawn Avenue in Southold.
The afternoon will include a screening of the film “A Place at the Table: A Documentary on Hunger in America” followed by a panel discussion with community leaders.
Tickets are $10 in advance online here or by calling 631.477.1717 or $15 at the door, and the organizers are asking attendees to bring a non-perishable food item with them for CAST’s food pantry.
The panel discussion includes chef and producer Tom Colicchio, filmmaker Lori Silverbush, Food Research & Action Center Directer of Government Affairs Ellen Teller, Long Island Farm Bureau Executive Dirctor Robert Carpenter, Peconic Pediatrics Doctor Fatema Meah and Rev. Roger Joslin of the Common Ground Garden.
