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Hope you
all had a wonderful summer! As we gear up for the fall, we are excited to
announce our first ever World Food Day photo contest. Every year, people
around the world come together to declare their commitment to creating a world
free from hunger and malnutrition on October 16th. World Food Day celebrates
the creation of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
(FAO) on 16 October 1945 which was built upon "it's belief that the goal
of freedom from want of food, suitable and adequate for the health and strength
of all people can be achieved."
Join us
in our commemoration this year by submitting original photos depicting what
global hunger and food security means to you. Please include a brief
description of the photo submission including details of when and where it was
taken. In addition to other festivities we are planning for October 16th
(mark your calendars), we hope that this photo contest will bring to our
attention the global struggle against hunger and malnutrition as well as
highlight the achievements in food security and agricultural development. We
also hope that this will ignite great discussions on how we can work together
to create lasting solutions to these injustices.
RULES
1. Eligibility
The photo contest is
open to anyone living in the Chicago area.
2. Number and Format of
Submissions
If you meet the
eligibility requirements you may submit up to three photographs. Each photo
must be submitted in electronic format. Your
photographs may be black-and-white or color. If you submit more than one photo,
please make sure to number the photos accordingly.
3. Subject Matter
The only subject
matter restriction is that your photo or photos capture an experience or record
an observation depicting global hunger.
4. Application Process
and Deadline
The photo submissions
should be submitted online by Thursday October 11th 2014 to chicago.oxfamactioncorps@gmail.com. You can also
submit your photos via Facebook or twitter by
tagging us.
5. Prizes
3 top submissions
will be chosen by a panel of judges after a round of online voting. Prizes will
be announced very soon.
6. Important Advisory
All submissions may
be used by the Chicago Oxfam Action Corps for display and circulation (with
attribution to the photographer). If you submit a photograph it
is understood that you have granted this right.
7. Further Information.
If you have any
additional questions please contact us at chicago.oxfamactioncorps@gmail.com
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9/12/14
World Food Day Photo Contest
5/22/13
Which Is It, Transparency or Darkness?
Taken from First Person Oxfam America Blog
Right now the American Petroleum Institute is waging a legal battle in Washington to block key sections of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act– passed by Congress and signed by President Obama– that requires oil companies to divulge what they pay governments.
Some of the same companies supporting the suit, like Chevron, are also say they support the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative, which is meeting in Sydney this week to promote more disclosure of oil, gas, and mineral resource revenues.
Chevron’s page on the EITI web site says “Chevron believes that the disclosure of revenues received by governments and payments made by extractive industries to governments could lead to improved governance in resource-rich countries. The transparent and accurate accounting of these funds contributes to stable, long-term investment climates, economic growth and the well-being of communities… Our commitment to promoting revenue transparency in (sic) reflected in our participation in the multistakeholder Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). Chevron, which continues to support the efforts of the Oslo-based EITI Secretariat, was elected to serve as a full member of the EITI board in 2009.”
OK so we are asking: Does Chevron support resource revenue transparency or not, and if so why has the company not publicly disavowed its support of the API law suit?
Right now we are calling on Chevron, ExxonMobil, BP, and Shell to drop their support of the API suit. You can help: Check out our new video, share it through your social networks, and take the action to call on Big Oil companies to be honest, support resource revenue transparency, and drop the law suit in Washington.
Right now the American Petroleum Institute is waging a legal battle in Washington to block key sections of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act– passed by Congress and signed by President Obama– that requires oil companies to divulge what they pay governments.
Some of the same companies supporting the suit, like Chevron, are also say they support the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative, which is meeting in Sydney this week to promote more disclosure of oil, gas, and mineral resource revenues.
Chevron’s page on the EITI web site says “Chevron believes that the disclosure of revenues received by governments and payments made by extractive industries to governments could lead to improved governance in resource-rich countries. The transparent and accurate accounting of these funds contributes to stable, long-term investment climates, economic growth and the well-being of communities… Our commitment to promoting revenue transparency in (sic) reflected in our participation in the multistakeholder Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). Chevron, which continues to support the efforts of the Oslo-based EITI Secretariat, was elected to serve as a full member of the EITI board in 2009.”
OK so we are asking: Does Chevron support resource revenue transparency or not, and if so why has the company not publicly disavowed its support of the API law suit?
Right now we are calling on Chevron, ExxonMobil, BP, and Shell to drop their support of the API suit. You can help: Check out our new video, share it through your social networks, and take the action to call on Big Oil companies to be honest, support resource revenue transparency, and drop the law suit in Washington.
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