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Minneapolis Eat for Equity benefits Marda Permaculture Farm

This month, come to the West Bank. Eat good food, drink good drinks, enjoy good people. And do some small good for a larger community in need at this month’s benefit shindig. Last month, we raised just over $1,000 for Just Health Network-supported public health projects in Zambia and Tanzania, a supplemental nutrition program and […]

Boston Eat for Equity Raises Funds for Tanzanian Public Health Work

After last month’s successful dinner for Partners in Health & Oxfam’s relief efforts in Haiti, Eat for Equity’s Boston contingent is organizing its next event for Friday, March 26th.  This dinner will benefit Support for International Change http://sichange.org/, an organization which provides HIV-related services to rural communities in Tanzania.  SIC organizes HIV awareness campaigns, trains […]

Boston raised nearly $500 for relief efforts in Haiti

Despite the chilly weather late last month, we had a great turn out and raised close to $500 for Partners in Health and Oxfam America.  Thanks for all of your generosity! Eat for Equity goers enjoyed: Stewed Fowl, Soup Joumou, Diri ak djon-djon, Fried Plantains, Pikliz, Pane Patate, and Cremasse (which many of you described as tropical […]

Minneapolis E4E… this month, East Africa!

This month, come to East Africa. Eat good food, drink good drinks, enjoy good people. And do some small good for a larger community in need at this month’s benefit shindig. Last month, we raised a incredible, whopping $2,080 for Partners in Health‘s earthquake relief work in Haiti. Thank you, thank you for coming out, […]

Portland’s Eat For Equity… this month… Tibet!

The date has been set for this month’s community supper! Thanks to everyone who came to support E4E’s Haiti last month–you donated a whopping $392 dollars so The Lambi Fund can continue their work empowering people in Haiti! Unofficial polling suggests that the fried plantains were the favorite course of the meal : ) As […]

Menu for Boston’s Haiti dinner this Saturday

Here’s the planned menu: Haitian Stewed Fowl (chicken stew) Soup Joumou (pumpkin soup) Diri ak djon-djon (black mushroom rice) Friend Plantains with Ti Malice (hot pepper) dipping sauce Pikliz (pickles) Pane Patate (sweet potato pudding) Cremasse (coconut rum drink) Please RSVP and enjoy great food, drinks, and company with us!

Boston E4E this Saturday to benefit Haiti

Dear friends, Please join us at an Eat for Equity fundraiser dinner that will celebrate Haitian culture and benefit directly the rescue and relief efforts of two highly effective organizations, Oxfam America and Partners in Health, both based in Boston with long-term experience working in Haiti. Before the quake, Haiti already ranked the poorest country in the Western […]

Minneapolis E4E redirects January benefit to Haiti

This month, come to Haiti. Eat good food, drink good drinks, enjoy good people. And do some small good for a larger community in need at this month’s benefit shindig. Last month, we raised $400 for two Cambodian entrepreneurs on Kiva.org, a person-to-person micro-lending Web site. By now, you’ve heard about the devastating earthquake that […]

Portland E4E this month benefits Haiti!

The Portland team has decided unequivocally that this month’s dinner should benefit Haiti. We’ll host it in North Portland. Over 3.1 million people in Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, have been affected by the 7.0 level earthquake that hit Tuesday, January 12th. Already wrought with humanitarian problems, Haiti is in desperate need […]

Minneapolis Date Change: Now 23rd

From Em Torgrimson: Happy new year! Thanks for your ideas, friendship, and hard work last year.  I have a great feeling about 2010 and Eat for Equity, and I hope you feel the same. Our hosts want to move the date back, and since we haven’t sent out flyers or emails yet, we went with […]