{"id":49506,"date":"2019-04-16T15:05:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T20:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=49506"},"modified":"2024-10-31T15:07:51","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T20:07:51","slug":"acc-explores-global-hunger-at-global-issues-spring-speaker-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/04\/16\/acc-explores-global-hunger-at-global-issues-spring-speaker-series\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC explores global hunger at Global Issues Spring Speaker series"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2024\/10\/globalspeakerunnamed_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2024\/10\/globalspeakerunnamed_0.jpg 850w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2024\/10\/globalspeakerunnamed_0-300x124.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2024\/10\/globalspeakerunnamed_0-768x316.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2024\/10\/globalspeakerunnamed_0-150x62.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Austin Community College (ACC) presents a discussion of global hunger at the 2019 Global Issues Speaker Series Wednesday, April 17, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Eastview Campus, Room 8500 (3101 Webberville Rd.).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ACC Philosophy adjunct professor Dr. Linda Cox will examine what is causing the rising global hunger rate and explore the most ethical way to help.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAfter a decade of progress on global hunger, the rate is now rising. Once again, almost one billion people are undernourished,&#8221; says Dr. Cox. &#8220;Women and girls in sub-Saharan African countries are the most at-risk. We need to explore why, and what we in the U.S. ought to do about it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hosted by ACC\u2019s International Programs, the presentation is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information, contact William Hayden, director of International Programs, at 512-223-7114 or <a href=\"mailto:william.hayden@austincc.edu\">william.hayden@austincc.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Community College (ACC) presents a discussion of global hunger at the 2019 Global Issues Speaker Series Wednesday, April 17, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Eastview Campus, Room 8500 (3101 Webberville Rd.).&nbsp; ACC Philosophy &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/04\/16\/acc-explores-global-hunger-at-global-issues-spring-speaker-series\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3930,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13,15,17,18],"tags":[3494,1951,75],"class_list":["post-49506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-and-community","category-current-students","category-facstaff-news","category-news-and-announcements","category-official-acc-press-releases","tag-global-hunger","tag-global-issues-speaker-series","tag-international-programs"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3930"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49506\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}