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Report proposes Chicago lead way in addressing global challenge of feeding urban populations The Chicago Council on Global Affairs released a report on urban food security from its Emerging Leaders Class of 2013 . The group of 20 Chicago leaders has spent the last year developing an action plan for analyzing and addressing urban food security and the dual challenges of under-nutrition and obesity that have beset many urban centers. Representatives of the Emerging Leaders Class of 2013 presented their report, Feeding an Urban World: A Call to Action , at a Chicago Council public event last evening. In it they proposed Chicago utilize its extensive corporate, academic, philanthropic and public policy resources to assume a leadership role and become a model for other cities in addressing the challenges of feeding urban populations. Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s policy director, Mike Simmons, and global food security expert, Ambassador William J. Garvelink, also delivered remarks and comm...

While loyalty towards President Obama between Black community and Black churches have been tested in the last weeks since the president announced his support of gay marriage, Ethiopians have also found a reason to question President Obama's foreign policy decisions. Ethiopians upset over PM Zenawi's participation in G-8 summit and Food Security symposium held last week. Photo/CD Brown. As the president hosted the G-8 Summit and announced new global food regulations this week, inviting several world leaders, members of the Ethiopian community are outraged over the invitation of Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi , and are asking President Obama to stop supporting the man they say should be convicted of war crimes. "President Obama said during his election campaign that he wouldn't sand beside dictators, said Neamin Zeleke", one of the organizers of  DC protest last Thursday outside the Ronald Reagan Int'l Building where there president was speaking...

House Passes Child Nutrition Legislation With a vote of 264 yays, and 157 nays the House passed the $4.5 billion child nutrition legislation that will improve the quality of meals that children receive at school. We can't believe the 157 who voted against this bill.  Who doesn't want America's kids eating healthy food? We share in the First Lady's comments on the passage of the bill. "I am so thrilled that the House of Representatives has passed “The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act” – a groundbreaking piece of bipartisan legislation that will significantly improve the quality of meals that children receive at school and will play an integral role in our efforts to combat childhood obesity." The First Lady has been working feverishly to ensure that America's kids eat properly. "Over  the past two years, I have had the privilege of speaking with parents, educators, governors and mayors, medical professionals, community and business leaders, an...