Gordon Arata Montgomery Barnett in
New Orleans, Louisiana; Tim Sullivan of
Ogden & Sullivan in Tampa, Florida; and
John Hemenway of Bivins & Hemenway in
Tampa, Florida.
The effort, called Primerus Fights
Hunger, invites Primerus firms to get
involved in their own cities, and globally:
canned goods to be donated to a food
bank of their choice.
to the United Nations World Food
Programme for the cost of at least
one billable hour. The World Food
Programme delivers food and assistance
to hungry people around the world.
their participation to Chris Dawe, Primerus
Vice President of Services and Associate
General Counsel.
Stewart's firm already took action, with
firm employees contributing around $6,000
to the World Food Programme, as well as
organizing a food drive for the Capital Area
Food Bank last year. Other Primerus firms
have done the same, including:
Community Food Bank.
to Second Harvest Food Bank in New
Primerus attorneys was seeking a cause
for Primerus members around the world to
embrace, they found those United Nations
statistics too startling to ignore. So the
Primerus Fights Hunger effort was born.
Launched at the Primerus Global Conference
in October 2017, the effort continues
throughout 2018.
It's an issue Terence Stewart, managing
partner of Primerus member firm Stewart and
Stewart in Washington, D.C. has cared about
for a long time, including writing papers
exploring the global food crisis. His law
firm works in international trade and trade
regulation, so they're no strangers to tackling
global issues.
"When you see the kinds of reports that
are coming out of the United Nations, that 20
million people are starving to death in 2017,
the only reason that can happen is if there's
a failure of the body politic to respond and
open their hearts to people in need," Stewart
said. "This is a matter of life and death for
hundreds of thousands upon millions of
people. How could that not be important to
law firms who are interested in the rule of
law and decent livelihood for all?"
Stewart, joined by a working group of
other Primerus members, set out to organize
an effort that would allow Primerus firms to
exemplify one of the Six Pillars community
service by combating hunger locally
and globally. The group also included
Robin Lewis of Mandelbaum Salsburg in
Rouge Food Bank.
to the San Francisco Food Bank.
South Jersey.
Metropolitan Ministries in Tampa,
Florida.
Food Bank in Charleston, South
Carolina.
Pittsburgh Community Food Bank.
Harvest Food Bank in Nashville,
Tennessee; Chattanooga Area Food
Bank; and Mid-South Food Bank in
Memphis.
participate throughout 2018, whether
in their own city or through the United
Nations.
"You deal with it at a local level
because that's where you live, and if you
can, you try to deal with it on a global level
since there are a lot of people less fortunate
than you," Stewart said.
For more information about Primerus
Fights Hunger, visit primerus.com/primerus-
fights-hunger-join-the-fight.htm.
at Home and Around the World
population, were hungry up 38 million from the previous year.
This marked the first increase in global hunger after more than
a decade of decline.