Food & Water Watch • 2022 Annual Report
Against All Odds: A Celebration and a Call to Action
On September 29, 2022 Food & Water Watch members joined us in New York City and tuned in virtually from across the country for Against All Odds, our annual benefit. The evening featured speakers including Congressman Jamaal Bowman, activist Irvin Rodriguez and our Pennsylvania State Director Megan McDonough. Honorees included Elisa Gambino, the director of the docuseries Wasteland , and Bill Gee and Sue Crothers, dedicated activists and founders of the Manaaki Foundation. Sue is also a founding member of the One Earth Film Festival and Director of the One Earth Young Filmmakers Contest. Ada Limón, the 24 th U.S. Poet Laureate, closed the night with a reading of her poem Salvage — a stirring reminder of what we’re protecting, and to never give up hope. Against All Odds was a celebration and a call to action. With your continued investment, Food & Water Watch will keep fighting for the health of our planet!
Wenonah Hauter (center) with benefit honorees Sue Crothers (left) and Bill Gee (right).
“ Let’s never lose faith in our ability to tell our stories and never lose faith in the fact that they might get in front of the people who need to see them. We found Food & Water Watch because they are constantly
Benefit honoree Elisa Gambino
speaking up about these injustices, and had they not, I couldn’t have done my job.” — Elisa Gambino Filmmaker and Director of ”Wasteland“
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