Goal 1: No Poverty
More than 700 million people, or 10 per cent of the world population, still live in extreme poverty today, struggling to fulfil the most basic needs like health, education, and access to water and sanitation, to name a few. Learn more at un.org.
What We’re Doing
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Purchase Offers Food Pantry to Address Food Insecurity
Purchase joins all SUNY and CUNY campuses in offering students stigma-free access to free food. -
Mobile Food Pantry
Once a month, in partnership with Feeding Westchester, a Mobile Pantry will visit campus to bring fresh protein, dairy, produce, and grains to campus community members in need. -
Purchase Alternative Service Trip
Purchase students will be traveling to Houston, TX to spend their spring break rebuilding Houston. -
Purchase Alum Bikes Across the US for Affordable Housing Awareness
Brittny Cooper ’15 cycles over 4,000 miles across the US to raise awareness for affordable housing.
Ways to Get Involved
- Visit the FreeStore, FreeNew, Free Shed.
- Get involved with students organizations such as Purchase UNICEF Club, among others.
- Donate items to the Food Pantry.
- Donate funds to the Make an Impact Food Insecurity Fund.
Academics
- Purchase offers classes related to poverty reduction. Check out courses in Liberal Studies, Economics, History, Political Science, and Sociology, to learn more.*
*Contact us if you want your department course page listed.
What Else We’re Doing
- Students on the Office of Residental and Student Life’s midnight run event take food, toiletries and clothing into NYC to pass out to people that are homeless.