Why Harry Chapin Still Matters, Part I
Why Harry Chapin Still Matters, Part I
(40 years ago, the first and only United States Presidential Commission on Hunger delivered a landmark report on global hunger, aimed at reducing food insecurity among tens of millions of people in the U.S., and around the world. One of the driving forces behind the creation of this unique Commission and it’s work was singer/songwriter Harry Chapin, who created World Hunger Year (WHYHunger) five years earlier with former Catholic Priest and social activist Bill Ayres. While the Commission’s practical and humanitarian recommendations were suffocated with the election of Ronald Reagan, and the rise of mean-spirited, anti-social justice ideologues in the United States in 1980, Harry Chapin’s work against hunger and food insecurity continues to this day. This week, the first documentary about Harry Chapin’s brief, but impactful, life is being released at the Hampton’s Film Festival on Long Island, NY, entitled: “Harry Chapin: When In Doubt, Do Something.” You can see the two-minute trailer to the Chapin documentary — produced by Rick Korn, S.A. Baron, and Harry’s son, Jason, with whom I was privileged to work — right here: https://share.getcloudapp.com/YEuoDnWL
The Chapin documentary will be nationally distributed, appropriately, on October 16, World Food Day. I have written a story entitled “Why Harry Chapin Still…
