
David M. Beasley
@dbeasley1
Married to Mary Wood. 4 children. 3 grands. Love Your Neighbor. Former Governor and Nobel Peace Prize Recipient as Executive Dir of the World Food Programme
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05-12-2012 05:24:38
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Our next generation of leaders can learn from our successes and from our failures. Our future is depending on them! USC Joseph F. Rice School of Law University of South Carolina

Thank you Samer AbdelJaber for your incredible dedication/hard work.I remember when I appointed you to this position. I knew you were the right person but little did any of us know the challenges that were to come. So many children and families have hope because of you! @wfp #palestine

Good morning from @CityofWilmDE! Thrilled to be joining USGLC’s #MidAtlanticSummit24 with Senator Chris Coons @RepLBR @DBeasley1 Oksana Markarova and so many leaders who are making a difference for our country 🇺🇸 and the 🌎! Join our live conversation at 9:30am ET:



Ending hunger for tens of millions and earning a Nobel Peace Prize with the World Food Programme for doing it is no small achievement. Thank you Governor David M. Beasley for sharing your journey with us at the Indiana Economic Development Corp. and gener8tor Ag Conference.


"Food security brings everyone together…the D’s & the R’s lay down their differences…[b/c] the American people, the people of the world…understand that we're facing a global food crisis." - Past head of World Food Programme David M. Beasley on why solving hunger is a moral & strategic imperative.
![USGLC (@usglc) on Twitter photo "Food security brings everyone together…the D’s & the R’s lay down their differences…[b/c] the American people, the people of the world…understand that we're facing a global food crisis." - Past head of <a href="/WFP/">World Food Programme</a> <a href="/dbeasley1/">David M. Beasley</a> on why solving hunger is a moral & strategic imperative. "Food security brings everyone together…the D’s & the R’s lay down their differences…[b/c] the American people, the people of the world…understand that we're facing a global food crisis." - Past head of <a href="/WFP/">World Food Programme</a> <a href="/dbeasley1/">David M. Beasley</a> on why solving hunger is a moral & strategic imperative.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GX3X0BWXMAA_eAA.jpg)




Former SC Governor and head of the UN World Food Program, David M. Beasley, tells USGLC's Liz Schrayer, “Food is the pathway to peace... the lack of food is the pathway to war... If you're not going to [provide international food assistance] out of the kindness of your heart, then



200 years ago up to 95% of the world's population lived in extreme poverty. That number is less than 9% today. Despite the progress made, former World Food Programme chief David M. Beasley argues “we're now going backwards” & are not making enough progress in helping to reach the final 9% in need.
