NPC Luncheon: David Beckmann

Photo Credit: Reverend David Beckmann, president of the Bread for the World organization, speaks at a National Press Club Luncheon on Sep. 13, 2010. According to Rev. Beckmann, 1.4 billion people live in extreme poverty throughout the world. Noel St. John

Photo Credit: Reverend David Beckmann, president of the Bread for the World organization, speaks at a National Press Club Luncheon on Sep. 13, 2010. Reverend Beckmann stated that worldwide, the best contraceptive is teaching young women to read Noel St. John

Photo Credit: instead of remaining "beasts of burden," girls now have a life and a future. Noel St. John

Photo Credit: Reverend David Beckmann, president of the Bread for the World organization, speaks at a National Press Club Luncheon on Sep. 13, 2010. The reverend said, "God is calling us to change the politics of hunger." Noel St. John

Photo Credit: Reverend David Beckmann, president of the Bread for the World organization, speaks at a National Press Club Luncheon on Sep. 13, 2010. Reverend Beckmann accepts the traditional NPC coffee mug from president Alan Bjerga. (Also pictured: Speakers Committee Chairman, Andrew Schneider.) Noel St. John