 Hi, I'm Kelsey and I'm an organizer with CodePink's Divest from the War Machine campaign and a few years ago I also started a chapter of Food Not Bombs in San Luis Obispo, California and so Food Not Bombs is a global grassroots mutual aid movement that protests war and poverty by sharing food freely with anyone who's in need and So every Sunday we gather at a local park and share food with the community And many people have come to rely on Food Not Bombs every week But when our governor recently issued a statewide shelter-in-place order that banned social gatherings We became concerned that we might not be able to continue sharing food with people But in these times of uncertainty and vulnerability we knew that now more than ever we needed to support our community so we got creative and We are now bagging up the food in lunch bags for people to pick up and take with them rather than gather So we're packaging food such as sandwiches burritos Fruit bread anything we can get our hands on we're putting them in lunch bags So people can pick them up, but we're encouraging that people don't gather and keep a safe social distance we're all wearing gloves and masks for the food prep and the drop-off and We just know that now is not the time to stop providing for each other because this current crisis It's highlighting all of the misplaced national priorities that Code pink and Food Not Bombs have been protesting for years for decades The fact that Waller tax dollars are funneled into the US war machine year after year Public health infrastructure is neglected and people are going hungry So now is the time to start providing for each other to safely come together and Organize mutual aid efforts and to grow a local peace economy