BALTIMORE (AP) — The Maryland Food Bank is holding its 2012 Be A Voice Hunger Action Symposium.

Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown is scheduled to join more than 400 people at the event on Friday in Baltimore.

Maryland Food Bank’s network includes soup kitchens, pantries and shelters, along with state and local officials, private foundations and community-based organizations.

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