Above: Akeisha Latch with About Fresh colleagues and a harvest of greens in Boston, Massachusetts, January 2023. “Everybody’s got a right to live”- a bolded message that I came across one afternoon while working in the MLK Jr. Memorial Library … Read more
Gen Z Leaders Learn Advocacy, Share Experiences on Capitol Hill
Above: Zero Hunger Interns during a break at advocacy training at the office of Bread for the World in Washington, D.C. The Hunger Center, Bread for the World, and Food Recovery Network collaborated for a joint training and Capitol Hill … Read more
29th Class Emerson Fellows Bring Community Perspectives to Policy Placements
The Hunger Center is pleased to announce the policy placements for the 29th Class of Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellows. From February to July, 2023, each fellow will be placed with one of 14 different host organizations, working on projects … Read more
Four Bipartisan Hunger Policy Achievements in 2022
U.S. Capitol at sunset. 📸: Mike Stoll Hunger knows no party lines, and as the 117th Congress comes to an end, the Hunger Center reflects on four important pieces of legislation that demonstrated a bipartisan and bicameral commitment to ending … Read more
Data Matters, But it Isn’t Everything: Balancing Evidence With Urgency in the Anti-Poverty Space
Above: Morgan McKinney, 28th Class Emerson Fellow. I had prior research experience before becoming an Emerson Fellow, and when it came time for the matching process for policy placements, I found myself longing to do research again. My desire for research … Read more
Fighting Poverty With the Tax Code: EITC, CTC, and Building Financial Stability
Above: Blake Turpin, 28th Class Emerson Fellow. In my policy placement I helped to develop a long-term housing and tax policy campaign with RESULTS Educational Fund. The content, size, and scope of my workplan was ambitious, but I knew I was … Read more
Priorities for the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health
The following statement was adopted by the National Anti-Hunger Organizations in response to the announcement of the upcoming White House Conference on Health, Nutrition, and Hunger. Ahead of the conference, the White House is holding public listening sessions from June … Read more
2022 Policy Placements Announced for Emerson Fellows
The Hunger Center is pleased to announce the policy placements for the 28th Class of Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellows. From March to July, 2022, each fellow will be placed with one of 17 different host organizations, working on projects … Read more
Leland Fellows Share Recommendations for U.N. Food Systems Summit
Last year, between 720 and 811 million people faced hunger, an estimated increase of 118 million people compared to 2019. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, hunger was already on the rise and the world was not on track to end … Read more
Being Actionable: Practical Advocacy in California and Washington, D.C.
Above: Max De Faria, 27th Class Emerson Fellow. Growing up, I watched my parents struggle to make ends meet every month. There was barely enough, but prior to the Great Recession, we got by. When the 2008 financial crisis brought … Read more
Oh How Stories Can Inspire: Using Narrative to Champion Healthy Food Access
Above: Niisoja Torto, 27th Class Emerson Fellow. In college, I organized a trip with some of my classmates to New Orleans. No, sadly, it wasn’t for Mardi Gras. We were there to learn firsthand about topics ranging from local environmental … Read more
Everybody In, Nobody Out: The Moral Movement to End Poverty and Hunger
Above: Tony Eskridge, 27th Class Emerson Fellow. In my Urban Studies and Public Policy classes at Rhodes College, we discussed topics that were important to me, such as systemic racism, food insecurity, and gentrification for the upper-class. However, my introduction … Read more