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Investigating the Enabling Environment of Food Security in Ethiopia

Natalie VolinOctober 8, 2022Field, Leland, Updates

Above: Natalie Volin, 11th Class Leland Fellow. Over the past year at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), I have worked on the evaluation and learning activities of the Strengthen Productive Safety Net Program Institutions and Resilience Development Food Security Activity, … Read more

The Right to Seed: Food Sovereignty and Indigenous Autonomy

Onyịnye Alheri, Onyịnye AlheriOctober 2, 2022Field, Leland, Updates

A parent carrying their infant inspects their machamba (farm) in Chemba district, Mozambique. 📸: Onyịnye Alheri, placed with the UN World Food Programme in Mozambique. Seeds are life. For as long as humans have cultivated crops, we have freely saved, stored, … Read more

Reflections on the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health

Shannon MaynardSeptember 29, 2022Statement, Updates

The stage at the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health at the Ronald Reagan Building, Washington, D.C. 📸: Shannon Maynard Of the many initiatives, perspectives, and goals introduced yesterday morning in the plenary hall of the White House … Read more

Hunger Center Announces White House Commitment to End U.S. Hunger by 2030

September 26, 2022Statement, Updates

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today the Congressional Hunger Center announces three bold commitments to expand our work of developing, inspiring, and connecting leaders in the movement to end hunger. We make these pledges in response to the Administration’s call for stakeholders’ … Read more

Hunger Center Applauds Administration’s Announcement of $2.9B Response to Global Food Crisis

September 21, 2022Statement, Updates

U.N. General Assembly Hall. 📸: Patrick Gruban WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Congressional Hunger Center applauds the Administration’s announcement of $2.9 billion to address the growing global food security crisis, while urging leaders to commit to transformational change to prevent future crises. … Read more

Amplifying Children’s Voices to End Hunger

Liz MargolisSeptember 9, 2022Leland, Updates

Above: Elizabeth Margolis, 11th Class Leland Fellow. As a Leland Fellow with World Vision International, I have spent the last year working on advocacy to end global hunger. I have been very focused on amplifying the voices of people affected by … Read more

29th Class of Emerson Hunger Fellows Prepare for Orientation, Community Placements Across the U.S.

August 25, 2022Emerson, Updates

Next week the 29th Class of Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellows will gather for their orientation at our offices in Washington, D.C. This new cohort of 18 change-makers will spend the next year supporting anti-hunger and anti-poverty work at the … Read more

Philanthropic Leader Patience B. Peabody Joins Congressional Hunger Center Board

August 23, 2022Updates

We are delighted to announce the election of Patience Peabody to the Congressional Hunger Center’s Board of Directors. Patience, who was elected to a three-year term, is currently an Executive Director at the Flamboyan Foundation, which works to ensure students most impacted … Read more

Zero Hunger Interns Present Solutions to Regional Hunger Challenges

August 12, 2022Updates, Zero Hunger

Above: 5th Class Zero Hunger Interns at the 2022 Hunger Leadership Awards in Washington, D.C. On July 29, the 5th Class of Zero Hunger Interns presented proposed solutions to food insecurity across the country. The interns were grouped by region … Read more

Together Toward A Hunger-Free Future: The 2022 Hunger Leadership Awards

August 8, 2022Awards, Updates

Above from left: Executive Director Shannon Maynard, Rep. Michael McCaul, Rep. Gregory Meeks, and Hunger Center Board Chair Rep. James P. McGovern at the 2022 Hunger Leadership Awards The Hunger Leadership Awards were presented in person for the first time … Read more

Data Matters, But it Isn’t Everything: Balancing Evidence With Urgency in the Anti-Poverty Space

Morgan McKinneyAugust 5, 2022Emerson, Policy, Updates

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

Root Causes of Hunger in the U.S. and Globally – July 22, 2022

July 21, 2022Academy, Updates, Zero Hunger

If you’ve been following along with the Zero Hunger Summer Seminars, you naturally have some interest in ending hunger—and hopefully some ideas on what will be needed to accomplish it. But hunger is a symptom of underlying problems, and any … Read more

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