This Friday, July 17, from 9am — 1 pm ET, we will host the fourth of five sessions of our 2020 Zero Hunger Summer Seminars. This year’s Summer Seminars are held entirely online, and are free and open to the … Read more
Zero Hunger Summer Seminar Session III: Drivers of Hunger and Poverty
On Friday, July 10, from 9am — 1 pm ET, we will host the third of five sessions of our 2020 Zero Hunger Summer Seminars. This year’s Summer Seminars are held entirely online, and are free and open to the … Read more
Field Site Spotlight: Anne Marie Noll
Above: Anne Marie Noll (second from left) poses with colleagues from the Native American Agriculture Fund at an IAC conference in Las Vegas, December, 2019. After growing up in the Hill Country of Texas, the Ozark foothills of Northwest Arkansas felt … Read more
Zero Hunger Summer Seminar Session II: Global Hunger
This Friday, June 26, from 9am — 1 pm ET, we will host the second of five sessions of our 2020 Zero Hunger Summer Seminars. This year’s Summer Seminars are held entirely online, and are free and open to the … Read more
What Happens When Nowhere is Safe?
(Above: departure terminal at Félix Houphouët-Boigny Airport in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire; photo CC BY-SA Pascal Giegner) With the World Health Organization’s declaration of a pandemic on March 11, development and humanitarian organizations had to decide quickly whether to repatriate international staff. These … Read more
NAHO Denounces Death of George Floyd and Underlying Structural Racism
The National Anti-Hunger Organizations (NAHO) denounces the persistent structural racism that continues to plague our society. We condemn the killing of unarmed African American men and women and are deeply disturbed by the inhumane and violent death of George Floyd … Read more
The 2020 Zero Hunger Summer Seminars
The world faces a growing hunger crisis caused by a global pandemic. In order to tackle the problem, it’s critical that people first understand the root causes of hunger, and the power of public policy to address or exacerbate them. … Read more
Our Executive Director’s Statement on Racism and Racial Violence in America
As the Executive Director of the Congressional Hunger Center, a nonprofit dedicated to fighting hunger by developing leaders, I must speak out about the recent incidents of violence against Black people in America, including the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, … Read more
Announcing the Summer 2020 Zero Hunger Interns
We are delighted to announce the 2020 cohort of Zero Hunger Interns, who will dedicate their summer to learning about solutions to domestic and global hunger and developing the necessary skills to be effective anti-hunger leaders. The 15 talented, committed … Read more
Hunger Fellows and Alums Respond to Coronavirus (Part II)
Researching best practices and designing equitable solutions, providing direct assistance and keeping vital programming running—here are more ways that our network of Hunger Fellows and alums are responding to food insecurity in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic: Current Hunger … Read more
Support the Hunger Center for #GivingTuesdayNow
#GivingTuesdayNow is a new global day of giving and unity in response to the unprecedented need caused by COVID-19. Despite challenges brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, we are continuing our training and leadership development work with our current classes … Read more
Hunger Fellows and Alums Responding to Coronavirus
(Above: Paige Milson, 2nd from right, preparing for a food distribution with Foundation Communities team in Austin, Texas) The novel coronavirus pandemic is contributing to dramatic increases in food insecurity around the country and around the world. The scope of … Read more