**Please note the change of date** Celebrate Accomplishments – Honor Leaders – Recognize Our Partners Tuesday, June 24, 2014 – 6:30 pm US Botanic Garden On June 24, 2014 the Congressional Hunger Center (CHC) will recognize two distinguished honorees … Read more
We are excited to announce the 21st Class of Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellows! These hunger-fighters and social justice leaders were selected from more than 385 applications. Thank you to those alumni, supervisors, and anti-hunger friends who served on the selections … Read more
CHC welcomed the 20th class of Emerson Hunger Fellows to Washington D.C. for their policy training in February. These 16 leaders came together to share their experiences from the field, learn about hunger and poverty policy, and prepare for 6 months in their policy sites. They continued to explore … Read more
The annual Congressional Hunger Center Awards Ceremony will recognize U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Deborah A. Frank, M.D., founder of Children’s HealthWatch, Boston Medical Center, for their work to fight hunger in the U.S. and around the … Read more
CHC welcomed the 20th class of Emerson Hunger Fellows to Washington D.C. for their field training in August. These 16 leaders came together to learn about hunger and poverty in the U.S. and prepare for 6 months in the field. … Read more
On July 25, Representatives McCollum, Schock and McGovern introduced the Global Food Security Act. This bipartisan bill is a positive step forward in building the political will needed to end global hunger and malnutrition in this generation. The Act sets … Read more
We are excited to announce the 7th Class of Mickey Leland International Hunger Fellows who will serve from September 2013 – August 2015! These 12 candidates were selected from more than 430 applications. It was an exceptionally competitive pool of candidates, … Read more
New York Times journalist Dorothy Samuels recalls a “bipartisan commitment to ending hunger” that existed in the 1960s and 1970s, which “succeeded in eliminating the most extreme pockets of hunger in parts of the country.” She contrasts this with today’s … Read more
Celebrating 20 Years of Fighting Hunger by Developing Leaders Celebrate Accomplishments – Honor Leaders – Recognize Our Partners Tuesday, May 14, 2013 – 6:30 pm US Botanic Garden On May 14, the Congressional Hunger Center (CHC) honored Members of Congress … Read more
At CHC’s 20th Anniversary Celebration and Congressional Annual Awards Ceremony on May 14, we will use twitter to connect with our alumni and other allies who can’t attend in person. Throughout the ceremony, we will tweet and share the tweets … Read more
We are excited to announce the 20th Class of Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellows! These hunger-fighters and social justice leaders were selected from more than 420 applications. Thank you to those alumni, supervisors, and anti-hunger friends who served on the selections … Read more
The prospect of federal budget cuts imposed by the sequestration was the focus of an expert panel hosted by the Alliance to End Hunger on March 21, 2013. The panelists—CHC Executive Director Ed Cooney, Roberta Downing of the Center on … Read more
