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Fighting Poverty With the Tax Code: EITC, CTC, and Building Financial Stability

Blake TurpinJuly 19, 2022Emerson, Policy

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

Finding the Community Connection: Breakfast After the Bell in Massachusetts

Nathan GarciaJuly 13, 2022Emerson, Field, Updates

Above: Nathan Garcia, 28th Class Emerson Fellow. Sometimes a problem can feel so large that it’s hard to know how to start solving it. We learn that millions of people across the United States are food insecure, that poverty and racism … Read more

Leaders in Government, Philanthropy, and Business to Speak at Hunger Leadership Awards

July 12, 2022Awards, Updates

We are pleased to announce three leaders in government, philanthropy, and business who will speak at the Hunger Leadership Awards on July 20 in Washington, D.C. Representative James P. McGovern (D-Mass.), our Board Chair, will introduce our Bill Emerson and … Read more

Storytelling for Effective Advocacy: Highlighting Lived Experience – July 15, 2022

July 11, 2022Academy, Updates, Zero Hunger

We live in the statistical age. Advances in statistical methods and data processing have provided us with a stupefying amount of information. It has never been easier to find trustworthy numbers to illustrate the scale and scope of food insecurity, … Read more

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Anti-Hunger Coalition Launches Campaign to Build Public Will to End Hunger Ahead of White House Conference

July 6, 2022Statement, Updates

A coalition of national anti-hunger organizations announced today the start of a new social media campaign to raise awareness around the upcoming White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health; collect insights and ideas of people with lived experience of … Read more

Examining Power and Privilege in International Development – July 8, 2022

July 5, 2022Academy, Updates, Zero Hunger

For many people living in the U.S., global food security is a topic only encountered through news reports of disasters happening elsewhere in the world. Presented with media images of suffering, supposedly powerless people, most react with a sense of … Read more

Congressional Hunger Center Announces 2022 Hunger Leadership Awards Recipients

June 30, 2022Awards, Updates

We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2022 Hunger Leadership Awards. This year’s recipients will receive their awards in person at the Hunger Leadership Awards ceremony on July 20 in Washington, D.C. The Bill Emerson and Mickey Leland … Read more

Hunger and Policy on Capitol Hill – June 24, 2022

June 22, 2022Academy, Updates, Zero Hunger

As we’ve seen in the last two sessions of the 2022 Zero Hunger Summer Seminars, strong public policy is essential for addressing food insecurity in the U.S. But how is public policy created? And how can people who care about … Read more

2022 Zero Hunger Interns Study Policy Solutions to Hunger

June 13, 2022Updates, Zero Hunger

We are delighted to announce the members of the 5th Class of Zero Hunger Interns. These developing leaders will spend 10 weeks over the summer expanding the impact of anti-hunger organizations in Washington, D.C. Even as parts of the world … Read more

Racial Wealth Gap Simulation — June 17, 2022

June 13, 2022Academy, Updates, Zero Hunger

Attendees at last week’s session of the 2022 Zero Hunger Summer Seminars were introduced to policies that promote food security here in the U.S. But a discussion of how to end hunger once and for all is incomplete if it … Read more

Introduction to Domestic Hunger Policy — June 10, 2022

June 6, 2022Academy, Updates, Zero Hunger

Updated 06/09/2022 at 9:03 am In recent years, the United States has made great strides in reducing hunger for its residents. By 2019 national averages of food insecurity were finally approaching lows last seen before the financial crisis of 2008. … Read more

Reclaiming Self-Sufficiency for Black Farmers: Co-Creating Policy Solutions with Lived Experience in Kentucky

Amira IwualaMay 25, 2022Emerson, Field, Updates

Above: Amira Iwuala (left) and Morgan McKinney, 28th Class Emerson Fellows. Born and raised in Boston, I have unfortunately been blinded to the realities that Black farmers have faced in the U.S. Accustomed to urban poverty and food insecurity due to my … Read more

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