In April 2023, in alignment with National Volunteer Week (April 16-22) and Global Youth Service Day (April 28-30), the Congressional Hunger Center is launching a five-day online End Hunger Challenge to promote awareness of food insecurity and the steps that … Read more
Above: A local market in Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia. 📸: Bailey Adams There is a tendency amongst medical professionals, nutritionists, and development practitioners to believe human behavior is rational and grounded in logic. We think that if people are given the … Read more
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
Above: A 4×4 navigates a difficult patch of muddy road. The quality of roads, and challenges of transportation, can be explained to distant staff in a meeting or report; but that explanation might mean relatively little compared to actually navigating … Read more
I’ve written before about how my experience as a Hunger Fellow in 1997-1998 changed the course of my life forever. What you may not know is that I was here at the Congressional Hunger Center at the very beginning — … Read more
Join us on Wednesday, February 22, at 2 p.m. EST for the continuation of our series of webinars featuring alum experts. This webinar will highlight the work of three of the Congressional Hunger Center’s Alum Experts who are working on state, local, … Read more
A briefing featuring field work presentations from the 29th Class of Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellows, will be held online on Wednesday, February 15, 2023 from 10:00 a.m EST to 3:00 p.m EST. This is a great opportunity to learn … Read more
Above: Leland Fellow Felipe Cook (left) with colleagues at CDP grand launch event in September, 2022. Food security in the Philippines is facing steep challenges. Nearly three years ago, the COVID-19 pandemic devastated the Philippine economy. As one of the … Read more
Above: A Debbo Galle Group during a focus group discussion with Leland Fellow Natalie Petrulla (seated, in blue chair) and Debbo Galle Coordinator, Marcel Yanga, in the northern region of Saint Louis, Senegal. It is important to note that LGBTQI+ rights … Read more
Current and most recent classes of Emerson and Leland Fellows and Zero Hunger Interns. The Hunger Center is accepting applications for the next classes of Mickey Leland International and Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellowships and the Zero Hunger Internship. Whether … Read more
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
As part of our Alum Profile Series, we chatted with Marc Jacobson (Emerson ‘99). During his time as a fellow, Marc was placed with Hunger Action Coalition of Michigan in Detroit and the Coalition on Human Needs in Washington, D.C. … Read more
