Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “29th Emerson Class”
Above: 29th Class Emerson Fellow Aliyah Fard. Environmental justice courses throughout my undergraduate career introduced me to one of my favorite environmentalists, Dr. Vandana Shiva, who says “seed is the source of life and the first link in our food … Read more
Above: Landy Lin, 29th Class Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellow, outside Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. I, like many of the other Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellows, was anxiously counting down the days until September 7th, the first day of … Read more
Above: Maryam Taysir, 29th Class Emerson National Hunger Fellow, in Washington, D.C. It’s almost midnight in Nablus, Palestine where I was visiting for the summer. I’m sitting with my family when, after months of anticipation, I get the news. “I’m … Read more
Above: 29th Class Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellow Rajitmeet Singh at the UCI Basic Needs Center in Irvine, California I have a different perspective on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) as I grew up on the other end of … Read more
Above: Hayleigh Rockenback, 29th Class Emerson National Hunger Fellow, at the Massachusetts State House. Working in the anti-hunger space was something I have always been drawn to. For multiple summers prior to college I would stay at my aunt’s home … Read more
Above: Allison Bunyan, 29th Class Emerson National Hunger Fellow. I applied for the Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellowship in order to learn how I could enter the anti-hunger field with thought and care. I wanted to better understand the root … Read more
Above: Raneem Karboji, 29th Class Emerson Hunger Fellow, at the Tidal Basin in Southwest Washington, D.C., in May, 2023. Growing up in El Paso, Texas, I witnessed firsthand the struggles of hunger and poverty that many women and children in … Read more
Above: Molly Pifko, 29th Class Emerson Hunger Fellow, visits the Oklahoma State Capitol in September, 2022. On a sunny September afternoon, I arrived in Tulsa, Oklahoma for the first time, along with my dad and my small bumper-stickered car packed … Read more
Above: 29th Class Emerson Fellow Lauren Drumgold. Food sovereignty – a new word added to my vocabulary during my time with the Chicago Food Policy Action Council (CFPAC). I describe it as one’s agency in food; what foods are grown, … Read more
Above: Gabe Hafemann (right) with colleagues at Boston’s TD Garden, January 2023. This past fall, I had the distinct pleasure of being the debutante Emerson Fellow at the Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB) in Boston, Massachusetts. GBFB has embraced the … Read more
Above: 29th Class Emerson National Hunger Fellow Jazmyne Brooks (right) As a Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellow, during my field placement I worked alongside Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio (SHFBNCO) staff to create a community engagement plan … Read more
Above: 29th Class Emerson Hunger Fellow Bea Dresser (left) with field site partner Maryam Taysir. The dictionary defines invisible with the phrase: “not openly acknowledged or made known.” Invisibility is the burden many food-insecure immigrant families face in the United … Read more
