London Dejarnette

London Dejarnette is a recent grad from Allegheny College where they studied Environmental Science and Sustainability & Community and Justice Studies. London served in the Hunger Center's 5th class of Zero Hunger Interns in 2022 and considers their career path to be a direct result of their experience in the program. After learning about Food Recovery Network while in ZHI, they started a chapter at Allegheny that recovered over 3,000 lbs of food to redistribute during their time as President. London also worked with Food Recovery Network to start a campus Food Resource Center to address student food insecurity. They went on to study the Food Resource Center and student-run approaches to addressing colligate food insecurity in their senior comprehensive project. This written work has been featured in Queer Earth Food Ed.3 by Combos Press and at the Northeast Student Farmer Conference at Penn State University. London received the Campus Sustainability Champion Award from the Pennsylvania Environmental Resource Consortium and the Alyson Lawendowski Outstanding Community Service Award in recognition of their work with FRN. While at Allegheny, London also served as the Director of Student Affairs in The Allegheny Student Government, the Chair of the Dining Committee, a Bonner Scholar, and a Community Programming Intern at Project EATS in New York City. Shortly after graduating, they became the Food Programs Coordinator at Oberlin Community Services in Oberlin, Ohio. At OCS, London oversees food pantry programming for over 400 families a week. They started the Farm to Fork Youth Cooking program with the Youth Climate Action Fund to improve communal nutrition education outcomes. Every day, London uses what they learned in ZHI to partner with local governments, community organizations, and academic institutions to address hunger in Lorain County.