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Field Reports

Hometown Hunger

Matthew King, Emerson Fellow

Rebekah Miller, Emerson Fellow
Published 2006

Seattle, Washington

Hometown Hunger contains three Washington State community needs assessments that highlight some of the challenges facing low-income populations and service providers in those areas.  The reports include data analysis of community demographics and food and nutrition programs, findings from interviews with human service providers, and potential solutions gleaned from community forums.

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Publication tags: Field Reports - Community Food Assessments, Domestic Federal Nutrition Programs, Food Access - Community Members, Emergency Food Recipients, SNAP/Food Stamp Recipients

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Matthew King

Emerson Fellow

Matthew is from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and graduated from the University of California at Santa Cruz with a degree in Religious Studies.  In Milwaukee, he volunteered with anti-hunger organizations and as a tutor/mentor for urban youth.  As a full-time student athlete in California, he organized campus food drives and continued his work with youth.  He also worked on organic agriculture while finishing his undergraduate degree in New Zealand in 2004, and served with the Milwaukee Hunger Task Force on the summer food program.

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Rebekah Miller

Emerson Fellow

Rebekah is a 2005 graduate of Rhodes College with a double major in political science and religious studies.  At Rhodes, she served in elected positions, built houses in Mexico, assisted low-income workers with legal advice, worked in the student-run soup kitchen, and wrote two senior theses on poverty-related issues.  Rebekah also interned with Bread for the World, the Memphis Child Advocacy Center and the Metropolitan Interfaith Association.

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