Field Reports
Project Bread’s Action Academy: An Executive Summary
Jacquelyn Sullivan,
Emerson Fellow
Project Bread,
Published 2020-2021
Boston, Massachusetts
The ongoing threat of the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the true vulnerabilities of the American food system. Food insecurity in Massachusetts has doubled from pre-pandemic numbers, and the most vulnerable populations in the state are children and Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC). In order to solve hunger permanently, anti-hunger advocacy at the local, state, and national levels will promote sustainable and scalable policy solutions that will support the movement to adequately address food insecurity and poverty in Massachusetts. This report details the purpose and impact of Project Bread’s Action Academy, an eight-part guide that presents the basics of hunger, its intersections with other issues, and the best practices for advancing comprehensive solutions that will break the cycle of hunger.
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Jacquelyn Sullivan (she/her) is a North Carolina resident and a recent graduate of Guilford College where she studied Political Science and Community Studies. She has spent the past few years learning and growing in her passion for food justice, and has worked particularly with communities experiencing food insecurity and homelessness in Greensboro, N.C. During her time at Guilford, she has gained the skills to be critical and reflective about our food system, an understanding that was transformative in her further work locally and with the National Farm to School Network. She is driven by the need for a comprehensive and anti-oppressive food system that is focused on anti-poverty and anti-hunger, and centers the voices and needs of communities farthest removed from achieving autonomy over their food system.
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Project Bread connects people and communities in Massachusetts to reliable sources of food while advocating for policies that make food more accessible—so that no one goes hungry.
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