Presentation by Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellow Lauren Drumgold as part of the briefing “The State of U.S. Hunger 2023” on Wednesday, February 15, 2023. Lauren was part of the 29th Class of Emerson Fellows and was placed with the Chicago Food Policy Council in Chicago, Illinois, from September 2022 to February 2023.
Publication tags: Field Reports, Video - Food Systems and Agriculture, Racial Equity, Urban Agriculture
Lauren is a native of Harlem, New York City, where she grew up observing economic, social and health inequities in her neighborhood compared to the more affluent communities across the city. She graduated from Bates College in 2019 where she received her B.S. in Biology with a minor in African American studies. Following undergrad, Lauren worked with City Year AmeriCorps in Harlem, New York, where she provided academic and social-emotional support to middle school students and facilitated after school programming. After graduating with her masters of public health from Washington University in St. Louis in May 2022, Lauren is excited to utilize her strengthened public health skills to support the efforts of organizations working to fight poverty and hunger in the U.S.
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