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Small State, Big Hunger: School Breakfast in Rhode Island

Small State, Big Hunger: School Breakfast in Rhode Island

Jess Powers

  • December 19, 2017
When the Rhode Island Community Food Bank surveyed their clients, they were surprised to learn that 44% reported having at least one household member in “fair to
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School Breakfast on the Border: Update from El Paso, Texas

School Breakfast on the Border: Update from El Paso, Texas

Jess Powers

  • November 29, 2017
El Paso is geographically isolated in Far West Texas, but the community is tightly knit. Together with Ciudad Juárez across the US-Mexico border and Las
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Hunger Is Spotlight Island Innovation: School Breakfast Participation in Hawaii

Jess Powers

  • August 21, 2017
“You pay a price for living in paradise,” says Gavin Thornton, co-executive director of the Hawai'i Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice. The fiftieth state
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Backpack Programs Provide Extra Help for Families in Idaho

Backpack Programs Provide Extra Help for Families in Idaho

Jess Powers

  • June 27, 2017
Idaho Foodbank provides 63,000 food backpacks annually and over 46,000 summer meals for kids within the state. Kyle Silverman is the Nutrition Services Manager of
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New Allies Help Summer Meal Programs in California

New Allies Help Summer Meal Programs in California

Jess Powers

  • May 22, 2017
When Patrice Chamberlain met with local police chiefs to explain why they should care about summer meals, she steadied herself for a “big sell.” To
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Food is a Right, Not an Act of Charity

Jess Powers

  • October 13, 2015
WhyHunger’s Director of the Nourish Network for the Right to Food, Jessica Powers, gave the keynote address at Hunger Action Network of New York State’s
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Webinar: How Can the Right to Food Inform Emergency Food in the US?

Jess Powers

  • February 23, 2015
WhyHunger is pleased to announce a new webinar on the Right to Food and how the human rights framework can inform emergency food in the
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Surplus and Suffering: Book Review of “First World Hunger Revisited”

Jess Powers

  • February 16, 2015
First World Hunger Revisited: Food Charity or the Right to Food? examines the failure of neoliberal economic policy and globalization to adequately address hunger amidst
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WhyHunger News: Nourish Network for the Right to Food

Jess Powers

  • December 19, 2014
WhyHunger believes that nutritious food is a human right, protecting the right for all people to live in dignity, free from hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition. It
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A Brief History of the Emergency Food System

Jess Powers

  • May 29, 2013
In April, I had the pleasure of attending the California Association of Food Banks conference in Sacramento, CA. A wide selection of engaging workshops ranged
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