By Alison Cohen, Senior Director of Programs, WhyHunger “In the past five years in the UK, we have seen a steep rise in the number
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Storytelling Spotlight: Food Bank of North Alabama
David Hanson
This spotlight is a feature of WhyHunger’s digital storytelling that showcases grassroots organizations and community leaders through dynamic stories and pictures, to give a real
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What the Heck is a REAL Food Drive?
Calondra McArthur
This is a guest post by Patrick O’Neill, CEO and Founder of Amp Your Good. Nearly all of us are familiar with the good old fashioned
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Just Released: Rise Up! Organizing in Emergency Food Programs Guide
Evangeline Graham
Does ‘organizing’ sound like an overwhelming undertaking? It shouldn’t, because it isn’t – and WhyHunger’s new publication Rise Up! Organizing in Emergency Food Programs can
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Building a Community of Practice Around Hunger and Health
Betty Fermin
In May, The Nourish Network for the Right to Food held the Hunger and Health Gathering at Rutgers University that gave eight different organizations the
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Webinar: How Can the Right to Food Inform Emergency Food in the US?
Jess Powers
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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In NJ, Food Changes Lives
Katrina Moore
This post originally appeared on Hungerthon.com. You can still be a part of the Hungerthon campaign by purchasing one of the meaningful gifts or donating
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Closing the Hunger Gap Conference Now Accepting Workshop Session Proposals
Katrina Moore
WhyHunger is excited to share that Closing the Hunger Gap is now accepting workshop proposals for its Cultivating Food Justice Conference that will be held September
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WhyHunger News: Nourish Network for the Right to Food
Jess Powers
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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Under the Mango Tree: New Documentary Follows Ghanaian Community Food Program
Katrina Moore
By Katrina Moore, Editorial Assistant at WhyHunger. Two summers ago, I found myself sweating in northern Ghana’s hot sun, following a t-shirt-clad doctor around his
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