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June 27, 2023

LGBTQ+ Organizations to Support

June is National LGBTQ+ month! There are so many amazing organizations that raise awareness, challenge discrimination, and provide crucial support for mental health and well-being for the LGBTQ+ community. To celebrate, WhyHunger is uplifting five inspiring organizations to support! Iridescent Earth Collective Queer, Black &…

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May 10, 2018

Happy Mother’s Day! Food Justice Moms

We know that women are disproportionally affected by hunger around the globe and that mothers are often the ones on the frontlines leading the resistance…

May 8, 2018

Why Are Learning Exchanges Important? Common Ground

At the Rural Legal Centre’s office in the Nkqubela Township, outside of Robertson, Western Cape, our group of delegates listened in silence to the migrant…

April 19, 2018

Farming with Influence

A delegation of seven African American, Latinx, and Mexican farmers and farmworkers from the US, including WhyHunger’s own Corbin Laedlein, traveled to Johannesburg, South Africa to…

Yorkville Common Pantry, Friday, April 27, 2012.

April 17, 2018

2018 Farm Bill: WhyHunger Statement from Noreen Springstead, Executive Director

Let’s cut to the chase. The social contract between our government and its people is hanging on by a thread. If the recent draft Farm…

April 3, 2018

En La Lucha No Hay Fronteras (In the Struggle There Are No Borders)

A delegation of seven African American, Latinx, and Mexican farmers and farmworkers from the US, including WhyHunger’s own Corbin Laedlein, traveled to Johannesburg, South Africa to…

March 30, 2018

What We’re Reading: Article Round-Up

At WhyHunger we know it’s important to stay critically informed on the issues related to hunger and poverty, while also uplifting the voices, stories and…

March 27, 2018

Hungry to Learn, But Hungry to Eat: Hunger in Colleges

This article was originally published on Medium. Some twenty years ago I gave a keynote speech for the annual meeting of the National Student Campaign…

March 21, 2018

Nourishing Semillas Criollas: A Visit to the Latin American Institute of Agroecology- María Cano

Guest post written by Paola Diaz. Driving into el pueblito1 that is Viotá, Cundinamarca, located in the outskirts of Bogotá, Colombia. The breeze is crisp,…

March 14, 2018

2017 Impacts

WhyHunger works to build and strengthen a grassroots-led movement for food justice and food sovereignty worldwide. Here are some selected impacts from 2017, highlighting what…

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