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How to Be a Good Ally
Over on Facebook, we've been talking about what it means to be an ally. Building a movement takes work from all across the food system--including from organizations playing a support role. At WhyHunger, we take our role as an ally seriously, and we want to share what we're learning as we work in this important role. From time to time in
12-04-2013
2013 Summer Feeding Promotional Flyer English and Spanish small for web
12-04-2013
2013 Summer Feeding Promotion Flyer English and Spanish
12-04-2013
Blurred Vision Releases Official Music Video For New Single/ John Lennon Tribute ” DEAR JOHN”
Proceeds from the song, available on iTunes, will benefit WhyHunger. The video features fans from around the world holding up lyrics to the song including the students from WhyHunger
12-04-2013
Summer Feeding Promotion Flyer Spanish
11-04-2013
SFSP Summer Promotion English
11-04-2013
4/21 Cotton Patch Gospel Show in Brooklyn at the St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church
The Cotton Patch Gospel is finally coming to NY! Here’s your chance to hear some of Harry Chapin’s lyrics and music performed live via Phil Kaufmann’s one-man version of the Gospel
11-04-2013
Community Food Project Grantee Spotlight: Community Action Duluth
This spotlight is a feature in a series of the USDA Community Food Project Competitive Grant Program (CFP). Grantees are doing some of the most innovative and collaborative projects to change local and regional food systems. WhyHunger’s Food Security Learning Center — also funded by a CFP grant — profiles these organizations through dynamic stories and pictures, to give a real flavor of what the projects
09-04-2013
New Resource: Facilitating Change in the Food Justice Movement
"Greater successes are achieved when the top and bottom realize their role in the movement and work in cooperation, and partnership, rather than in isolation. ...[C]hange happens not from the top down, or only from the bottom up, but when the top and bottom work side-by-side to achieve social change.” --from the Facilitating Change in the Food Justice Movement study
05-04-2013
jen chapin pledge music
05-04-2013

Statement from WhyHunger on Lawsuit Against Trump Administration’s Plan to Cut Food Stamps

New York (January 17, 2020) – Alison Cohen, Senior Director of Programs at WhyHunger, issued the following statement regarding the lawsuit filed by 14 states, Washington, D.C. and New York Read more.
January 17, 2020
Hungerthon Campaign Raises $1 Million to End Hunger for Good

New York (January 6, 2020) —WhyHunger— a leader in the movement to end hunger and advance the human right to nutritious food in the U.S. and around the world—today announced Read more.
January 6, 2020
Statement from WhyHunger on the Unwarranted SNAP Requirements

Statement from WhyHunger on the Unwarranted SNAP Requirements New York (December 4, 2019) – Noreen Springstead, executive director of WhyHunger, issued the following statement regarding the tightening of work requirements Read more.
December 5, 2019
WhyHunger’s Hungerthon Campaign Aims to End Hunger

WhyHunger’s Hungerthon Campaign Aims to End Hunger – 34thannual awareness month and fundraising drive launches November 1 –   New York (October 30, 2019)—WhyHunger— a leader in the movement to Read more.
October 30, 2019


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Food Access Problems need Food Justice Solutions

Canadians have a right to food – sort of. In accordance with the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which the Canadian government ratified in 1976, everyone living Read more.
January 16, 2020
Solidarity, Education and Action! Comedores Sociales: An emerging movement in Puerto Rico

Before Hurricanes Irma and Maria struck in 2017, a large percentage of Puerto Ricans faced food insecurity on a daily basis. In fact, Puerto Ricans were 4 times more likely Read more.
July 8, 2019
L’agroécologie

L’agroécologie permet aux communautés de définir eux-mêmes leurs propres solutions pour produire des aliments sains et conserver les eaux et les sols.   Read more.
April 12, 2018
Agroecology

WhyHunger is proud to release its first agroecology publication, “Agroecology: Putting Food Sovereignty into Action.” Agroecology is an agricultural method… Read more.
April 12, 2018


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