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WhyHunger stands in solidarity with the hundreds of grassroots organizations and social movements, representing over 380 million people around the globe, that are directly denouncing and protesting the upcoming UN Food Systems Summit. Calling out the corporate takeover of the summit, more than 300 organizations of small-scale food producers, scholars, and Indigenous Peoples' will gather
22-07-2021
by Timothy Karoff In October of 2018, the US Food Sovereignty Alliance (USFSA) hosted its fourth National Assembly. Representatives from seventy-one organizations and seven countries trekked to Bellingham, Washington, where they shared knowledge, strategized, and drafted demands for a just food system. Over the assembly’s three-day run, the USFSA filmed a series of interviews with members of attending grassroots
21-07-2021
Reflections from Bill Ayres, WhyHunger Co-Founder & Ambassador Harry Chapin was a singer, songwriter, musician, social activist, husband, father, dreamer, and my good friend and partner. He died forty years ago this July, but his spirit and legacy remain. I met Harry in 1973 when I started to host an ABC Network Radio Show called “On This Rock”, playing Rock
09-07-2021
WhyHunger stands firm in the belief that nutritious food is a human right and hunger is solvable. This is why we stand behind the Closing the Meal Gap Act of 2021. Learn more in the below press release from the office of Senator Gillibrand. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, June 24, 2021 Contact: Elizabeth Landau, 202-228-0315 SENATOR GILLIBRAND AND CONGRESSWOMAN ADAMS PUSH
25-06-2021
HAUPPAUGE, New York – June 22, 2021 It’s hard to imagine that forty years later we are still fighting to end hunger and find solutions to address why poverty still exists. As we approach the 40th anniversary of Harry Chapin’s passing, we honor and remember who he was; a singer/songwriter, Grammy award winning recording artist, social activist, husband, father, brother and
23-06-2021
by Jusleen Basra The imposition of large, resource-extractive corporations on Indigenous and peasant territories around the world strips land access from local communities and deeply damages ecosystems. This is an all-too-familiar pattern that the Quilombola community of Boca do Rio, located near Salvador, Brazil knows well. Over the past few decades, various petrochemical companies have taken over the land that
04-06-2021
by Romy Felsen-Parsons *This series reflects on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on food insecurity and the right to food throughout the course of 2020 and pulls from varying cited materials throughout the course of the year. It has been sectioned into separate blog articles with an intention of paced readability without sacrifice to the integrity of the
28-05-2021
by Romy Felsen-Parsons *This series reflects on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on food insecurity and the right to food throughout the course of 2020 and pulls from varying cited materials throughout the course of the year. It has been sectioned into separate blog articles with an intention of paced readability without sacrifice to the integrity of the
26-05-2021
by Romy Felsen-Parsons *This series reflects on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on food insecurity and the right to food throughout the course of 2020 and pulls from varying cited materials throughout the course of the year. It has been sectioned into separate blog articles with an intention of paced readability without sacrifice to the integrity of the
24-05-2021
by Betty Fermin & Kristen Wyman Lee el articulo en español abajo The rights of Indigenous peoples and the fight for climate justice are inextricably linked. In extractive industry (the extraction of earth’s raw material for added value), Free Prior Informed Consent (FPIC) is standard international law that recognizes the importance of community participation in decision making processes related to
14-05-2021
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
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