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Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Awards (HCSRA) The www. is a national grant program providing economic resources and networking opportunities to outstanding community-based organizations for their creative and effective approaches to fighting hunger and poverty in the United States. Selected organizations will receive up to $7,000 in cash for developing a new project or replicating an existing one. Click www. for more
21-06-2011
The National Hunger Hotline, a service of WhyHunger's National Hunger Clearinghouse, is partnering with the USDA Food and Nutrition Service (USDA FNS) to support the annual Summer Food Service Programs (SFSP). The SFSP is a USDA program to ensure that students don't go hungry during the summer months and continue to have access to meals even when school is
20-06-2011
On June 15th and 16th, I attended the New York City session of #140conf, the 140 Characters Conference. Now in its third year, #140conf features leaders in social media innovation, including non-profit organizations, head honchos of media and marketing, and everyday people advancing the importance of outreach and social awareness in the real-time web. Three #140conf NYC speakers that are
17-06-2011
WhyHunger is pleased to be partnering with Andrianna Natsoulas, long-time food sovereignty activist and author of the forthcoming book Food Voices: Stories of the Food Sovereignty Movement. For the past year, Andrianna has been on a journey across the Americas to capture the stories of people working towards and living a just and sustainable food system. Below is the latest
17-06-2011
We're big fans of the White House Kitchen Garden – we love how it's helped to change the national conversation about food and inspired so many people to try their hands at gardening. We also know that it's certainly not the only inspiring gardening project out there; community-based groups all around the country are providing their neighborhoods with the know-how
15-06-2011
The Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Awards (HCSRA) is a national grant program providing economic resources and networking opportunities to outstanding community-based organizations for their creative and effective approaches to fighting hunger and poverty in the United States. Cash grants of up to $7,000 will be awarded to ten community-based organizations around the country to support innovative programmatic work in the fields
14-06-2011
WhyHunger’s 4th Annual Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Awards Networking Day brought in food activists from around the country to meet, swap stories, share innovative ideas, skills, tools and strategies for continuing to build healthy communities. WhyHunger staff and partners facilitated networking workshops and a local site visit to the pioneering Taqwa Community Farm in Bronx, NY. [nggallery id=12] Under the shade
09-06-2011
On Monday, June 6th, our 2010 Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Award winners were honored at our annual WhyHunger-Chapin Awards Dinner. The evening’s honorees included New York Times food writer Mark Bittman and legendary musician and activist Rubén Blades. HCSRA guest speaker Rosalinda Guillén, the Executive Director of Community to Community Development (C2C) in Bellingham, WA, poignantly and eloquently highlighted the critical
08-06-2011
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