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Just Released: Rise Up! Organizing in Emergency Food Programs Guide
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 show you how it can be done through building collective people power to transform the charity model of emergency feeding. Rise Up, produced by WhyHunger’s Nourish Network for the Right to Food program, asked the question,
15-09-2015
Is Pope Francis a Radical?
Pope Frances. Image credit: Catholic Church England and Wales Flickr Written by Bill Ayres, WhyHunger Co-Founder and Ambassador. This post first appeared in The Huffington Post. As we prepare for Pope Francis to visit our country what should we expect? Is he just another pope who speaks good words or is he really a radical out to save the environment and bring
14-09-2015
Storytelling Spotlight: SAPNA
This spotlight is a feature on WhyHunger’s digital storytelling website, Community Voices, that showcases grassroots organizations and community leaders through dynamic stories and pictures, to give a real view of projects that are working to alleviate food insecurity and increase communities’ access to nutritious food. We believe that telling one’s story is not only an act of reclaiming in the face of the dominant food narrative
11-09-2015
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WhyHunger offers limited volunteer and intern opportunities, listed here. We encourage volunteers to fight hunger and poverty in your own community. To find an opportunity in your area, call 211 or visit: Volunteer Match, Serve, or New York Cares. Check out this list of Top Ten Ways to Fight Hunger and think beyond the traditional volunteer opportunities to make a
08-09-2015
Storytelling from the Front Lines of Food Justice
Any well-trained organizer can rattle off the importance of storytelling as a means to building relationships in service to a campaign or a cause. First, there is the story of self. Who are you and why do you care about the issues in question? What is it about your experience, identity or place in the world that motivates you to
04-09-2015
Yoko Ono at the MoMA: Artist and Activist Asks for Change
'Apple' at the MoMA. Photo: New York Times It all starts with the apple. The glowing green fruit (surely a Granny Smith) sits on a clear plexi-glass plinth just inside the entrance to ‘One Woman Show’, a retrospective of the 1960-1971 work of Yoko Ono currently on display at the Museum of Modern Art. Apple, of course, is not the
04-09-2015

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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