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The founders of World Hunger Year sought to end hunger and poverty by supporting grass-roots movements and community solutions. Today, WhyHunger is known for its annual Hungerthon campaign, running this year…
November 20, 2018
Read more.The annual health care costs associated with hunger are estimated to be $130.5 billion in the U.S. alone, showing that addressing food insecurity and poor nutrition is a necessary step…
November 15, 2018
Read more.For a tenth consecutive year, SiriusXM will participate in WhyHunger's annual Hungerthon campaign, it was announced Wednesday (Nov. 14). The annual Thanksgiving radio tradition began in 1975, according to Hungerthon's…
November 14, 2018
Read more.Hard Rock International is partnering with WhyHunger to release the brand's latest limited-edition merchandise line on Oct. 2. The Bruce Springsteen Signature Series: Edition 36 collection supports WhyHunger's work to…
October 02, 2018
Read more.The social contract between our government and its people is hanging on by a thread. If the 2018 Farm Bill is any indication of the strength of that last thread,…
July 21, 2018
Read more.WhyHunger is in Billboard Magazine's 2016 Music + Philanthropy issue along with our partners at Food Chain Workers Alliance and longtime supporter Tom Morello.
November 02, 2016
Read more.Interview with New York City Food Policy Center and WhyHunger Executive Director, Noreen Springstead.
October 26, 2016
Read more.Alison Cohen, Senior Director of Programs, sits down with WNBC4 New York to share five fresh tips on how to fight hunger for the holidays.
October 25, 2016
Read more.Alison Cohen speaks to ABC 7 Chicago about the different ways you can help end hunger.
October 04, 2016
Read more.After a cancelled GovBall performances, Prophets of Rage dedicate proceeds from make-up show in Brooklyn, to WhyHunger.
July 13, 2016
Read more.Bill Ayres and Jen Chapin discuss hunger, poverty and the role we can play in finding solutions.
July 12, 2016
Read more.Music festival hosts 15 charitable organizations on-site, including WhyHunger.
July 12, 2016
Read more.Writer Ilene Angel discusses the memorable full circle moments she had at the WhyHunger Chapin Awards.
May 18, 2016
Read more.Emily Kinney on why watching The Walking Dead now is like going back to high school
March 19, 2016
Read more.For Love and for the Love of Lennon in New York City: 35th Annual Tribute Concert Preview
March 19, 2016
Read more.Make it Plain with Mark Thompson Broadcast Live from Bed-Stuy Campaign Against Hunger with Alison Cohen
March 19, 2016
Read more.Stories From Main Street: In 30th Year, Hungerthon Needed More Than Ever, Organizers Say
March 19, 2016
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ejita Holmes [email protected] WhyHunger Hosts 39th Annual Hungerthon Campaign and Fundraising Drive Priceless Auctions, Radio Partnerships, and Exclusive Merchandise Help Raise Funds to End Hunger Across America During the Holiday Season NEW YORK— November 1, 2024 — WhyHunger, a nonprofit working to end hunger and the injustices that cause it, announced today the launch of its Read More
WHYHUNGER’S AMPLIFIED: ANNUAL HUNGERTHON KICKOFF CONCERT PRESENTED BY EY & HOSTED BY ROY WOOD JR. ELECTRIFIED NYC’S IRVING PLAZA WITH PERFORMANCES BY THE ROOTS, GRACE BOWERS + CIMAFUNK Raising Essential Funds to End Hunger & Related Injustice Download Photos Here October 16, 2024 - WhyHunger - a non-profit organization working to end hunger and the injustices that cause it - Read More
Earlier this month, the United States Department of Agriculture released the 2023 Economic Research Report on Household Food Security. The newly released statistics detail a disturbing increase in food insecurity over the past year. Jenique Jones, executive director of WhyHunger – a non-profit working to end world hunger and the injustices that cause it – issued the following statement: “The Read More
WhyHunger's Amplified: Annual Hungerthon Kickoff Concert Presented by EY Comes To New York’s Irving Plaza On October 15 Featuring Performances By The Roots, Grace Bowers + Special Guests Event Raises Critical Funds To Help End Hunger And The Injustices That Cause It August 29, 2024 — WhyHunger, a non-profit working to end world hunger and the injustices that Read More
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Videos & Publications
“Food justice is not a passive movement. If you are actively working on food justice, you have to be actively working on dismantling the injustices that you see. The injustices that fall along race, gender, land acquisition, land grabbing, job opportunities, wealth, etc.” Karen Washington, farmer, activist (BUGs, Rise and Root Farm) and long time friend of WhyHunger, explains in
25-02-2021
The People’s Agroecology Process emerged in 2015 as a grassroots-led initiative to scale out agroecology in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. It was inspired by the work of allied organizations involved in the transnational peasant and small-scale farmer movement, La Via Campesina—the world’s largest rural social movement with over 200 million members in more than 80 countries. In
10-06-2020
In the U.S. and around the globe, women are growing food for their families, young people are using agroecology to harvest produce for market, and Indigenous communities are protecting ancestral land and seeds to sustain themselves. These are some of the true solutions to hunger that nourish people and planet and put affected communities in charge of their own health and well being. In
29-01-2020
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 in this country has a right to food. That makes the government the duty bearer in ensuring that people can feed themselves, their families and their communities. This does not
16-01-2020