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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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WhyHunger is in Billboard Magazine's 2016 Music + Philanthropy issue along with our partners at Food Chain Workers Alliance and longtime supporter Tom Morello.
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Interview with New York City Food Policy Center and WhyHunger Executive Director, Noreen Springstead.
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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.
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Alison Cohen speaks to ABC 7 Chicago about the different ways you can help end hunger.
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After a cancelled GovBall performances, Prophets of Rage dedicate proceeds from make-up show in Brooklyn, to WhyHunger.
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Q&A with recent WhyHunger Chapin Awards honoree Kenny Loggins
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Bill Ayres and Jen Chapin discuss hunger, poverty and the role we can play in finding solutions.
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Music festival hosts 15 charitable organizations on-site, including WhyHunger.  
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Socially-conscious musical shows benefit organizations like WhyHunger.
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WhyHunger's approach in working to end hunger, goes beyond charity.
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Writer Ilene Angel discusses the memorable full circle moments she had at the WhyHunger Chapin Awards.
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Emily Kinney Interview
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Talking About Food with WhyHunger Activists, Tess and Beatriz
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Southside Johnny Plays 30th Annual Hungerthon
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Emily Kinney’s Taking Over Our SnapChat for a Solid Cause  
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Emily Kinney on why watching The Walking Dead now is like going back to high school
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For Love and for the Love of Lennon in New York City: 35th Annual Tribute Concert Preview
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Deb Gordon with Suzanne Babb and Denny Marsh
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Make it Plain with Mark Thompson Broadcast Live from Bed-Stuy Campaign  Against Hunger with Alison Cohen
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Stories From Main Street: In 30th Year, Hungerthon Needed More Than Ever, Organizers Say
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It’s Hungerthon Day! Join the Fight to End Hunger in America Now
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WhyHunger featured in Family Circle's "Best Of" List for November, 2015
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Grassroots Struggle for Food Sovereignty and Liberation of Black Cultures
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Steve Adubato’s Lessons in Leadership
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Creating Harmony with WhyHunger
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Millennial Startup Founders Are the Must-Have Item This Fundraising Season
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Black and Afro-Indigenous Farmers Share 2015 Food Sovereignty Prize
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Reflections on remembering
News and comment from around NYC on food access after Sandy: In “Soup, Charity and the American Way,” the New York Times comments on Governor Mitt Romney’s characterization of donation of goods, clothing, and other items as “the American way.” While generosity in response to crisis has been shown time and again to be the American way, the Times is
  WhyHunger supports some of the most innovative community-based organizations across the country, that are working every day, 365 days a year, implementing immediate solutions in times of cri
Yesterday saw the release of two excellent new resources from our partners, both aiming to bust common myths about the food system. Check them out and share widely! Food MythBusters, from Anna Lappé, Corporate Accountability International and other partners addresses the question, "do we really need industrial agriculture to feed the world?" Short answer: a resounding no. They've created an
Once again we are honored to be partnering with Minnesota bluegrass band, Trampled by Turtles. The band has had an impressive year releasing their latest album Stars and Satellites, which debuted #3
The Food Sovereignty Prize ceremony, hosted by WhyHunger in New York City last week, was a great success! Honoring the inspiring work of the Korean Women's Peasant Association, the National Fisheries Solidarity Movement of Sri Lanka, the Unified Peasant Movement of Aguan Region from Honduras, and the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (fresh off their great victory with Chipotle), the event
Food sovereignty is the right of all people to determine their own food and agriculture policies – it is essentially the democratization of the food system. This week, two longtime WhyHunger partners and friends who have been working towards food sovereignty for years got some well-deserved recognition. East New York Farms! is featured today on the front page of the The
The food movement is abuzz with Michael Pollan's latest New York Times Magazine op-ed. The piece asks the questions: Will California’s Proposition 37 (an initiative that would require an identifying label on all genetically-modified foods (GMOs) foods carry a label)? How much does the food movement matter to politicians? And, finally, how do we as a movement come together to create
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Reflections on remembering
News and comment from around NYC on food access after Sandy: In “Soup, Charity and the American Way,” the New York Times comments on Governor Mitt Romney’s characterization of donation of goods, clothing, and other items as “the American way.” While generosity in response to crisis has been shown time and again to be the American way, the Times is
  WhyHunger supports some of the most innovative community-based organizations across the country, that are working every day, 365 days a year, implementing immediate solutions in times of cri
Yesterday saw the release of two excellent new resources from our partners, both aiming to bust common myths about the food system. Check them out and share widely! Food MythBusters, from Anna Lappé, Corporate Accountability International and other partners addresses the question, "do we really need industrial agriculture to feed the world?" Short answer: a resounding no. They've created an
Once again we are honored to be partnering with Minnesota bluegrass band, Trampled by Turtles. The band has had an impressive year releasing their latest album Stars and Satellites, which debuted #3
The Food Sovereignty Prize ceremony, hosted by WhyHunger in New York City last week, was a great success! Honoring the inspiring work of the Korean Women's Peasant Association, the National Fisheries Solidarity Movement of Sri Lanka, the Unified Peasant Movement of Aguan Region from Honduras, and the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (fresh off their great victory with Chipotle), the event
Food sovereignty is the right of all people to determine their own food and agriculture policies – it is essentially the democratization of the food system. This week, two longtime WhyHunger partners and friends who have been working towards food sovereignty for years got some well-deserved recognition. East New York Farms! is featured today on the front page of the The
The food movement is abuzz with Michael Pollan's latest New York Times Magazine op-ed. The piece asks the questions: Will California’s Proposition 37 (an initiative that would require an identifying label on all genetically-modified foods (GMOs) foods carry a label)? How much does the food movement matter to politicians? And, finally, how do we as a movement come together to create

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