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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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Re-posted with corrections:  This article was originally posted in December 2011.  Changes were made to reflect that the AFSC in New Mexico provides training to beginning farmers --- not the Agri-Cultura Network as previously reported. Fidel introduced himself as a musician and traveling Aztec dancer to our crowd of 30+ participants at the USDA-sponsored Community Food Projects (CFP) grantees meeting
Five Organizations Receive National Award for Impact on Food Movement & Fight Against Hunger
Thanks to the support of the Artist Against Hunger & Poverty family in 2011 we gained a lot of momentum to kick off the new year and, with hunger on the rise, renewed reason to continue our fight
Written by Christine Bell, WhyHunger Intern This post is part of WhyHunger’s peer mentor profile series for the “Community Learning Project for Food Justice” (CLP).  Each week through April 2012, we’ll highlight a new CLP peer mentor and their contribution to creating a national learning/teaching community to support the growth and expansion of the food justice movement. Nuestras Raices, which
AAH&P artist Blurred Vision is contributing to the "Imagine There's No Hunger" Campaign with their song, “Dear John”, a tribute to John Lennon.  All proceeds from the download
RIC is a movement of culture builders, urban farmers, artists, cooks, educators, and agents of empowerment.
The Massachusetts Avenue Project (MAP) and Growing Green Program are changing the food system and the lives of youth in Buffalo and Western New York.  Growing Green, our youth development and urban agriculture program, employs about 50 teens each year to create solutions to food injustice and the lack of access to healthy food in our communities.  Youth in the
"I had thought of work as miserable and unbearable
WhyHunger partner Food For Maine's Future Needs You To Join Their Call For Maine Governor LePage To Drop The Lawsuit Against Farmer Dan Brown Very Soon
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Re-posted with corrections:  This article was originally posted in December 2011.  Changes were made to reflect that the AFSC in New Mexico provides training to beginning farmers --- not the Agri-Cultura Network as previously reported. Fidel introduced himself as a musician and traveling Aztec dancer to our crowd of 30+ participants at the USDA-sponsored Community Food Projects (CFP) grantees meeting
Five Organizations Receive National Award for Impact on Food Movement & Fight Against Hunger
Thanks to the support of the Artist Against Hunger & Poverty family in 2011 we gained a lot of momentum to kick off the new year and, with hunger on the rise, renewed reason to continue our fight
Written by Christine Bell, WhyHunger Intern This post is part of WhyHunger’s peer mentor profile series for the “Community Learning Project for Food Justice” (CLP).  Each week through April 2012, we’ll highlight a new CLP peer mentor and their contribution to creating a national learning/teaching community to support the growth and expansion of the food justice movement. Nuestras Raices, which
AAH&P artist Blurred Vision is contributing to the "Imagine There's No Hunger" Campaign with their song, “Dear John”, a tribute to John Lennon.  All proceeds from the download
RIC is a movement of culture builders, urban farmers, artists, cooks, educators, and agents of empowerment.
The Massachusetts Avenue Project (MAP) and Growing Green Program are changing the food system and the lives of youth in Buffalo and Western New York.  Growing Green, our youth development and urban agriculture program, employs about 50 teens each year to create solutions to food injustice and the lack of access to healthy food in our communities.  Youth in the
"I had thought of work as miserable and unbearable
WhyHunger partner Food For Maine's Future Needs You To Join Their Call For Maine Governor LePage To Drop The Lawsuit Against Farmer Dan Brown Very Soon

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