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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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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
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
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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
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
'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
WhyHunger is excited to support the U.S. Food Sovereignty Alliance as they announce the winners of this year's Food Sovereignty Prize! Black US Farmers, Honduran Afro-Indigenous Share Food Sovereignty Prize Des Moines, Iowa, United States - September 1,2015 - In this moment when it is vital to assert that Black lives matter, the U.S. Food Sovereignty Alliance honors Black and
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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
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
CookiesA Cookie file is – according to Wikipedia - a small piece of data sent from a website and stored in a user's web browser while a user is browsing a website. When the user browses the same website in the future, the data stored in the cookie can be retrieved by the website to notify the website of the
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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
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
'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
WhyHunger is excited to support the U.S. Food Sovereignty Alliance as they announce the winners of this year's Food Sovereignty Prize! Black US Farmers, Honduran Afro-Indigenous Share Food Sovereignty Prize Des Moines, Iowa, United States - September 1,2015 - In this moment when it is vital to assert that Black lives matter, the U.S. Food Sovereignty Alliance honors Black and

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