Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO), a 2013 Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Award Winner, has given us yet another achievement to celebrate! Executive Director Kimberly Wasserman-Nieto was just awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize, awarded each year to unsung grassroots heroes working to make their communities healthier, cleaner and more sustainable. Wasserman-Nieto is a lifelong resident of Chicago's Little Village neighborhood, which sits next to
15-04-2013
Over on Facebook, we've been talking about what it means to be an ally. Building a movement takes work from all across the food system--including from organizations playing a support role. At WhyHunger, we take our role as an ally seriously, and we want to share what we're learning as we work in this important role. From time to time in
12-04-2013
This spotlight is a feature in a series of the USDA Community Food Project Competitive Grant Program (CFP). Grantees are doing some of the most innovative and collaborative projects to change local and regional food systems. WhyHunger’s Food Security Learning Center — also funded by a CFP grant — profiles these organizations through dynamic stories and pictures, to give a real flavor of what the projects
09-04-2013
"Greater successes are achieved when the top and bottom realize their role in the movement and work in cooperation, and partnership, rather than in isolation. ...[C]hange happens not from the top down, or only from the bottom up, but when the top and bottom work side-by-side to achieve social change.” --from the Facilitating Change in the Food Justice Movement study
05-04-2013
Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO), a 2013 Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Award Winner, has given us yet another achievement to celebrate! Executive Director Kimberly Wasserman-Nieto was just awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize, awarded each year to unsung grassroots heroes working to make their communities healthier, cleaner and more sustainable. Wasserman-Nieto is a lifelong resident of Chicago's Little Village neighborhood, which sits next to
15-04-2013
Over on Facebook, we've been talking about what it means to be an ally. Building a movement takes work from all across the food system--including from organizations playing a support role. At WhyHunger, we take our role as an ally seriously, and we want to share what we're learning as we work in this important role. From time to time in
12-04-2013
This spotlight is a feature in a series of the USDA Community Food Project Competitive Grant Program (CFP). Grantees are doing some of the most innovative and collaborative projects to change local and regional food systems. WhyHunger’s Food Security Learning Center — also funded by a CFP grant — profiles these organizations through dynamic stories and pictures, to give a real flavor of what the projects
09-04-2013
"Greater successes are achieved when the top and bottom realize their role in the movement and work in cooperation, and partnership, rather than in isolation. ...[C]hange happens not from the top down, or only from the bottom up, but when the top and bottom work side-by-side to achieve social change.” --from the Facilitating Change in the Food Justice Movement study
05-04-2013