WhyHunger’s latest Food Justice Voices publication “Cultivating International Solidarity Through Popular Resistance,” features Angela Adrar of the Rural Coalition and La Via Campesina who interviews social movement leaders from around the globe to get their perspectives on how international solidarity unites those with common struggles to build resistance and change the systems that have failed them. The topic of international
07-03-2016
Reflection from WhyHunger’s Saulo Araujo Early today, March 3rd, armed men killed Berta Cárceres. They swarmed her home and assassinated her. One more woman activist killed, among too many others in Central America. They took the life of a Lenca indigenous woman, a leader and a comrade. Berta was a brilliant person, capable to articulate complex issues and to inspire
03-03-2016
This spotlight is a feature of WhyHunger’s digital storytelling 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
01-03-2016
NOTE: Cancelled due to scheduling conflicts, check in later for more info! Get into the spirit of autumn by joining whYP as they compost, pull weeds, and harvest crops! On Saturday, September 24th from 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM we will head out to WhyHunger friend and partner Added Value Farms for two hours of fun and farmwork. Added Value Farms is a youth-led
26-02-2016
Join whYP to drink, make new friends and support WhyHunger on Thursday, September 15th from 6:00 to 7:30 PM at Colors, a special restaurant formed by ROC United to help restaurant workers displaced by the World Trade Center tragedy and that is now a leader in advocating for workers’ rights. Where: Colors Restaurant, 417 Lafayette Street, New York NY 10003. Between
26-02-2016
WhyHunger Young Professionals (whYP) is a dynamic group of socially conscious young professional leaders motivated to bring awareness to the mission of WhyHunger through fundraising, social, and volunteer activities geared towards fellow young professionals. Participants share a passion for social justice and are committed to taking action to end hunger and poverty as part of the food justice movement. Make a
26-02-2016
WhyHunger’s What Ferguson Means for the Food Justice Movement series is a bold attempt to explore the way in which police violence and institutionalized anti-black racism is deeply interconnected to food, land and Black bodies. What is the connection between the death of Black people at the hands of the state (police shootings) and the death of Black people at
26-02-2016
Reposted with permission by CIW. In NYC on Thursday, March 3rd at 4pm, be an ally and join dozens of Florida farmworkers as they kick off the 2016 Workers' Voice Tour to demand that Wendy's, the final fast food holdout, take responsibility for conditions in their supply chain and join the CIW's Fair Food Program — a proven, worker-designed solution
18-02-2016
WhyHunger’s latest Food Justice Voices publication “Cultivating International Solidarity Through Popular Resistance,” features Angela Adrar of the Rural Coalition and La Via Campesina who interviews social movement leaders from around the globe to get their perspectives on how international solidarity unites those with common struggles to build resistance and change the systems that have failed them. The topic of international
07-03-2016
Reflection from WhyHunger’s Saulo Araujo Early today, March 3rd, armed men killed Berta Cárceres. They swarmed her home and assassinated her. One more woman activist killed, among too many others in Central America. They took the life of a Lenca indigenous woman, a leader and a comrade. Berta was a brilliant person, capable to articulate complex issues and to inspire
03-03-2016
This spotlight is a feature of WhyHunger’s digital storytelling 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
01-03-2016
NOTE: Cancelled due to scheduling conflicts, check in later for more info! Get into the spirit of autumn by joining whYP as they compost, pull weeds, and harvest crops! On Saturday, September 24th from 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM we will head out to WhyHunger friend and partner Added Value Farms for two hours of fun and farmwork. Added Value Farms is a youth-led
26-02-2016
Join whYP to drink, make new friends and support WhyHunger on Thursday, September 15th from 6:00 to 7:30 PM at Colors, a special restaurant formed by ROC United to help restaurant workers displaced by the World Trade Center tragedy and that is now a leader in advocating for workers’ rights. Where: Colors Restaurant, 417 Lafayette Street, New York NY 10003. Between
26-02-2016
WhyHunger Young Professionals (whYP) is a dynamic group of socially conscious young professional leaders motivated to bring awareness to the mission of WhyHunger through fundraising, social, and volunteer activities geared towards fellow young professionals. Participants share a passion for social justice and are committed to taking action to end hunger and poverty as part of the food justice movement. Make a
26-02-2016
WhyHunger’s What Ferguson Means for the Food Justice Movement series is a bold attempt to explore the way in which police violence and institutionalized anti-black racism is deeply interconnected to food, land and Black bodies. What is the connection between the death of Black people at the hands of the state (police shootings) and the death of Black people at
26-02-2016
Reposted with permission by CIW. In NYC on Thursday, March 3rd at 4pm, be an ally and join dozens of Florida farmworkers as they kick off the 2016 Workers' Voice Tour to demand that Wendy's, the final fast food holdout, take responsibility for conditions in their supply chain and join the CIW's Fair Food Program — a proven, worker-designed solution
18-02-2016