This is a guest post by Youth Food Justice Zine contributor and youth partner Ayisah Yusuf of Rooted in Community (RIC). The original, full post can be found here. Flint, Michigan a small town right outside of Detroit is going through a crisis. This crisis sadly has been happing since 2014 and due to the Michigan government has just
21-03-2016
This post first appeared in The Huffington Post. The way to end hunger is to feed people, right? That may seem like a no-brainer but it is not enough. When Harry Chapin and I co-Founded WhyHunger in 1975 we knew that hunger in America had become a major problem. From the beginning, we believed that the root cause of hunger
17-03-2016
It was a Sunday morning and the idea was to visit the Itaparica Dam with my auntie Tania. Her husband, my uncle Fernando, worked as engineer for the government company that had built it. The dam was spectacular, a massive wall of concrete with a tower in the middle of it to control the flux of water. But there was
14-03-2016
As translated by Laura Valdes In the presence of our Bertha, our mother, our daughter, our guide. Her daughters Olivia, Bertha and Laura, her son Salvador, her mother Austra Bertha accompanied by our family members and friends, would like to publically acknowledge our thoughts in this moment of deep sorrow. Our Bertha is our biggest inspiration; this is why we
09-03-2016
8th Annual IMAGINE THERE’S NO HUNGER CampaignRaises Awareness and Funds Globally Orlando, Fla., November2, 2015–Hard Rock is kicking off the season of giving by helping to nourish children and families worldwide with IMAGINE THERE’S NO HUNGER. Inspired by John Lennon and his iconic song “IMAGINE,” the global campaign strives to turn his dream of a world with no hunger into
09-03-2016
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
This is a guest post by Youth Food Justice Zine contributor and youth partner Ayisah Yusuf of Rooted in Community (RIC). The original, full post can be found here. Flint, Michigan a small town right outside of Detroit is going through a crisis. This crisis sadly has been happing since 2014 and due to the Michigan government has just
21-03-2016
This post first appeared in The Huffington Post. The way to end hunger is to feed people, right? That may seem like a no-brainer but it is not enough. When Harry Chapin and I co-Founded WhyHunger in 1975 we knew that hunger in America had become a major problem. From the beginning, we believed that the root cause of hunger
17-03-2016
It was a Sunday morning and the idea was to visit the Itaparica Dam with my auntie Tania. Her husband, my uncle Fernando, worked as engineer for the government company that had built it. The dam was spectacular, a massive wall of concrete with a tower in the middle of it to control the flux of water. But there was
14-03-2016
As translated by Laura Valdes In the presence of our Bertha, our mother, our daughter, our guide. Her daughters Olivia, Bertha and Laura, her son Salvador, her mother Austra Bertha accompanied by our family members and friends, would like to publically acknowledge our thoughts in this moment of deep sorrow. Our Bertha is our biggest inspiration; this is why we
09-03-2016
8th Annual IMAGINE THERE’S NO HUNGER CampaignRaises Awareness and Funds Globally Orlando, Fla., November2, 2015–Hard Rock is kicking off the season of giving by helping to nourish children and families worldwide with IMAGINE THERE’S NO HUNGER. Inspired by John Lennon and his iconic song “IMAGINE,” the global campaign strives to turn his dream of a world with no hunger into
09-03-2016
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