What does Ferguson mean for the food justice movement? Find out in our new thought-provoking series with a special introduction and Issue 1 out now! To lift up critical voices of the movement, WhyHunger’s Beatriz Beckford facilitated a national call with dynamic organizers and activists across the country to discuss the connection between the oppression that black communities face at
16-09-2015
Does ‘organizing’ sound like an overwhelming undertaking? It shouldn’t, because it isn’t – and WhyHunger’s new publication Rise Up! Organizing in Emergency Food Programs can show you how it can be done through building collective people power to transform the charity model of emergency feeding. Rise Up, produced by WhyHunger’s Nourish Network for the Right to Food program, asked the question,
15-09-2015
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
14-09-2015
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
11-09-2015
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
10-09-2015
08-09-2015
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
08-09-2015
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
04-09-2015
What does Ferguson mean for the food justice movement? Find out in our new thought-provoking series with a special introduction and Issue 1 out now! To lift up critical voices of the movement, WhyHunger’s Beatriz Beckford facilitated a national call with dynamic organizers and activists across the country to discuss the connection between the oppression that black communities face at
16-09-2015
Does ‘organizing’ sound like an overwhelming undertaking? It shouldn’t, because it isn’t – and WhyHunger’s new publication Rise Up! Organizing in Emergency Food Programs can show you how it can be done through building collective people power to transform the charity model of emergency feeding. Rise Up, produced by WhyHunger’s Nourish Network for the Right to Food program, asked the question,
15-09-2015
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
14-09-2015
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
11-09-2015
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
10-09-2015
08-09-2015
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
08-09-2015
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
04-09-2015