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The Congressional Hunger Center (CHC) is a unique
non-profit anti-hunger leadership training organization located
in Washington, DC. Our many friends and partners include Members
of Congress, Hill staff who focus on hunger and poverty, and
hundreds of hunger fighting organizations throughout the US
and overseas. Members of Congress, Rep.
Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO) and Rep.
James P. McGovern (D-MA), are the co-chairs of our board
of directors, and exemplify our bipartisan approach to
ending hunger.
Our primary program activities center upon
the Bill Emerson National
Hunger Fellows Program and its international counterpart,
the Mickey Leland International
Fellows Program. In both of these programs, a select group
of fellows receive the skills, knowledge and experience to
become effective anti-hunger leaders in the domestic and international
arenas.
As a bi-partisan organization, we serve as
a center where the anti-hunger community can discuss creative
solutions to end domestic and international hunger. Center
activities have included workshops on improving the nutritional
quality of relief foods, Capitol Hill briefings on the role
of biotechnology for improving food security, and administering
an annual "Victory Against Hunger Award" program for domestic
hunger organizations. Our quarterly newsletter
provides updates on initiatives, grants and our programs.
We welcome your support in fulfilling our mission”, with “and
invite you to help us in the fight against hunger by making
a donation.
CHC, a tax-exempt, 501 © (3)
organization, is funded primarily through grants from foundations,
donations from corporations and individuals, and through an
appropriation from the US Congress to honor former Members
of Congress Mickey Leland and Bill Emerson. We welcome your
support in fulfilling our mission.
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