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 Fatima Carson
Field Placement: Connecticut Food Bank (New Haven, CT)
Fatima assisted in the implementation of Agency Express, a new web-based program for member agencies to use in obtaining food from the Food Bank’s warehouses. She created reference materials and trained the Food Bank’s staff and the volunteers of partner programs to use the online ordering system.
Hunger Free Community Report: Promoting Client Choice: How Food Pantries Can Most Effectively Alleviate Hunger presents the benefits of increasing client choice in the pantry distribution process. The brochure outlines eight different ways food pantries can increase client choice while also eliminating food waste.
Policy Placement: Food Research and Action Center (Washington, D.C.)
Fatima is analyzing Food Stamp Program participation and practices in 25 large cities for a FRAC publication called Food Stamp Access in Urban America: A City by City Snapshot. She is also creating a toolkit focusing on elderly hunger and Food Stamp Program participation.
Education and Experience: Fatima graduated with Honors and Phi Beta Kappa from Earlham College in 2007 with a degree in economics and peace and global studies. She served as a Bonner Scholar, Student Government member, Bonner Congress Representative, Wilderness Staff Member, and tutor. Fatima also taught a cooking class at a local Boys and Girls Club, facilitated a challenge education program aimed at encouraging youth to become first generation college students, studied abroad in Jordan, and processed micro-credit grant proposals from organizations in Kenya, India, and Sierra Leone for Right Sharing of World Resources.
 JoEllen Pederson
Field Placement: Connecticut Food Bank (New Haven, CT)
JoEllen assessed the best methods for closing the gap between Food Bank resources and the need for emergency food in Connecticut. Using research and GIS technology, JoEllen mapped the need for emergency food programs throughout Connecticut and recommended strategies for the Food Bank to better address ongoing food insecurity in local communities.
Hunger Free Community Report: Bridging the Gap Between Capacity and Coverage: An Analysis of the Emergency Food System in Connecticut provides an up-to-date geographical overview of the Food Bank’s service area and the capacity of its 600 partner programs to serve their communities.
Policy Placement: Jewish Council for Public Affairs (Washington, D.C.)
JoEllen is mobilizing Jewish communities around the country to engage more heavily in anti-poverty services and policies. She is creating and leading an "issue cluster" that will give leaders of Jewish communities in the U.S. a forum to discuss healthcare, hunger, education, and affordable housing issues and to discuss best practices on addressing them at the local and national level. JoEllen is also planning a conference and service trip to New Orleans focused on addressing issues of race, poverty, and climate change.
Education and Experience: JoEllen is a 2007 graduate of Berea College where she received a degree in sociology with an emphasis in African and African-American studies. After spending summers in Costa Rica and Macedonia working on poverty related initiatives, JoEllen started Hunger and Homelessness Awareness week on her campus. She also served as a Bonner Scholar and ran an after-school program for three years teaching middle school students about community service.
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