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Field Reports

Advocating for Change

David Pedulla, Emerson Fellow
Published 2005

Portland, Oregon

Advocating for Change is a step by step guide for food banks on how to form anti-hunger advocacy committees in their communities.  It contains detailed information about what is needed to successfully form an advocacy committee, useful tools to facilitate the process, and a list of resources to make it as easy as possible for food banks to increase their advocacy capacity.

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Publication tags: Field Reports - Advocacy and Education, Advocacy and Education Tools/Toolkits, Food Policy Councils/Coalitions - Advocates (including legal advocates), Community Members, Emergency Food Recipients, Service Providers

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David Pedulla

Emerson Fellow

David graduated from Boston College in the spring of 2004 with a degree in history.  He has worked to combat hunger and homelessness at Haley House, a multi-service organization for homeless men in Boston, and through an internship as an organizer on issues of transportation and racial justice.  He also worked with the Global Justice Project of BC on issues of international solidarity, which included organizing a delegation of students to Chiapas, Mexico, to learn from the Zapatista movement in their struggle for economic, political, and indigenous rights.

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