Fellowships
Mickey Leland International Fellow Program
Applications are open now through January 14, 2019.
Bill Emerson National Fellow Program
Applications are open now through January 14, 2019.
Meet Our Fellows »
- Faye Duan
- Leland Fellow 2017-2019
- 9th Class, 2017-2019
Field Placement:
Oxfam America; Washington, DC
Policy Placement:
From Washington, D.C., Faye worked at Oxfam America to advance policies that guide U.S. foreign assistance to developing nations for increased food security. She attended educational meetings with Congressional Staff, produced communications materials, supported advocacy events, and engaged in coalition efforts with Oxfam’s partners to ensure that aid and … Read more
Policy & Advocacy
Learn about CHC's policy and advocacy work.
Key Issues
We champion programs and policies that strengthen food security across the United States and around the globe, including the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals, Feed the Future, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and federal Child Nutrition Programs.
Policy Positions
We work in coalition with national and international partner organizations to educate policymakers and advocate for effective food security policy.
Featured Publications
- Blog: Lessons from Compact2025 Forum, Relief to Resilience
- 9th class Leland Fellow, Rachel Gilbert, authored this blog post on how the Compact2025 Forum progressed in their discussion on how to effectively accelerate Malawi from a food relief to… Read more
News & Events
- Alum Profile: David Blount
- November 9, 2018 Readers of this blog will be familiar with our profiles of current Emerson and Leland Hunger Fellows and their work … Read more
- Field Site Spotlight: Pierre Collins and Katie Starr
- November 2, 2018 Kingston is a small, historic New England village in southern Rhode Island, as well as the site of the main … Read more