Fellowships
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- Faye Duan
- Leland Fellow 2017-2019
- 9th Class, 2017-2019 Field Placement: As a policy assistant Faye Duan supports strategy and advocacy efforts on agriculture, climate change and livelihoods for Oxfam in Senegal and the West Africa region. She is producing research-based educational and advocacy materials as part of Oxfam Senegal’s campaign to support the development of the local milk sector, a value chain that could benefit… Read more “Faye Duan”
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 “Blog: Lessons from Compact2025 Forum, Relief to Resilience”
News & Events
- New and Inspired Ways of Working Together to Improve Communities: Cindy Vong and Chesterfield Polkey
- April 29, 2019 From September 2018 to February 2019, Emerson Hunger Fellows Cindy Vong and Chesterfield Polkey were placed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Read … Read more “New and Inspired Ways of Working Together to Improve Communities: Cindy Vong and Chesterfield Polkey”
- Video: “So Many Different Minds and Ways of Attacking Food Security”
- April 18, 2019 In March the 9th Class of Leland Hunger Fellows met in Washington, D.C. for a mid-policy retreat. The fellows took… Read more “Video: “So Many Different Minds and Ways of Attacking Food Security””