This Friday, July 31, from 9am — 1 pm ET, we will host the last of five sessions of our 2020 Zero Hunger Summer Seminars. This year’s Summer Seminars are held entirely online, and are free and open to the … Read more
Farewell to the 26th Class of Emerson National Hunger Fellows
The 26th Class of Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellows celebrated a virtual commencement on July 22, 2020, marking the end of their 11-month fellowships. They were joined by over 100 friends, family, fellowship alums, Hunger Center staff, and supervisors and colleagues … Read more
Field Site Spotlight: Emily Hwang
Above: Emily Hwang at an IAC conference in Las Vegas, December, 2019. As a former Pennsylvanian resident, I would like to say to my Northerner friends and family that Arkansas is misunderstood. It’s Arkansas (ahr-kuhn-saw) y’all, not Alabama or any other … Read more
Finding the Cure for Hunger During the Coronavirus Pandemic
COVID-19 has dramatically increased food insecurity for households across America—but some of the most effective solutions for ending hunger are as easy as contacting your elected officials. That’s the message for our new public service announcement, “Finding the Cure for … Read more
Zero Hunger Summer Seminar Session IV: The Policy-Making Process
This Friday, July 17, from 9am — 1 pm ET, we will host the fourth of five sessions of our 2020 Zero Hunger Summer Seminars. This year’s Summer Seminars are held entirely online, and are free and open to the … Read more
Zero Hunger Summer Seminar Session III: Drivers of Hunger and Poverty
On Friday, July 10, from 9am — 1 pm ET, we will host the third of five sessions of our 2020 Zero Hunger Summer Seminars. This year’s Summer Seminars are held entirely online, and are free and open to the … Read more
Field Site Spotlight: Anne Marie Noll
Above: Anne Marie Noll (second from left) poses with colleagues from the Native American Agriculture Fund at an IAC conference in Las Vegas, December, 2019. After growing up in the Hill Country of Texas, the Ozark foothills of Northwest Arkansas felt … Read more
Zero Hunger Summer Seminar Session II: Global Hunger
This Friday, June 26, from 9am — 1 pm ET, we will host the second of five sessions of our 2020 Zero Hunger Summer Seminars. This year’s Summer Seminars are held entirely online, and are free and open to the … Read more
What Happens When Nowhere is Safe?
(Above: departure terminal at Félix Houphouët-Boigny Airport in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire; photo CC BY-SA Pascal Giegner) With the World Health Organization’s declaration of a pandemic on March 11, development and humanitarian organizations had to decide quickly whether to repatriate international staff. These … Read more
NAHO Denounces Death of George Floyd and Underlying Structural Racism
The National Anti-Hunger Organizations (NAHO) denounces the persistent structural racism that continues to plague our society. We condemn the killing of unarmed African American men and women and are deeply disturbed by the inhumane and violent death of George Floyd … Read more
The 2020 Zero Hunger Summer Seminars
The world faces a growing hunger crisis caused by a global pandemic. In order to tackle the problem, it’s critical that people first understand the root causes of hunger, and the power of public policy to address or exacerbate them. … Read more
Our Executive Director’s Statement on Racism and Racial Violence in America
As the Executive Director of the Congressional Hunger Center, a nonprofit dedicated to fighting hunger by developing leaders, I must speak out about the recent incidents of violence against Black people in America, including the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, … Read more