WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today the Congressional Hunger Center announces three bold commitments to expand our work of developing, inspiring, and connecting leaders in the movement to end hunger. We make these pledges in response to the Administration’s call for stakeholders’ … Read more
U.N. General Assembly Hall. 📸: Patrick Gruban WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Congressional Hunger Center applauds the Administration’s announcement of $2.9 billion to address the growing global food security crisis, while urging leaders to commit to transformational change to prevent future crises. … Read more
Above: Elizabeth Margolis, 11th Class Leland Fellow. As a Leland Fellow with World Vision International, I have spent the last year working on advocacy to end global hunger. I have been very focused on amplifying the voices of people affected by … Read more
Next week the 29th Class of Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellows will gather for their orientation at our offices in Washington, D.C. This new cohort of 18 change-makers will spend the next year supporting anti-hunger and anti-poverty work at the … Read more
We are delighted to announce the election of Patience Peabody to the Congressional Hunger Center’s Board of Directors. Patience, who was elected to a three-year term, is currently an Executive Director at the Flamboyan Foundation, which works to ensure students most impacted … Read more
Above: 5th Class Zero Hunger Interns at the 2022 Hunger Leadership Awards in Washington, D.C. On July 29, the 5th Class of Zero Hunger Interns presented proposed solutions to food insecurity across the country. The interns were grouped by region … Read more
Above from left: Executive Director Shannon Maynard, Rep. Michael McCaul, Rep. Gregory Meeks, and Hunger Center Board Chair Rep. James P. McGovern at the 2022 Hunger Leadership Awards The Hunger Leadership Awards were presented in person for the first time … Read more
Above: Morgan McKinney, 28th Class Emerson Fellow. I had prior research experience before becoming an Emerson Fellow, and when it came time for the matching process for policy placements, I found myself longing to do research again. My desire for research … Read more
Join us virtually July 29 at 1 p.m. EDT as the 2022 Zero Hunger Summer Seminars conclude with final presentations from the 2022 Zero Hunger Interns. The interns will share research and recommendations on ending hunger across the U.S., focusing on a … Read more
If you’ve been following along with the Zero Hunger Summer Seminars, you naturally have some interest in ending hunger—and hopefully some ideas on what will be needed to accomplish it. But hunger is a symptom of underlying problems, and any … Read more
Above: Blake Turpin, 28th Class Emerson Fellow. In my policy placement I helped to develop a long-term housing and tax policy campaign with RESULTS Educational Fund. The content, size, and scope of my workplan was ambitious, but I knew I was … Read more
Above: Nathan Garcia, 28th Class Emerson Fellow. Sometimes a problem can feel so large that it’s hard to know how to start solving it. We learn that millions of people across the United States are food insecure, that poverty and racism … Read more
