29th Class of Emerson Hunger Fellows Prepare for Orientation, Community Placements Across the U.S.

Emerson, Updates

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 local and national level, all while developing their leadership and professional skills. Meet the Hunger Fellows.

Starting in September, the fellows will be working across nine states, supporting 14 different anti-hunger and anti-poverty organizations, eight of which will be hosting a fellow for the first time. These host organizations include food banks and pantries, food policy councils, community centers, and local and regional advocacy organizations. See where our fellows will be working this fall and winter.

“I am so excited to start working with this new class,” said Emerson Fellowship Program Director Tony Jackson, “and for them to set out across the country, to put their passion to work in service of their host organizations and the communities where they are placed. What they are able to accomplish and learn while there will not only make a difference in the lives of the people in their communities, but also help them grow into stronger leaders, and inform our understanding of the most effective methods we have of addressing hunger and poverty in this country.” The fellows’ journeys begin at a momentous time in our history, as the economic fallout from the pandemic illuminates stark economic inequalities, and as the White House prepares to launch the first national conference on hunger, nutrition, and health in over 50 years.

The Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellowship trains and inspires new leaders in the movement to end hunger and poverty in the United States. The fellowship, the Hunger Center’s oldest leadership development program, bridges gaps between local efforts and national public policy, as fellows support partner organizations with program development, research, evaluation, outreach, organizing, and advocacy projects. These fellows will form the 29th cohort since the fellowship’s founding in 1993. In 2001 the fellowship was renamed in honor of Rep. Bill Emerson (1938-1996), a Congressional anti-hunger champion whose practical, bipartisan approach is the foundation for the work of the Hunger Center to this day.

29th Class Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellows (2022-2023)

Fellow School Field Placement Location
Nick Battles Iowa State Univ. Hunger Free Oklahoma Tulsa, Okla.
Jazmyne Brooks Univ. of Denver Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio Lorain, Ohio
Allison Bunyan CSU Northridge Common Threads Miami, Florida
Isabella Dresser Trinity College Maryland Hunger Solutions Baltimore, Md.
Lauren Drumgold Bates College Chicago Food Policy Action Council Chicago, Ill.
Aliyah Fard Whitman College Chicago Food Policy Action Council Chicago, Ill.
Gabe Hafemann Univ. of Minnesota Greater Boston Food Bank Boston, Mass.
Raneem Karboji Univ. of Texas at El Paso Pittsburgh Food Policy Council Pittsburgh, Pa.
Akeisha Latch Clark Univ. About Fresh Boston, Mass.
Landy Lin Centre College Wesley House Community Center Knoxville, Tenn.
Molly Pifko College of the Atlantic Hunger Free Oklahoma Tulsa, Okla.
Clara Pitt Vassar College About Fresh Boston, Mass.
Hayleigh Rockenback Univ. of Notre Dame Mass. Developmental Disabilities Council & South Shore Community Action Council Quincy & Plymouth, Mass.
Maia Rodriguez-Choi Univ. of Calif. Los Angeles United Way of Greater Knoxville Knoxville, Tenn.
Rajitmeet Singh Univ. of Calif. Davis FRESH Basic Needs Hub Irvine, Calif.
Maryam Taysir Rhodes College Maryland Hunger Solutions Baltimore, Md.
Taylor Unoki Univ. of Washington Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio Lorain, Ohio
Angela Zhang Univ. of Calif. Los Angeles Just Harvest Education Fund Pittsburgh, Pa.

 

29th Class Placements (2022-2023)


About Fresh
Chicago Food Policy Action Council
Common Threads
UC Irvine FRESH Basic Needs Hub
Greater Boston Food Bank
Hunger Free Oklahoma
Just Harvest
Maryland Hunger Solutions
Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council
Pittsburgh Food Policy Council
Second Harvest Food Bank North Central Ohio
South Shore Community Action Council

United Way Greater Knoxville
Wesley House Community Center

Click any highlighted state below to see placements.

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