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Welcome back to Field Site Spotlight, our ongoing series where current Emerson National and Leland International Hunger Fellows share what they are working on at their field placements. Fellows Erica McCoy and Jamila Cervantes have been working at Oregon Food … Read more

Concluding our series of field site spotlights for the 23rd Class of Emerson National Hunger Fellows, we turn our attention to Los Angeles, California, where NaShawn Johnson and Ray Chen worked with The L.A. Kitchen and Los Angeles Community Action … Read more

After gathering in Washington for their first training last fall, the 23rd class of Emerson National Hunger Fellows dispersed across the country for their field placements. Two fellows didn’t have far to go: Joanna Williams and Kyle Machicado worked with … Read more

Continuing our series on the 23rd Class of Emerson Hunger Fellows and their field work, we turn our attention to Illinois, where Fellows Anne Marie Buron and Margot Nitschke spent the fall. Read on to hear their insights on barriers … Read more

Food is a basic human need—and so is shelter. In many urban areas, people in poverty are forced to choose: groceries or rent; nutritious meals or heat and electricity. For Emerson Fellows Ashley Burnside and Michelle Loo, who worked with … Read more

Our series on Emerson Fellows and their field work continues with a visit to Sam Stevens and David Lazere, both partnering with the Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties. Sam Stevens It is difficult to … Read more

Our series on Emerson Fellows and their field work continues with a look at three Fellows in New Orleans, LA, working with Market Umbrella and the Jesuit Social Research Institute. Imani Marshall As an Emerson Hunger Fellow I am working … Read more

This fall and winter we will be spotlighting the work of the 23rd Class Emerson National Hunger Fellows and our partners around the country. Our first blog series features the work of  Eduardo Hernandez and Alysha Alani who  are both working … Read more