The Hunger Leadership Awards is our annual celebration of outstanding leaders in the movement to end hunger. For this year’s virtual ceremony, held Wednesday, September 16, we are recognizing leaders who prove every day that hunger is solvable. The recipients of … Read more
Meet Our Award Recipients: Rep. Barbara Lee
The Hunger Leadership Awards is our annual celebration of outstanding leaders in the movement to end hunger. For this year’s virtual ceremony, held Wednesday, September 16, we are recognizing leaders who prove every day that hunger is solvable. The recipient of … Read more
Meet Our Award Recipients: AARP Foundation and Lisa Marsh Ryerson
The Hunger Leadership Awards is our annual celebration of outstanding leaders in the movement to end hunger. For this year’s virtual ceremony, held Wednesday, September 16, we are recognizing leaders who prove every day that hunger is solvable. The recipients of … Read more
Meet Our Award Recipients: David Beckmann and Jim Weill
The Hunger Leadership Awards is our annual celebration of outstanding leaders in the movement to end hunger. For this year’s virtual ceremony, held Wednesday, September 16, we are recognizing leaders who prove every day that hunger is solvable. The recipients of … Read more
Meet Our Award Recipients: Matt Newell-Ching
The Hunger Leadership Awards is our annual celebration of outstanding leaders in the movement to end hunger. For this year’s virtual ceremony, held Wednesday, September 16, we are recognizing leaders who prove every day that Hunger is Solvable. The recipient … Read more
Announcing the 27th Class of Emerson National Hunger Fellows
The Congressional Hunger Center is proud to announce the 19 members of its 27th Class of Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellows. These dedicated young leaders will spend the next 11 months working to end hunger in the U.S. through community-based … Read more
Zero Hunger Summer Seminar Session V: Effective Advocacy
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