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The Power of Abundance: Engaging Youth in Political Change

Jacquelyn SullivanOctober 6, 2021Emerson, Updates

Above: Jacquelyn Sullivan, 27th Class Emerson Fellow. There is a moment in every student’s life where the academic meets reality. I began my undergraduate career at Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina, with an intent to study political science. I … Read more

Being Actionable: Practical Advocacy in California and Washington, D.C.

Max De FariaJune 30, 2021Emerson, Policy

Above: Max De Faria, 27th Class Emerson Fellow. Growing up, I watched my parents struggle to make ends meet every month. There was barely enough, but prior to the Great Recession, we got by. When the 2008 financial crisis brought … Read more

Oh How Stories Can Inspire: Using Narrative to Champion Healthy Food Access

Niisoja TortoJune 24, 2021Emerson, Policy

Above: Niisoja Torto, 27th Class Emerson Fellow. In college, I organized a trip with some of my classmates to New Orleans. No, sadly, it wasn’t for Mardi Gras. We were there to learn firsthand about topics ranging from local environmental … Read more

Action and Healing: Looking at Agricultural Extension in Indian Country

Lexie HoldenJune 15, 2021Emerson, Field

Above: Lexie Holden, 27th Class Emerson Fellow. When indicating my field placement preferences last summer, serving Native American communities was at the top of my list for two reasons. First, I am a proud member of the Choctaw Nation of … Read more

Everybody In, Nobody Out: The Moral Movement to End Poverty and Hunger

Tony EskridgeMay 20, 2021Emerson, Policy

Above: Tony Eskridge, 27th Class Emerson Fellow. In my Urban Studies and Public Policy classes at Rhodes College, we discussed topics that were important to me, such as systemic racism, food insecurity, and gentrification for the upper-class. However, my introduction … Read more

Vital Programs for Unprecedented Times: Investigating Pandemic-EBT in California

Rocio PerezMarch 11, 2021Emerson, Field

Above: Rocio Perez, 27th Class Emerson Fellow. As a first-generation Latina from the Westlake/McArthur Park neighborhood in Los Angeles, I grew up in a low-income area with a predominantly immigrant community where I had to learn how to navigate legal, … Read more

Cultivating Tribal Sovereignty: Agriculture Departments in Indian Country

Joel AndersonMarch 10, 2021Emerson, Field

Above: Joel Anderson, 27th Class Emerson Fellow. When I first learned that I’d been placed with the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative (IFAI) in Fayetteville, Arkansas, I was eager to learn more about the work being done to promote tribal … Read more

First-Day Feeling: Emergency Food Distribution in Oregon’s Migrant Communities

Ally HardebeckFebruary 25, 2021Emerson, Field

Above: Ally Hardebeck, 27th Class Emerson Fellow. On December 9, I found myself on apple duty: open bag, fill with 15 apples, tie it off. The methodical simplicity of this task was comforting. Months of remote work had left me … Read more

Persistence and Pandemic Response: Getting the Word Out in Montgomery, Alabama

Curtis HillsFebruary 18, 2021Emerson, Field

Above: Curtis Hills, 27th Class Emerson Fellow. Years ago, a buddy of mine and I worked as youth organizers with the Nollie Jenkins Family Center (NJFC), a social advocacy organization, in Lexington, Mississippi. We were the new kids on the … Read more

Laying Pathways for Success: Grantmaking and Native Agriculture in Fayetteville, Arkansas

Sara MaillacheruvuFebruary 1, 2021Emerson, Field

Above: Sara Maillacheruvu, 27th Class Emerson Fellow. In a typical Emerson field placement blog, fellows often begin with a reflection that compares where they’ve come from—their hometown, where they went to school, where they’ve worked—and where they are now, or … Read more

Collaboration, Trust, and Agency: Community-Based Food Systems in Chicago

Riani CarrJanuary 19, 2021Emerson, Field

Above: Riani Carr, 27th Class Emerson Fellow. When I received the long-awaited email that contained my field placement, my eyes quickly found the part that read, “…your field placement is with the Chicago Food Policy Action Council!” In my excitement, … Read more

Serve the Line and Shorten the Line: Emergency Food and Equity in Houston

Leslie RiosDecember 21, 2020Emerson, Field

Above: Leslie Rios, 27th Class Emerson National Hunger Fellow, at her placement with the Houston Food Bank. I had only been to Houston a handful of times before I learned my field placement assignment would be the Houston Food Bank (HFB). … Read more

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