Restoring the Balance of Power identifies best practices among leadership development programs and assesses the capacity of grassroots organization Just Harvest to develop a leadership development and training program. By coupling analysis of Just Harvest’s organizing past with an evaluation … Read more
Community, Justice, and a Food System For All: Building Racial Equity Across Rhode Island’s Food System
The purpose of this report is to explore the Rhode Island food system in relation to racial equity and food justice. After reviewing data on this topic and highlighting conversations and experiences around food justice work as it relates to … Read more
Community Organizing in Emergency Food Relief: Adding Justice to Charity
This report is a resource intended to enable food pantry, soup kitchen, and other direct service providers to explore the concept of community organizing as a part of their strategy. When more organizations can conduct community organizing in a respectful … Read more
Addressing Financial Barriers to Completion for Low-Income Students
This report outlines an opportunity for United Way of King County’s Benefits Hub to offer new financial interventions to support low-income community college students. Its purpose is to evaluate the potential impact of the “Save2Build” credit-building and matched savings pilot … Read more
A Direct Service Approach to Reducing Food Insecurity among Immigrant Communities in Minneapolis
Direct service organizations play crucial roles in alleviating hunger and reducing food insecurity. The report highlights how a direct service organization, CAPI USA, provides emergency food assistance to address the needs of food insecure immigrant and refugee households in Minneapolis, … Read more
Nutritional Value and Health Impacts of Traditional Native American Foods: A Literature Review
This literature review summarizes the nutritional value and health impacts of consuming traditional foods for Native American peoples through themes including nutritional content, medicinal qualities, physiological and psychological benefits. The discussion on traditional foods is an essential element in the … Read more
Strategies to reduce hunger on MA campuses: SNAP EBT access on public college campuses
This report highlights the many ways MA public college campuses have recognized and are already addressing food-insecurity on-campus. But ending hunger on campus requires a range of sustainable solutions, including expanding SNAP EBT accessibility for students on campus.
A Primer on 638 Authority: Extending Tribal Self-Determination to Food and Agriculture
638 Authority is a legal tool for Tribal self-determination that gives Tribes the ability to take over control of eligible federal government programs, and recent legislation has authorized pilot programs to bring it to the USDA. This report is a … Read more
Hunger in Central Alabama: A comprehensive profile of people receiving food assistance
Hunger in Central Alabama: A comprehensive profile of people receiving food assistance is a set of materials used to illustrate the results of the Hunger Study conducted by the Community Food Bank of Central Alabama. These will be shared with … Read more
Paige Milson
Paige grew up in Yorktown, Texas and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2018 with a B.S. in public health, a certificate in environmental sustainability, a minor in geography, and a concentration in biostatistics and health informatics. Most recently, she worked at Foundation Communities, a nonprofit that … Read more
Jeremy Arnold
Jeremy grew up in Charleston, West Virginia, before attending Evangel University in Springfield, Missouri, as a Founder’s Scholar. He earned a BBA in nonprofit business & social enterprise and a BA in intercultural studies. During his time in undergrad, Jeremy served as the director of a student service organization responsible … Read more
Yesenia Jimenez
Originally from South Central Los Angeles, CA, Yesenia moved into the Ramona Gardens Housing Projects in Boyle Heights, CA, where her pursuit for social justice grew. Yesenia attended Pasadena City College where she gained an Associates Degree in humanities and interned with the City College’s Cross-Cultural Center, she later transferred … Read more