Our @hungercenter executive director, Shannon Maynard, appeared on WJLA-TV this morning to discuss our event, Gen Z and Food Security: A Focus On Our Nation's Young Adults. Thanks for helping us spread the word! wjla.com/features/7news-morn…
Afternoon plans are complete! I'm attending the 2022 Hunger Free Communities Virtual Summit today. Should be some interesting updates and information!
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RIP to artist Lois Curtis. She had an intellectual disability and diagnosed with mental illness. She was the plaintiff in the Olmstead vs L.C. that led to a Supreme Court decision benefitting the elderly and disabled to move out of institutional care and into their own home.
HBO Max has a reality show called “Homegrown,” where Atlanta farmer Jamila Norman helps families who want to transform their backyards into fruit & veggie gardens do so.
And it’s so good. I’m learning so much, and how necessary is someone like her as the need grows.
To Do List: 1. Reduce poverty as an integral step to reducing hunger 2. Create more accessible and affordable food production and distribution systems
3. Address the impacts of climate change and improve market competition americanprogress.org/article…
Had a great time packing up boxes with my @HungerCenter pals at the @KraftHeinzCo Rise Against Hunger event in DC. A new twist on my former gig running a food pantry - packing up boxes instead of unpacking them! #fighthunger#hungeractionmonth