by hungerintervention | Apr 4, 2017 | Advocacy, AmeriCorps, Blog
The recently proposed “America First” budget proposal would, among other horrors, completely defund the Corporation for National and Community Service, which includes AmeriCorps. I know there are a lot of scary cuts in this proposal, but from my...
by hungerintervention | Mar 16, 2017 | Advocacy, Blog
We want our children to start their day right, with a healthy breakfast, so that they can learn in school instead of getting distracted with grumbling stomach. It’s a matter of equity. All children, irrespective of their economic or social conditions, should...
by hungerintervention | Mar 14, 2017 | Blog, News / Press Release
Hello Everybody! My name is Ty and I am going to be the 2017 AmeriCorps VISTA for HIP. I am overjoyed to be joining the community and dedicating my time to increasing outreach programs and strategies, here at HIP. To get a jump start on my formal greeting to the Lake...
by Srijan Chakraborty | Mar 14, 2017 | Advocacy, Blog
I was comfortably sitting at the window seat on my long flight back from Washington DC to Seattle. I just wanted to close my eyes and take some rest after three intense days at the National Anti-Hunger Policy Conference. But my mind was racing with millions of...
by Srijan Chakraborty | Feb 17, 2017 | Blog, Events, News / Press Release
When Valentina immigrated to the USA from El Salvador with her children, she was also hoping to leave hunger behind. She has been living in the Seattle area now for many years and the specter of hunger is still not a distant dream. “As an adult I had to go through...
by hungerintervention | Feb 15, 2017 | Blog
Snow is falling in big white chunks outside my window. Coffee mug in hand, I bundle up and head out the door. The air is grey and quiet as I cross at the light on 15th Ave and begin my steep descent down to Lake City. I have been making this trek- from my home in...