Elevating Voices, Ending Hunger

Feeding America
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Elevating Voices, Ending Hunger

Welcome to Elevating Voices, Ending Hunger – a conversational series featuring change makers and everyday leaders disrupting the status quo to end systems of inequity that drive food insecurity in the United States. Host Ami McReynolds, Chief Equity and Programs Officer with Feeding America, talks with community leaders, supporters and people facing hunger who each bring unique contributions to a collective effort to end hunger.

  1. 2022/09/19

    Combating Food Insecurity—One Meal at a Time: A Conversation with Dion Dawson

    Dion Dawson knows what it’s like to go hungry. Growing up on the South Side of Chicago, he faced hunger, homelessness and poverty. Now, he leads a multi-million-dollar organization committed to providing fresh food to his community. Dion’s Chicago Dream delivers over 11,000 pounds of food per month to more than 1,300 Chicago residents each week, helping to alleviate the food insecurity that so many in his community face. Tune in to this powerful and inspiring episode where Dion and Ami discuss how the charitable food experience must be imbued with dignity, the ways that food insecurity is a social justice issue and so much more.

    35 分钟

  2. 2022/07/18

    Food Insecurity and Poverty in the LGBTQ Community with Bianca Wilson of UCLA’s Williams Institute

    22% of LGBTQ+ adults live in poverty, which makes this community twice as likely as others to face hunger. In this podcast, Ami speaks with Senior Scholar of Public Policy Bianca Wilson, PhD, of UCLA’s Williams Institute about the unique challenges that LGBTQ folks face around food insecurity. What contributes to LGBTQ people coming up against barriers to accessing food? Dr. Wilson and Ami explore cultural, geographic, and other issues that play a factor. To learn more about the research referenced on today’s show, visit https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/projects/pathways-to-justice/.

    37 分钟

  3. 2022/05/10

    Engaging Community to Start a Movement with HungerMitao

    Anna and Raj Asava knew what hunger looked like in their home country of India but were completely unaware of what was hidden in plain sight in their community in the U.S. In this podcast, Ami talks with the founders of HungerMitao, a volunteer-driven grassroots movement focused on raising awareness about hunger in this country, about what they are doing to raise awareness about food insecurity and how they are enrolling others in the movement to end hunger.

    41 分钟

  4. 2022/04/12

    Amplifying Voices of Advocacy with Capital Area Food Bank and the Client Leadership Council

    In this podcast, we meet Latisha Reid, Vanessa Pierre and Adam LaRose who share their experiences with the Client Leadership Council, an initiative from the Capital Area Food Bank in Washington DC designed to enable members to serve as advocates and agents of change for themselves and their communities. Join Ami as she uncovers the power of using our voices and lived experience to advocate for strong, resilient communities.

    39 分钟

  5. 2022/03/08

    Changing the Narrative to Nourish Communities with WANDA

    In this episode, we explore reclaiming our history, writing a new narrative and redreaming a healthy future where everyday superpowers are activated. Join us as Ami talks with leaders from WANDA, an organization building a movement of women and girls of African descent who educate, advocate and innovate to change the trajectory of their communities.

    40 分钟

  6. 2022/02/15

    Uprooting Racism and Seeding Sovereignty with Soul Fire Farm

    Chances are you’re familiar with the term “food desert,” but what about the term “food apartheid”? In this episode, Ami talks about food, land and liberation with two leaders from Soul Fire Farm, an Afro-Indigenous-centered community farm located in Petersburg, New York.

    49 分钟

  7. 2021/09/21

    Closing the Racial Hunger Divide with Sherri Green and Allison O’Toole

    The murder of George Floyd sparked outrage at myriad systemic inequities faced by people of color. In this episode, Ami's joined by two leaders from the community most closely impacted: Allison O’Toole, CEO of Second Harvest Heartland, and Sherri Green, family resource manager at Sabathani Community Center—located just blocks from where George Floyd was killed.

    27 分钟

  8. 2021/07/27

    Strengthening Partnerships, Creating Joy with Melanie McGuire and Ada Saenz

    On this episode, Ami talks to Melanie McGuire, chief program officer at the San Antonio Food Bank, and Ada Saenz, interim CEO of the Boys and Girls Clubs of San Antonio, about how they worked together during the pandemic to listen and support their community through this difficult time.

    38 分钟
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Welcome to Elevating Voices, Ending Hunger – a conversational series featuring change makers and everyday leaders disrupting the status quo to end systems of inequity that drive food insecurity in the United States. Host Ami McReynolds, Chief Equity and Programs Officer with Feeding America, talks with community leaders, supporters and people facing hunger who each bring unique contributions to a collective effort to end hunger.

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