Mayors in Action

Mayors work to end childhood hunger by engaging with community leaders to utilize innovative ideas and approaches to ensure equitable access to food for all of their city’s children and to improve utilization of important existing programs such as afterschool and summer meals.

LATEST NEWS

Mayor Frank Scott, Jr Establishes Task Forces on Density, Food Deserts

January 28, 2023

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Thompson to mayors: Be ‘at table’ on nutrition; McGovern worried

January 19, 2023

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson, R-Pa., said Wednesday he hopes the nation’s mayors will be “at the table” rather than “on the menu” when the nutrition programs come up during the farm bill debate. Read more here. […]

Letter: Stoney led the way on childhood hunger

January 18, 2023

This time last year, a bipartisan group of mayors from across the country came together to focus on a common desire: putting an end to childhood hunger. Read more here. […]

RELEASE: Mayors Alliance to End Childhood Hunger Convenes to Announce New Leadership, Discuss Policies with Members of Congress

Today, the Mayors Alliance to End Childhood Hunger, a nonpartisan coalition of more than 130 mayors working to ensure every child has the healthy food needed to thrive, announced its new Chair, Mayor John Giles of Mesa, AZ and Vice-Chair, Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome of Baton Rouge, LA at an event in Washington, DC. Read more here. […]

U.S. House agriculture leaders discuss anti-hunger measures in upcoming farm bill

The new Republican chairman of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee and a top Democrat on the panel on Wednesday laid out anti-hunger initiatives Congress could tackle in the upcoming farm bill. Read more here. […]