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.

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

January 18, 2023

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. […]

Baton Rouge Mayor-President Takes Leadership Role in Nationwide Coalition to Fight Childhood Hunger

In Washington DC today, Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome was named vice-chair of the Mayors Alliance to End Childhood Hunger, a nonpartisan coalition working in partnership with the national nonprofit Share Our Strength and its No Kid Hungry campaign. Mayor-President Broome was an inaugural member of the Alliance, launched last year, and will take […]

Mesa Mayor John Giles Appointed Chair of Mayors Alliance to End Childhood Hunger

Today, Mayor John Giles was appointed Chair of the Mayors Alliance to End Childhood Hunger, a nonpartisan coalition of more than 130 mayors from 45 states and the District of Columbia working to ensure every child has the healthy food needed to thrive. In partnership with the national nonprofit Share Our Strength and its No Kid Hungry campaign, […]

Grocery store opens at Place Bridge Academy as part of DPS’ Community Hubs effort

November 9, 2022

Large swaths of Denver’s neighborhoods are in food deserts. About 33% of Denver’s population is food insecure and, as of 2020, more than 23,000 children in the county lack access to consistent meals, according to Feeding America and city data. Read more on denverite.com […]