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

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. […]

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, […]