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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Levar M. Stoney and Sarah Steely column: Collective action to end childhood hunger

January 27, 2022

by Levar M. Stoney and Sarah Steely As we continue to navigate the pandemic that has taken a toll on so many — physically if not emotionally — a great many children are confronting another challenge: food insecurity. While traditional safety nets have done what they could over the years, today they are being joined […]

Mayor Kim Driscoll Joins City Leaders Across the U.S. in New Nationwide Coalition Fighting Childhood Hunger

January 24, 2022

Today Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll joined more than 50 other mayors from across the country in the new nonpartisan Mayors Alliance to End Childhood Hunger coalition, which taps the individual and collective leadership of mayors to take meaningful action to end childhood hunger in cities nationwide. Mayor Driscoll is the first Massachusetts mayor to join the coalition. […]

Salem Mayor Joins the Fight Against Hunger

SALEM — Mayor Kimberley Driscoll has joined more than 50 other mayors from across the country in the new nonpartisan Mayors Alliance to End Childhood Hunger coalition, where mayors take action to end childhood hunger in cities nationwide. Driscoll is the first Massachusetts mayor to join the coalition. With around 12 million children in the country living […]

Mayors Across the US Unite to End Childhood Hunger

January 19, 2022

Cities are on the frontlines of responding to the short and long-term impacts of hunger in their communities and mayors have witnessed firsthand the hardship their constituents face. On this episode of Add Passion and Stir, we speak with two mayors leading the fight against child hunger. Mayor Levar Stoney of Richmond, Virginia and Mayor […]

Jackson mayor joins launch of Mayors Alliance to End Childhood Hunger

January 13, 2022

JACKSON, Miss. – Jackson Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba will join more than 50 other mayors from across the nation to launch the Mayors Alliance to End Childhood Hunger, which is a nonpartisan coalition dedicated to end childhood hunger. Read more on WJTV […]