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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Fort Worth Joins Coalition to End Childhood Hunger
February 8, 2022
Mayor Mattie Parker recently joined a coalition of mayors who are working to end childhood hunger. We spoke with the director of No Kid Hungry Texas to learn about the initiative. Read more on Fort Worth Weekly […]
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Talladega mayor joins alliance to end childhood hunger
Talladega Mayor Timothy Ragland has joined a national alliance to end childhood hunger. In a news release, the city announced Ragland recently joined more than 50 other mayors from across the country in a nonpartisan coalition called the Mayor’s Alliance to End Childhood Hunger. The alliance taps the individual and collective leadership of mayors to […]
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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 […]
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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 […]