Advocacy

The Mayors Alliance to End Childhood Hunger will tap the individual and collective leadership of Mayors to take meaningful actions to end childhood hunger in cities nationwide. We are building a strong, nonpartisan cohort of national Mayoral champions for ending child hunger.

Mayors Alliance’s Leaders Write to Congress with Farm Bill Priorities

May 29, 2024

The Mayors Alliance’s leaders – Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome, Baton Rouge, LA (Chair) and Mayor Mattie Parker, Fort Worth, TX (Vice-Chair) wrote to congressional leaders voicing the Mayors Alliance’s priorities to be included in Farm Bill negotiations that are underway in Congress. Read the letter here. […]

Mayor Sharon Weston Broome Issues Urgent Call to Action on Rising Child Hunger Crisis

October 30, 2023

Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome has issued a plea to Congress demanding immediate action in response to the alarming findings of the 2022 USDA Food Security Report. The report reveals a devastating increase in child hunger across the United States, painting a grim picture facing millions of our most vulnerable citizens. Read more here. […]

Heinrich, Fetterman, Warnock Introduce Legislation to Help End Childhood Hunger

October 26, 2023

U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, John Fetterman (D-Pa.), and Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) introduced the Healthy Meals Help Kids Learn Act, legislation to make it easier for students to access quality, nutritious school meals. The bill permanently increases the […]

Post-pandemic, SNAP benefits aren’t high enough to buy food

July 18, 2023

Throughout the pandemic, the roughly 42 million people in the U.S. on food stamps got an extra $95 a month. That additional money was enough to pay for meals in almost every county in the country, even as grocery bills skyrocketed last year. Groups like the National Association of Counties and the Mayors Alliance to End […]

Michigan Mayors Advocate for Healthy School Meals For All in Their State

June 12, 2023

As the Michigan State Legislature deliberates on its budget, it is critically important to include healthy school meals for all that will ensure every public elementary and secondary student in the state has access to school breakfast and lunch at no cost. […]