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.

End Hunger Connecticut!, Child Nutrition Leaders & Advocates Gather for Round Table Discussion in East Hartford, CT

July 18, 2022

East Hartford, Conn. – End Hunger Connecticut! (EHC!), national and local leaders, and nutrition policy experts and advocates came together this past Friday, July 15, at Joseph O. Goodwin Elementary School in East Hartford, CT to discuss summer and school meals for children in Connecticut. […]

Summary of April 2022 White House Meeting on Extension of USDA’s Child Nutrition Waivers

April 28, 2022

On April 28, 2022, members of the Mayors Alliance to End Childhood Hunger and Lisa Davis, Senior Vice President of Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry Campaign, met with senior officials from the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, White House Office of Public Engagement, and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to discuss […]

Support Kids Not Red Tape – Mayors Alliance to Toomey

April 18, 2022

We urge cosponsoring the bipartisan Support Kids Not Red Tape Act of 2022 (S. 3979). This legislation, led by Senators Stabenow and Murkowski, would provide schools, nonprofit sponsors, communities, and families the time to recover from the past two years’ economic impacts while supporting the transition back to normal meal operations. S. 3979 is a […]

OPINION: MILLIONS MORE AMERICANS WILL GO HUNGRY IF CONGRESS DOESN’T ACT SOON

April 1, 2022

Families across America are precariously perched on the edge of a hunger cliff. With inflation on the rise and supply chain backlogs, more families have been turning to food banks, forcing programs nationwide to ration supplies and cut services. And now the war in Ukraine is leading to more food shortages and driving up prices […]

Senators revive school lunch debate with bill to extend universal free meals

March 31, 2022

Sens. Debbie Stabenow and Lisa Murkowski introduced a bill Thursday that would allow the nation’s schools to serve free meals to all students for another year. The move comes after Republican leadership objected to extending the pandemic flexibility in a recent spending bill — a surprise move that enraged school leaders and anti-hunger advocates across […]