[Mayors for A Guaranteed Income]
Mayor Patterson-Howard: “As a long time, advocate for cash-based policies that improve the economic outcomes for residents I am excited to join my fellow mayors in this coalition. Guaranteed income for Mount Vernon residents will be a game changer.”
Photo: City of Mount Vernon
Food Insecurity
Mount Vernon Mayor Joins Mayors for Guaranteed Income Coalition
False Promises: The Failure of AGRA in Africa
[AGRA]
Wise: “The report, ‘False Promises: The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa,’ found that the 14-year, billion-dollar AGRA initiative has failed spectacularly to meet its self-proclaimed objectives.”
Photo: YouTube
How HBCU’s Could Help Ensure People Eat During Pandemic
[Hunger\Food Insecurity]
“Food is at the heart of survival during a pandemic like this one…GIS is precision agriculture, using precise location data in order to move the equipment around, for example, to test soil, and identify all those kinds of things.”
Photo: TSU
HOUSE DEMOCRATS SUPPORT LAWSUIT BLOCKING TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SNAP PROGRAM CUTS FOR HUNGRY FAMILIES
[Hunger\Food Insecurity\SNAP Program]
Rep. Marcia Fudge: “This is the first of three attempts to kick hungry people off SNAP, and we will be there at every turn, waiting to expose the Administration’s shameful actions.”
Photo: Facebook
NY CITY COUNCIL SPEAKER AND CUNY CHANCELLOR ANNOUNCE PLAN TO ADDRESS HUNGER AMONG CUNY STUDENTS
[Education\Student Hunger]
Council Speaker Corey Johnson: “College student hunger is a serious problem in New York City. CUNY students should be focused on learning and studying, not where their next meal is coming from.”
Photo: Facebook
CALIFORNIA CONGRESSWOMAN WATERS: TRUMP TAKES FOOD FROM POOR WHILE GIVING RICH TAX BREAKS
[Congress\White House\Food Assistance]
Rep. Waters: “Trump’s latest rule callously slashes $5.5 billion from the Food Stamp program…According to an Urban Institute report, Trump’s Food Stamp cuts will take benefits away from a total of 3.7 million people and cut benefits by a total of $4.2 billion per year…Trump’s heartless cuts to this critical anti-poverty program are in addition to his callous attempts to slash low-income housing. The Trump budget request cuts HUD funding by 18 percent.”
Photo: Wikimedia Commons
