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Joel's New Testimony before the General Welfare Committee's Hearing on Hunger

Posted by admin on November 22, 2011

On Monday, the Coalition's Executive Director, Joel Berg, testified before the New York City Council General Welfare Committee's Hearing on Hunger about soaring hunger and poverty rates, SNAP/Food Stamps, finger imaging, and other steps the City should take to better fight hunger.

View the full testimony by clicking here (PDF).


Annual Benefit A Success, Honors Rachael Ray, Lew Straus & Congressman Anthony Weiner

Posted by admin on May 9, 2011

On Tuesday evening, the Coalition Against Hunger held their annual spring benefit - New York City...A Future Hunger-Free Town - at Bayard's in downtown Manhattan. It was a great success, bringing together 200 NYCCAH supporters for a night of jazz, cocktails, hors d'œuvres, and mingling.


Conservative & Liberal Values at Work

Posted by admin on April 21, 2011

Response to Michelle Malkin by Joel Berg

Self-styled conservative pundit Michelle Malkin just published a column on National Review Online that places politics over facts to slam an innovative public/private, faith-based/secular partnership that is effectively fighting domestic hunger across the United States.


FAB Member gets National Attention

Posted by admin on April 21, 2011




New York STILL Has the Nation's Hungriest Congressional District

Posted by admin on April 21, 2011

Continuing a trend first discovered a year ago, people in seven of the 13 congressional districts in New York City still faced severe food hardships in 2009-2010. More than 20 percent of residents in nine of those districts lacked money for food, according to just-released data collected by the Gallup Organization on behalf of the Washington, DC-based Food Research and Action Center (FRAC).


Get Real NY Craft Beer & Food Festival to Benefit NYCCAH: Buy Your Ticket Today!

Posted by admin on March 9, 2011

Great news: the Get Real NY Craft Beer & Food Festival has announced that it will donate one dollar from each ticket bought to the Coalition's anti-hunger programs. Click here to buy your ticket today!


Hunger Paper Released by the Center for American Progress: The Case for State Food Action Plans

Posted by admin on February 24, 2011

The Case for State Food Action Plans: Laboratories of Food Democracy
Joel Berg delivers a comprehensive strategy for addressing hunger at the state level.


National Anti-Hunger AmeriCorps Program Kicks-Off in Philadelphia

Posted by admin on February 16, 2011

Mayor Nutter, Obama Administration Officials Swear-In AmeriCorps VISTA Team to Work in 18 States


ABC Coverage of MLK Serve-a-Thon: Remembering Martin Luther King

Posted by admin on January 18, 2011

Watch ABC Channel 7's Media Coverage here.


NYCCAH Food Action Board Members Celebrate A Year of Hard Work and Major Accomplishments!

Posted by anonymous (not verified) on January 7, 2011

On Tuesday, January 4th, NYCCAH hosted a ceremony for many of our most dedicated Food Action Board (FAB) Members.The FABs are political engagement groups that meet every two weeks for training on advocacy and hunger issues. The goal of the FABs is to bring the voices of people facing food insecurity back into the public policy dialogue around hunger.



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