Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and a 2023 Pan African Advocacy Agenda
Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? This is the question the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. probed in his last publication in 1967. This last book aligned his domestic vision of the...
View ArticleEstablishing Food Security: NAP to SNAP in Puerto Rico
Jayson Call Fragoso is 52-years old and serves as part of the Puerto Rico Chaplain service organization. He has dedicated the last 13 years of his life to servicing Puerto Ricans who do not have...
View ArticleWorld Food Day 2023: Do, Lord, Remember Black Lives
Do, Lord, do, Lord, do remember me. When I’m dyin’, do remember me. When I’m in trouble, do remember me. When this world’s on fire, do remember me. O do, Lord, remember me. In the early 1800’s, during...
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The Farm Bill: What It Is and What It Means for Hunger (2023)
The farm bill is legislation that is critical to ending hunger in the U.S. and internationally. It doesn’t just affect farmers. It also impacts every person in the U.S. who eats and buys food, as well...
View ArticleBlack History, the Root Causes of Hunger, and Reparatory Justice
“Do good, seek justice.” Jeremiah 1:17 Black History Month 2023 invites a timely reflection on how we repair the historic root causes of hunger in communities in Africa and in communities elsewhere in...
View ArticleSummer EBT Is Now Permanent
You may have seen the message on a billboard: “Hunger doesn’t take a summer vacation.” On average, children are in school about 180 days a year, roughly half the year. This means that kids and teens...
View ArticlePan para el Mundo Aplaude Aprobación de la Ley de Seguridad Alimentaria por...
Washington, D.C. – Pan para el Mundo aplaude la aprobación unánime de la Ley de Seguridad Alimentaria de 2016 (GFSA por sus siglas en inglés) por parte del Comité de Asuntos Exteriores del Senado de...
View ArticleBread for the World Applauds House Passage of the Global Food Security Act
Washington, D.C. – Bread for the World applauds the House of Representatives’ passage of the Global Food Security Act of 2016 (H.R. 1567/S. 1252). This bipartisan bill will help alleviate hunger and...
View ArticlePan para el Mundo Aplaude Aprobación de Ley de Seguridad Alimentaria Global...
Washington, D.C. – Con el apoyo de los congresistas hispanos Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL), Loretta Sánchez (D-CA), José Serrano (D-NY), y Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX), entre muchos otros, la Cámara de...
View ArticleBread for the World Applauds Senate Passage of Global Food Security Act
Washington, D.C. – Bread for the World applauds the Senate’s passage of the Global Food Security Act of 2016 (S. 1252). The legislation will help alleviate hunger and malnutrition in developing...
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Campus Pantries
Gaining Degrees in Hunger By Lacey Johnson When Kelli Moore visits her local community college, the trip is often two-fold: attend the classes she’s taking for her business degree and stock up on...
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Sierra de los Cuchumatanes, GUATEMALA: Alexander y Sheili superan la...
Catarina Pascual, madre de cuatro hijos, vive en la sierra de los Cuchumatanes, Guatemala. Ella no sólo nació dentro de una familia sumida en la extrema pobreza, sino que ha tenido que criar a sus...
View ArticleBriefing Paper: The Sustainable Development Goals in the United States
In 2015, the United States and 192 other countries agreed to work toward a set of goals, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), by 2030. The SDGs build on the significant progress made during the...
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Recasting Lives
Giving rise to a new life By Marc Hopkins On a Friday evening in spring, Catherine (last name held for privacy) and one of her “allies,” Linda Berger, brewed herbal teas for postpartum mothers inside...
View ArticleRemarks by Bread for the World President Rev. David Beckmann at the 2016...
Download remarks by Rev. David Beckmann to the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Bread for the World President Rev. David Beckmann spoke to faith activists and delegates at the 2016...
View ArticleMeasuring Progress on Hunger and Extreme Poverty
Bread for the World’s mission is to build the political will to end hunger both in the United States and around the world. From 2000 to 2015, an essential part of fulfilling our mission at the global...
View ArticleUgly fruits and vegetables spawn beautiful program
By Alison Grant Getting enough fresh fruits and vegetables to eat can be a hit or miss prospect in Cleveland’s “food deserts” where full service grocery stores are hard to come by. At the same time, an...
View ArticleGrateful for Assistance, but Worried About the Future
Dawn Pierce, a vocal advocate against hunger and poverty, spends her workdays as a licensed practical nurse taking care of senior citizens at several small assisted living facilities in Boise, Idaho....
View ArticleHow the U.S. Farm Bill Can Help End Hunger
The U.S. Farm Bill not only sets most U.S. agriculture policies, but also authorizes both federal nutrition assistance programs and humanitarian relief for hunger emergencies overseas. This wide scope...
View ArticleInternational Development Association (IDA) and Nutrition
Improving maternal and child nutrition is the most cost-effective investment in international human and economic development. Improving nutrition not only alleviates human suffering, but also improves...
View ArticleMind the Gap: Nutrition to Bridge Humanitarian and Development Efforts
By Jordan Teague Because the world has made so much progress against hunger in recent decades, those who face hunger, malnutrition, and extreme poverty are increasingly likely to live in areas...
View ArticleHelping our neighbors affected by disasters
By Rev. Nancy Neal God of grace and God of mercy, Our hearts break as we watch stories on the news,Of dangerous flood, of lost lives, and rains that won’t stop. Of trembling earth that destroys homes...
View ArticleHealth Care Is a Hunger Issue
Lack of access to affordable health care coverage can lead to poor health — exacerbating hunger and poverty for many Americans. People shouldn’t have to choose between paying for food or medicine....
View ArticleGetting to Zero Hunger by 2030: Race, Poverty, and Hunger
By Marlysa D. Gamblin and Margot Nitschke Ending hunger in the United States is within reach, explain Marlysa Gamblin and Margot Nitschke, in Getting to Zero Hunger by 2030. Our country has already...
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The Jobs Challenge
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View ArticleBread for the World Statement on the 2018 House Farm Bill
Washington, D.C. – Bread for the World today released the following statement regarding the 2018 House Farm Bill. The statement can be attributed to Rev. David Beckmann, president of Bread for the...
View ArticleFeed the Future
In 2016, Congress passed the Global Food Security Act (GFSA), which authorized a U.S. whole-of-government global food security strategy for two years, with overwhelming bipartisan support. GFSA builds...
View ArticleFact Sheet: Get the Facts About SNAP
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly food stamps) served more than 41 million Americans in 2017 (as of December 2017). Enrollment in the program almost doubled in the wake of...
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Racial Wealth Gap Learning Simulation
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View ArticleThe Impacts of Proposed Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Cuts on the African-American...
To end hunger and poverty in the United States by 2030, our country needs to support a budget that improves the lives of men, women, and children. Unfortunately, the Trump administration and Congress...
View ArticleFact Sheet: Hunger by the Numbers
Food Insecurity Rates Continue Downward Trend, but Remain Higher than Pre-Recession Levels In 2017, 11.8 percent of households in the U.S.—40 million people—were food-insecure, meaning that they were...
View ArticleThe U.S. Contribution to Ending Global Malnutrition
We have an opportunity to accelerate global progress against malnutrition among pregnant women and young children. Worldwide, maternal and child malnutrition causes millions of deaths each year. In...
View ArticleBread Mourns Passing of Hunger Champion Sen. Richard Lugar
Washington, D.C. – Bread for the World mourns the passing of Senator Richard Lugar (R-Ind) on Sunday, April 28. Senator Lugar was a bipartisan leader on both international and domestic hunger issues....
View ArticleU.S. Hunger and Poverty State Fact Sheets
Summary A one-page fact sheet for hunger in the United States, and for each state plus Washington, D.C. Each fact sheet provides these indicators of hunger and poverty: the proportion of households in...
View ArticleFact Sheet: Coronavirus (COVID-19) and SNAP
SNAP is designed to respond to changes in need, making it well suited to respond to crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the first line of...
View ArticleRacially Equitable Responses to Hunger During COVID-19 and Beyond
New Report: Since the pandemic began, Latino/a and Black households are twice as likely to report being food insecure as white households. By Marlysa D. Gamblin and Kathleen King The U.S. Department of...
View ArticleA Year Later: Regaining momentum
By Michele Learner March is Women’s History Month in the United States, and on March 8, the world observed International Women’s Day. First and foremost, gender equity is a critical component of...
View ArticleFact Sheet: Permanently expand the Child Tax Credit to reduce child hunger
Expanding the CTC would do more to reduce hunger and poverty among our nation’s children than any single policy has in decades. The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan includes a one-year expansion of...
View ArticleC-Span Washington Journal
Bread for the World interim co-managing director Heather Taylor spoke with C-SPAN’s Washington Journal about the impact of the Biden administration’s approval of the largest permanent increase in SNAP...
View ArticleThe Best Anti-Poverty Program: Give Them Money
The best anti-poverty program in United States these days, if not elsewhere, is universal basic income (UBI). We saw proof of this in the latest Census Bureau report released in September. The proof...
View ArticleEnding Child Hunger in America through the Universal School Meals Act
By Izzy Koo The United States is often called the wealthiest country in the world, yet 13 million children are food insecure. Thirteen million young boys and girls across this country cannot be sure...
View ArticleOngoing Hunger Crisis in Mali: Why is This Happening?
By Sia Gevao Bread for the World has consistently sought to draw attention to the hunger crisis affecting millions of people in Mali and neighboring countries. According to the latest hunger hotspots...
View ArticleReimagining Resilience
By Syeda Lamia Hossein “Resilience” is both a powerful concept and an increasingly familiar term in international development, where organizations often mention resilience-focused policies,...
View ArticleHunger Hotspots: Starvation Must Not Be a Weapon of War
This month’s entry in Bread for the World’s Hunger Hotspots series, the last for 2023, goes “back to basics.” It revisits an idea that has shaped Bread’s work since its founding nearly 50 years ago,...
View ArticleHunger Hotspots: 45 Million Children with Acute Malnutrition
An estimated 45 million children under 5—that’s almost 7 percent of all children in this age group—are suffering from the most dangerous form of malnutrition, known as childhood wasting. In the United...
View ArticleReducing U.S. Hunger by Closing the Gender Pay Gap
Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series that explores how anti-hunger advocates can help promote gender pay equity as an essential element of ending hunger. Hunger in the United States...
View ArticleWomen and Girls in the Beautiful Island of Haiti Need Food, Peace, and Security
By Abiola Afolayan According to the U.S. Strategy to Prevent Conflict and Promote Stability Plan for Haiti, the country does not have a Women Peace and Security National Action Plan, and gangs target...
View ArticleHigh Hunger Rates in Undocumented Communities
By Florencia Makk Chronic hunger continues to affect hundreds of millions of people worldwide, but even within one country, hunger and food insecurity are more common and more severe in some...
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Enhancing Equity in the Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program
Summary: Increasing people’s access to healthy food is key to ending hunger and poor nutrition. The Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP) works to boost nutrition through two grant...
View ArticleA Manmade Famine in Gaza
By Syeda Lamia Hossain “We need food,” is the first thing Gazans say upon meeting James Elder, spokesperson for UNICEF, the U.N. children’s agency. “[Gazans] are saying that because their assumption...
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