Authors & Contributors
Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry Blog has a number of different contributors. If you have a compelling hunger story you'd like to share, please contact Eric Herboso about possible guest post opportunities.
Ashley Graham
Louisiana Director, Share Our Strength
Most Recent Posts
- Still Crazy After All These Years
It’s interesting to attend my 17th Conference of Leaders — an annual gathering of Share Our Strength’s volunteer leaders and partners from across the nation,...
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Alice Pennington
Executive Assistant, Share Our Strength
Most Recent Posts
- Mrs Kidd and the Collard Greens Thief
On a recent Hinges of Hope tour, my colleagues and I met one of those women you could sit and listen to for hours. Mrs.... - A Real Holiday Feast
Michael Szuberla, the brains and heart behind Toledo GROWS, once asked a bunch of the kids he works with in the edible community gardens what...
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Billy Shore
Founder & Executive Director, Share Our Strength
Most Recent Posts
- Letter about teachers bearing witness to hunger in the classroom
This week President Obama is giving two very high profile speeches: one to students about education and one to Congress about health care. While these... - Letter from two Labor Days
Four years ago, as we were heading into Labor Day weekend, the Share Our Strength staff was on the phone almost around the clock planning... - Letter from just beneath the surface of coast of Maine
Sometimes, you need to look beneath the surface to see what's really happening. - Letter Regarding New Report on Deep Poverty
Public benefits system we think of as the social safety net has been more effective in reducing poverty than previously realized, but less effective over the last decade in protecting many Americans from deep poverty. - Letter from Intersection of Social Media and Social Justice
Social media can't ensure social justice. But it can affect the invisibility that is the first barrier to achieving it.
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Bekah Meyerowitz
Manager, Business Development, Share Our Strength
Most Recent Posts
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Cate Puzo
Senior Manager, Communications, Share Our Strength
Most Recent Posts
- Sunday Afternoon at the Food Bank
On a Sunday afternoon, 40 near-strangers with strong backs, open hearts and willing hands spent a couple hours sorting donations and packing bags of weekend... - Ending Hunger IS Health Reform
Think about it. When people—especially kids—don’t get enough nutritious food to eat on a regular basis, they get sick. There’s growing evidence that uncertain and... - The Value of 5 Pallets of Cheese Puffs
Every Thursday I walk to my local pantry and take my post in the warehouse where I give families their weekly basket of, well, it’s...
Emily Booth
Social Media Intern, Share Our Strength
Most Recent Posts
- Food Markets Can Help Fight Hunger
For the first time in human history, those with more money are eating fewer calories than the poor. Our agricultural system has made the least...
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Eric Herboso
Web & Social Media, Share Our Strength
Most Recent Posts
- Share Our Strength Grantees
Marcus Finley, manager of our Grants & Child Hunger strategy, led a great panel discussion today at Conference of Leaders with three of Share Our... - Conference of Leaders
Share Our Strength’s annual Conference of Leaders is going on right now! From November 7-9, hundreds of anti-hunger advocates from across the country are converging... - We're Hiring!
Throughout the recent recession, times have been tough all-around. Food banks have seen shortages even while demand for food assistance has risen substantially. Non-profits of... - Childhood Hunger Facts
The Share Our Strength website is viewed by many different people for many different reasons. Some come because they see one of our Taste of... - Keeping up with Share Our Strength
If you're like me, then when you're into a nonprofit as dedicated as Share Our Strength, you just can't get enough content on it to...
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Jeff Wiedner
Senior Manager, Online Community, Share Our Strength
Most Recent Posts
- Governor Martin O'Malley at Conference of Leaders
Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley welcomes conference attendees to Share Our Strength’s Conference of Leader. The governor encouraged leaders across the country to join in the... - Changing the Conversation
I read an interesting article recently that talked about how problem solving doesn’t solve problems. The article mentioned that what we call problem solving is... - Funding the Child Nutrition Act
Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal reported on a new Census Bureau report, which shows that the percentage of children living in poverty has increased in 26... - Join us for #sosfood
If you’re a foodie, a blogger or just someone who likes to talk “shop,” we’re putting together another Twitter event that might interest you. The... - LoseAPalooza
If you love social media, then there’s a great excuse for being online today. Weight Watchers is launching Lose-A-Palooza, a social media event to raise...
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Jenna Hall
Coordinator, Great American Dine Out, Share Our Strength
Most Recent Posts
- Successes and Plans for the Great American Dine Out
I remember this time last year, being at the first Conference of Leaders I ever attended. I had just joined Share Our Strength the previous...
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Josh Wachs
Chief Strategy Officer, Share Our Strength
Most Recent Posts
- The Strategy to End Childhood Hunger in America
This weekend at our Conference of Leaders we presented Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign strategy for ending childhood hunger in America. A number...
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Katherine Campbell
Manager, Hinges of Hope, Share Our Strength
Most Recent Posts
- Hunger is Closer Than You Think
If you think you don’t know a teacher who sees hunger in their classroom, take a closer look. My colleague has a friend, Amanda, who... - NYC Teachers Talk about Hunger in their Classrooms
You may have heard that Share Our Strength is collecting stories from American teachers about hunger in the classroom. Here is the latest from the... - Hunger in America’s Classrooms
Teachers have an important story to tell about childhood hunger in America. Through Hunger in America’s Classrooms: Share Our Strength’s Teacher Report, we are sharing... - Toledo's Almost Abandoned Beauty
Last month, as we set out on a Hinges of Hope trip in Toledo, we couldn’t drive our rental car more than 100 yards without...
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Margie Fleming Glennon
Director, Communications, Share Our Strength
Most Recent Posts
- Operation Frontline – One More Family Reached…this time, Secretary of Agriculture Vilsack’s!
A surprise visitor appeared at a recent USDA Chef in the Garden demonstration being conducted by Share Our Strength and its local Operation Frontline partner,... - Taking a Closer Look at School Lunches
The National School Lunch Program provides essential nutrition to 30 million children across the country every day, including 40,000 in the District of Columbia. Lately,...
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Scott McKee
Board Member, Share Our Strength Seacoast
Most Recent Posts
- Just Imagine
Imagine having little or no control over whether you will have food to eat today. Now try to imagine being six years old. Imagine sitting...
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Matt Creer and Mindi Cabe
Founding Partners, TwoTables
Most Recent Posts
- The Dine Out Road Trip
Everyone has a strength to share in the global fight against hunger and poverty, and in these shared strengths lie sustainable solutions. Simple. Daunting. And...
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