CAFB staff joined 70+ Californians @ #HungerPC25 to raise our voices against hunger. We brought the largest delegation: ~30 advocates met w/ @SenAlexPadilla's staff, + visits to @SenAdamSchiff's office & other key convos. This is what fighting for a #HungerFree CA looks like! 💪
🥗 If SNAP is gutted by Congress, “there is no backstop.” Robert Campbell, Feeding America, at #hungerpc25
We will see a severe hunger crisis in America, well beyond what we’ve seen up to now.
There is no backstop.
🥗 hunger and poverty are policy choices. Let’s choose differently.
#hungerpc25
#agsky
🥗 exactly
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#econsky
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We strongly oppose proposed budget cuts to #SNAP that would take food away from families. Congress must protect and strengthen this essential program in the budget reconciliation process. #HandsOffSNAP #EndHunger #HungerPC25
We’re on #CapitolHill! We and our member food banks are urging Congress to protect and strengthen #SNAP and school meals, and oppose budget reconciliation cuts. It’s time to invest in a #HungerFree future for all Californians! #HandsOffSNAP #ProtectSNAP #HungerPC25
🥗 I delivered at Dirksen, handed off info at Hart, and hustled at Russell. Strong message delivered loud and clear to @beyer.house.gov, @kaine.senate.gov, and @markwarner.bsky.social: defend SNAP!
Inspired by @povertylawyer.bsky.social.
#hungerpc25
#SNAPMatters
#handsoffSNAP
🥗 Rep. Jill Tokuda (D-HI):
“We won’t let you rob our food banks and food pantries to pad your pockets!”
#hungerpc25
@fracposts.bsky.social
#econsky
#agsky
#SNAPMatters
🥗 “We need a day of action every day of every month of every year, until we get this shit settled!” Rep Adams
#hungerpc25
@fracposts.bsky.social
#SNAPMatters rally
🥗 Rep. Alma Adams (D-NC):
“Keep your damn hands off SNAP!”
#hungerpc25 @fracposts.bsky.social
Photo of me holding a sign saying "food is a human right" at a rally in front of the U.S. Capitol.
On the Hill on behalf of @michleague.bsky.social fighting for federal nutrition programs. Hunger is a policy choice! #SNAPMatters #HandsOffSNAP #FoodIsMedicine #WIC #TEFAP #hungerpc25
🥗 I’m heading to the Hill tomorrow along with hundreds of other anti-hunger advocates to demand—yes DEMAND!—that Congress protect SNAP, Medicaid, school meals, and more.
#hungerpc25
Lobby Day let’s GOOOO!
We're grateful for the energy, the expertise, and the commitment to ending hunger together. On to day two! #HungerPC25
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#hungerpc25 #agsky #econsky
“Cutting the program [SNAP] by 11%, he said, would be the equivalent of wiping out every food bank in the United States.”
🥗 Andrew Zimmern speaks the truth.
#agsky #econsky
Not from #hungerpc25 but absolutely relevant.
🥗 Jessica Pino-Goodspeed from Hunger Solutions NY:
CEP allows schools to pay cafeteria staff more, and to improve quality of meals for everyone. “It’s a no-brainer.”
#hungerpc25
It’s a win win win win win.
🥗 Key insight from David Wieland from Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon:
CEP improves behavior and reduces conflict, not because kids who are fed are less likely to act out, but because it avoids classifying kids into different groups: haves and have-nots.
#hungerpc25
@fracposts.bsky.social
🥗 “Cuts to SNAP and Medicaid are cuts to school meals.” Erin Hysom, FRAC
#hungerpc25
🥗 Lawrence Cox tells us about his experience with prison release. Unable to get CALFresh because he didn’t know where his identification documents were. Finally found his birth certificate at his grandmother’s house 2 weeks later. 2 weeks of real food insecurity.
#hungerpc25 @fracposts.bsky.social
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🥗 #hungerpc25
“It’s clear, cash benefits help families.”
Rachel Hill, Guaranteed Care Income San Francisco
This is the way. Give. People. Money.
@fracposts.bsky.social
🥗 defining work to include unpaid caregiving would be huge. And correct.
#hungerpc25
@fracposts.bsky.social
🥗 “Worker Relief and Credit Reform Act (Worker Act)
would update the Earned Income Tax Credit on its 50th birthday… Expands the definition of work to include unpaid caregiving”
Amanda Morales, court advocate
#hungerpc25 @fracposts.bsky.social
🥗 Carolyn Hill from Give Us Back Our Children telling #hungerpc25 about losing her children to child welfare because her poverty was deemed neglect.
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🥗 #hungerpc25 @projectbread.org’s @leran.bsky.social speaking on a panel tomorrow!
Looking forward to the Anti-Hunger Policy Conference hosted by @fracposts.bsky.social .
On Monday morning, I'm so excited to be part of a panel with 3 powerhouse @projectbread.org leaders with lived experience. Please join me to learn from and be inspired by them. #hungerpc25
