Dawn Pierce

National Hunger Hotline
1-866-3-HUNGRY
Works in every city. No strings. Just help.

National Hunger Hotline
1-866-3-HUNGRY
Works in every city.
No strings. Just help.

National Hunger Hotline
1-866-3-HUNGRY
Works in every city.
No strings. Just help.

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An update from our CEO, Joel Berg, on the USDA ending the collection of data on U.S. food insecurity:

🥗 What @mealsnfeelz.bsky.social said: Access to food is a human right. Shouldn't depend on your employment or your resume.

#SNAPMatters Action Day <p><strong>Issue:</strong></p> <p>Some Members of Congress are planning to cut Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to millions of struggling households.  In order to fund the…

🗣️ (THREAD) Congress: Cutting SNAP is NOT an option. 47M people in the U.S. struggle with food insecurity. SNAP helps 42M get the food they need. Go to bit.ly/snapday6 to take action and let your reps know: #SNAPMatters!

YouTube video by Food Research & Action Center #SNAPMatters – Cassie

Learn what SNAP means to Cassie, a frontline nurse. #SNAPmatters www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f28...

Protect SNAP! Take Action Today The congressional majority is considering a budget proposal that would significantly reduce funding for SNAP – the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – putting millions at risk of hunger. SNAP…

🚨SNAP is at risk. Congress is considering deep cuts to the program that helps millions afford food. Tell your representatives: Protect SNAP. No cuts! Families are counting on it. Take action now ➡️ loom.ly/YTEMbYo

#ProtectSNAP #FoodSecurity #SNAPMatters

Hundreds of rural hospitals are at risk of closing, threatening critical care Hospital officials told CBS News the closure was driven by the same factors that have closed other rural hospitals: low reimbursement rates.

We should be investing in rural communities and making them better places to build a life & raise a family - not shutting down rural hospitals by choking off their funding.

Saving rural hospitals is one more reason to call your Representative and speak out against this GOP attempt to cut Medicaid.

🥗 seems bad for the rest of us

Nobody Wants This Tax cuts are expensive and ineffectual, it's time for a new era

🥗 This piece by @kedseconomist.com brilliantly illustrates how poverty is a policy choice: $7.11 trillion in tax cuts this century, which could have paid for soooooo much our leaders have told us is simply too expensive and out of reach.
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So good to see you, my Friend!

Photo of Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde.

This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.

If you’re “strongly discouraging” the release of an ethics report, you’re on the wrong side of history.

CC: Speaker Johnson