Advocacy
Hunger in America can be solved. It takes leadership and political will. Ending hunger will require that the public and private sectors join in a determined partnership to address the economic, political, and personal barriers that contribute to hunger. You have a role. We invite you to join us as a hunger advocate.
HUNGER ALERT!
Childhood Hunger Act Passed!
On December 2—by a vote of 264 to 157—the House passed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act (S. 3307). The bill was signed into law by President Obama on December 13.
We hope you’ll take this opportunity to send an email to your Members of Congress to thank them for protecting America’s children—and to remind them that there is still work to be done. We must have their support in restoring Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits and in passing future legislation that will help Americans struggling with hunger.
Passage of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act is a victory for everyone—especially America’s hungry children. And it couldn’t have happened without dedicated hunger relief advocates.
You showed up in force to let Congress know where you stand on child hunger. In fact, over 50,000 e-mails and 4,000 phone calls were delivered to Congress from Hunger Action Center Advocates in support of child nutrition legislation.
Our partners, including the anti-hunger community, corporations, health, nutrition, education, children’s groups and many others all stepped up and made passing the child nutrition bill a priority. Thanks to a coordinated effort, we will have the biggest investment in child nutrition programs since their inception. We look forward to building on our success and engaging new partners in the fight against hunger!
Thank you for taking action! This achievement tells us decisively that advocacy works—and that every voice matters
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Advocacy is critical to fighting hunger, and becoming a hunger advocate offers many ways to become active not only in important public policy issues of the day, but also within your community. Send us an email confirming your commitment noting HUNGER ADVOCATE in the subject line and we will be in contact with you.
Our advocates receive occasional action alerts and communicate with their legislators about hunger issues. They talk to their friends and other social contacts about the need for a solution to hunger. Many share their personal experiences with hunger with us. We hope you’ll join us today in our vision of a hunger-free America.
Let Your Voice Be Heard
Here are links to other organizations dedicated to the cause as well as links to federal and state elected officials throughout North Dakota and Minnesota who may need to be alerted about a specific call for action at any given time in support of hungry citizens in our region.
Hunger Action Resource Centers
Feeding America
www.hungeractioncenter.org
Food Research and Action Center
www.frac.org/Legislative/action_center
Congressional Hunger Center
www.hungercenter.org
Hunger Solutions Minnesota
www.hungersolutions.org
Contact Information for Federal and State Elected Officials
President Barak Obama
www.whitehouse.gov/contact
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Comments: 202-456-1111
Switchboard: 202-456-1414
FAX: 202-456-2461
TTY/TDD
Comments: 202-456-6213
Visitors Office: 202-456-2121
United States Congress
www.senate.gov
www.house.gov
North Dakota State Legislature
www.legis.nd.gov
Minnesota State Legislature
www.leg.state.mn.us
North Dakota Governor Jack Dalrymple
Office of the Governor
600 East Boulevard Avenue
Bismarck, North Dakota 58505-0001
Telephone: (701) 328-2200
Fax: (701) 328-2205
E-mail: governor@nd.gov
Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton
Office of the Governor
130 State Capitol
75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
St. Paul, MN 55155
Telephone: (651) 296-3391
Toll Free: (800) 657-3717
Fax: (651) 296-2089
E-mail: mark.dayton@state.mn.us
Other Resource Links
North Dakota Democratic Party
www.demnpl.com
North Dakota Republican Party
www.ndgop.org
Minnesota Republican Party
www.mngop.com/
Minnesota Democratic Party
www.dfl.org
National Governors Association
www.nga.org
United States Conference of Mayors
www.usmayors.org |
