Event Date: September 15, 2018 Witnesses to Hunger invites you to join us at 2pm on Saturday, September 15, at the EAT Café for a fun, informative afternoon of community building and social justice! Our ten youth photographers, ages 10-16, will share their engaging work and their insights on how to address issues in their communities. Come hear…
Category: Housing
The Price of Trauma
I’m a victim of the multi-generational effects of trauma, including poverty, alcoholism, mental illness, and food insecurity. Growing up in North Philadelphia, I lived in various houses with inhumane conditions. Houses that were without heat and or running water. Unsanitary houses where we had to use shoe boxes for toilets. Houses that smelled of mold…
Witnesses in Action: Tianna Gaines-Turner Talks to Congress
On May 17th, Tianna Gaines-Turner, Site Representative of Witnesses to Hunger: Philadelphia, testified before the Congressional Black Caucus and the House Task Force on Poverty, Income Inequality, and Opportunity. The event itself was a forum about the 50th Anniversary of the Kerner Commission Report, a 1967 Congressional report exploring racism, poverty, and segregation in America,…
#WitnessesToHunger Featured on #SundayCivics: Struggling Toward a Better Economic Future
Members of Witnesses to Hunger: Philadelphia Karla T, Imani S, Myra Y, and Angela S spoke with L. Joy Williams of the civic education and engagement podcast #SundayCivics about their experiences as community activists and anti-hunger organizers with Witnesses to Hunger. “What makes us stand out is that we tell our own stories. We tell…
#WitnessesToHunger Op-Ed: Budget Brings An Avalanche of Pain
“America will not be made great by these false, dangerous moves.”
Witnesses to Hunger 