toddler sitting
12 September 2023
Statement

STATEMENT: Share Our Strength’s Lisa Davis Responds to Spike in Poverty According to New Census Data

“These numbers are an avoidable tragedy,” says Davis. “Investments in government assistance programs like SNAP and the Child Tax Credi...

parent playing with child
06 September 2023 | Interview by Lillian Singh
podcast

Daron Babcock on Redesigning Our Future for Social Equity

Daron Babcock, CEO of Bonton Farms located in a low-income neighborhood in South Dallas. Bonton Farms is one of the...

Smithvile-Texas-Afterschool-Meals
22 August 2023
Story

Food: The Most Important School Supply

Do you remember how you felt on the first day of school? It was the beginning of something new, a...

child holding ball in city
14 August 2023 | Interview by Billy Shore
podcast

From Kitchen to Courtroom Redux: Dealing With Race in America

Children’s advocate and social justice icon Hubie Jones and Sweet Home Café (at the National Museum of African American History...

mother and daughter in city park
14 August 2023 | Interview by Billy Shore
podcast

Congressman Marc Molinaro on Compassionate Government

Congressman Marc Molinaro (NY-19) describes how he is helping to build an impactful, compassionate government that truly helps people. “There...

helping families shareourstrength.org
14 August 2023 | Interview by Billy Shore
podcast

Food is a Fundamental Human Right with Rep. Jim McGovern and Rhonda Chafin

As school years end for America’s children, hunger champions like Representative Jim McGovern (D-MA) and food bank executive director Rhonda...

father and daughter eating shareourstrength.org
14 August 2023 | Interview by Billy Shore
podcast

Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti on Non-partisan Solutions

Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti talks about local government solutions to problems like hunger and poverty in President Biden’s hometown. “We’re...

dad with newborn shareourstrength.org
14 August 2023 | Interview by Billy Shore
podcast

Kathy Edin and Tom McDougall on Extreme Poverty in America

While this conversation first aired in 2018, the issues it explores about food equity and access remain unsolved in America...

helping children and families
15 June 2023
Statement

STATEMENT: Share Our Strength’s Lisa Davis Reacts to House FY24 Agriculture Appropriation Bill’s Cuts to WIC

Contact: Meredith Jorss, mjorss@strength.org  WASHINGTON, DC — Yesterday, the House Appropriations Committee took up the fiscal year 2024 Agriculture spending bill, which...