Hall Hunger Initiative

COVID-19 Pandemic: A Message From Ambassador Tony Hall

hall.hunger — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 21:58:46 +0000

It’s OK to ask for Help! We’ve never been here before. All of a sudden, we are at the highest unemployment rate most of us have ever seen, businesses have closed and we face a time of economic uncertainly. If you are one of the tens of thousands of Daytonians hit by the economic downturn, I have a simple message ...

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Tony Hall, Convoy of Hope and Local Churches Provide Emergency Food

hall.hunger — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 20:20:00 +0000

Food to stock the food pantries at ten Dayton area churches arrived Thursday, thanks to the efforts of Ambassador Tony Hall, Convoy of Hope and Christian Life Center. Ambassador Hall serves as the Special Adviser on Hunger for Convoy of Hope, a faith-based humanitarian organization. Ambassador Hall saw the need in the Dayton area and arranged for a semi-trailer to ...

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NEW! Spanish Language Resource Guide Now Available

hall.hunger — Wed, 25 Mar 2020 19:03:02 +0000

www.somosdayton.com NEW!! Spanish language resource guide with information about food, public services, updates from the governor and more. English is also available. This site is completely volunteer created, by Manny Cuellar- Rocha and Stephanie Patino-Garfias. Stephanie is a former HHI VISTA continuing to help the community!

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Ambassador Tony Hall Ted-Talk

hall.hunger — Fri, 20 Mar 2020 16:59:31 +0000

Ambassador Tony Hall created the Hall Hunger Initiative in 2015 as part of his life-long work to end hunger. He represented the third district of Ohio, and therefore, Dayton in Congress from 1979 to 2002. In 1984, he witnessed children starving to death in Ethiopia. That experience changed his life. Since then, he has become one of the world’s leading advocates for ending hunger and improving human rights in America and around the world.

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The Importance of Healthy Food

hall.hunger — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 22:12:48 +0000

Fresh, nutritious food is vital to health. While that’s common sense, we see more and more evidence of how lack of access to healthy food is a dangerous situation which leads to debilitating and sometimes fatal diseases. Tens of thousands of Montgomery County residents are at increased risk of suffering from preventable diseases simply because they don’t have access to the right food. Your zip code should not determine your health or longevity but that’s the reality for too many of our neighbors.

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Racial Wealth Gap Simulation

hall.hunger — Wed, 18 Mar 2020 22:35:00 +0000

In the United States, hunger isn’t caused by a lack of food, it’s caused by poverty. To understand poverty, we have to understand racial disparities in the United States. One way to explore this issue is the Racial Wealth Gap simulation. Using the material designed by Bread for the World, the facilitators from Hall Hunger Initiative guide participants through a fact-based exercise with specific examples of policies and their consequences. In about an hour, participants learn how federal policies created structural inequalities and how these policies increase hunger and poverty in communities of color.

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Community Action Lead By Prayers

hall.hunger — Wed, 18 Mar 2020 17:04:00 +0000

We’ve endured a KKK rally, 15 devastating tornados, groceries stores closing, farmers unable to plant crops because of constant rain, and more. In the last few years, we have been listed as the FOURTH hungriest city in the nation and noted for having one of the highest opioid deaths rates in the nation. Our community continues to suffer from high infant mortality, loss of good paying jobs, the biggest food desert in the state, and more.

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