Alliance to End Hunger

Public Education: The Alliance added 17 new members in 2022- bringing total membership for the year to 105. The Alliance continues to focus on helping its members have greater impact in their own anti-hunger efforts through education and advocacy. The Alliance conducted 23 presentations to 1,794 people, including a hybrid side event at the 2022 World Food Prize Borlaug Dialogue on agriculture innovations and the climate crisis with FAO. The Alliance's member-led Advocacy Committee continued to push for adequate funding for federal nutrition programs helping mothers and children; along with a White House conference on hunger and nutrition; and ending global hunger. (continued on Sch O)Additionally, the Alliance worked with coalition partners to educate member organizations about the connection between hunger and other topics, such as: Expanding Child Tax Credits, Active Duty Military, and the federal budget.

SDG2 Advocacy Hub: The Alliance to End Hunger continues to host the SDG2 Advocacy Hub. The Hub's purpose is to provide a centralized platform for communication, collaboration and coordination across stakeholders (civil society, UN agencies and private sector) to support greater engagement, advocacy and action to achieve SDG2 - the Zero Hunger goal. The Hub continues to mobilize chefs around the world as an instrumental advocacy force around food and nutrition through its "Chefs Manifesto." The Hub has also developed a "Good Food for All" narrative and campaign that includes published resources and podcasts to help inform the public.

Hunger-Free Communities: The Alliance currently has 75 Hunger Free Communities (HFC) in 33 States as part of the Alliance's Hunger Free Community network, including new sites in Arizona, Michigan, Mississippi and Virginia. In 2022, we held quarterly webinars on topics such as food insecurity and mental health, racial equity, and child nutrition policy priorities. The Alliance held its third virtual HFC Summit. The 2022 Summit held 20 sessions covering topics such as food is medicine, SNAP, WIC, racial equity, lived experience, tips for creating hunger free communities and more. Over 500 people registered for the event, with 313 people attending the live sessions.