CARRBORO, N.C. – Mayor Barbara Foushee has joined more than 300 other mayors from all 50 states and the District of Columbia in a nonpartisan coalition called the Mayors Alliance to End Childhood Hunger, which taps the individual and collective leadership of mayors to take meaningful action to end childhood hunger in cities nationwide.
There is no excuse for children to go hungry in this country. Yet it happens – every day, in every community. In the United States today, more than 13 million children live in families considered food insecure.
“I am committed to the Mayors Alliance’s efforts to end child hunger because we know that our children present better academically, socially and physically when they have access to nutritious meals and snacks,” said Mayor Foushee. “By continuing the fight against child hunger we can ensure that our children have the opportunity to grow up happy, healthy and able to take on future challenges.”
During the COVID-19 pandemic, state, local and national leaders took urgent action to fight childhood hunger - tactics that worked to stave off greater rates of food insecurity despite the severe economic hardships brought on by the pandemic. The Mayors Alliance harnesses the collective expertise of mayors from across the political spectrum to continue driving change at the state and national level.
The Mayors Alliance to End Childhood Hunger is a partner of the national nonprofit Share Our Strength and its No Kid Hungry campaign.
“Mayors have witnessed firsthand the hardship their constituents are facing, and their cities are on the frontlines of responding to the short and long-term impacts of hunger in their communities,” says Jason Gromley of Share Our Strength. “During the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen mayors address child hunger in a variety of creative ways, like advocating for and strengthening nutrition programs, to creating innovative public-private partnerships and growing awareness of the systemic connections between poverty, racism and hunger.”
For more information about the Mayors Alliance to End Childhood Hunger, please visit: www.mayorshungeralliance.org.
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