The Mayors Alliance to End Childhood Hunger launched on Thursday, January 13, 2022
[Contact: Sarah Steely at 570-854-5023 or ssteely@strength.org]
Richmond, Va. (Jan. 13, 2022) – On Thursday, January 13, Mayor Levar Stoney joined more than 50 other mayors from across the country in the launch of the Mayors Alliance to End Childhood Hunger. Mayor Stoney will serve as Chair of the new initiative, a nonpartisan coalition that will tap 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, nearly 12 million children live in families considered food insecure.
“As we continue to navigate the ongoing global pandemic, too many children and families are experiencing food insecurity,” said Stoney. “I’m proud to stand alongside No Kid Hungry and mayors across the country to create solutions to end childhood hunger. No child, in Richmond or any other community in our nation, deserves to question where their next meal comes from when we know that hunger is a solvable issue.”
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 will harness 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 will partner with the national nonprofit Share Our Strength and its No Kid Hungry campaign.
“We’re incredibly grateful for Mayor Stoney’s longtime commitment to ending child hunger – from calling on Congress to expand SNAP benefits, to being a steadfast champion of the summer meals program in Richmond,” says Sarah Steely, the director of No Kid Hungry Virginia. “We applaud his leadership role in the Mayors Alliance to End Childhood Hunger and look forward to continuing to work alongside him to ensure kids in Virginia have the nutrition they need to thrive.”
For more information about the Mayors Alliance to End Childhood Hunger, please visit: www.mayorshungeralliance.org.
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About No Kid Hungry
No child should go hungry in America. But in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, millions of kids could face hunger this year. No Kid Hungry is working to end childhood hunger by helping launch and improve programs that give all kids the healthy food they need to thrive. This is a problem we know how to solve. No Kid Hungry is a campaign of Share Our Strength, an organization committed to ending hunger and poverty.
About The Mayors Alliance to End Childhood Hunger
Launched in 2022, the Mayors Alliance to End Childhood Hunger harnesses the individual and collective leadership of mayors to end childhood hunger in communities nationwide. There is no excuse for children to go hungry in our country. Yet it happens – every day, in every community. The Mayors Alliance to End Childhood Hunger is a nonpartisan coalition working in partnership with Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign to ensure that every child has the healthy food they need to thrive.