Tianna Gaines-Turner, a witness to hunger in Philadelphia, was the first person actually living in poverty to testify at Paul Ryan’s War on Poverty hearing. MSNBC’s The Last Word with […]
Tianna Gaines-Turner was later featured on MSNBC by Melissa Harris-Perry. Tiana was joined by Congresswoman Barbara Lee and was featured in an MSNBC Original.
Senator Casey (PA) discusses the Witnesses to Hunger exhibit and the powerful project started by Dr. Mariana Chilton.
Emily, a mother and member of Witnesses to Hunger, whose son benefited from the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) from birth to age five, passionately […]
Today, most families are no longer the traditional model of “family” – a mother and father with 2.5 kids and a dog with a home-cooked meal on the table every […]
The holiday season is officially here and with it brings an increase in work hours for many low-income employees in the service and retail industries. An increase in hours should […]
Co-hosted a panel discussion with Witnesses to Hunger on the health impacts of poverty.
As a mother of two beautiful young girls, nothing brings me greater joy than seeing the smiles on their faces. They keep me going even when things in life are […]
Working in the nexus between policy, advocacy, and research, we hear story after story of how frustrating and arduous the climb out of poverty can be for parents of young […]
The self-portrait of a caregiver in one of my programs at the Center for Hunger Free Communities in Philadelphia hangs in my office. It is a portrait of pure humanity […]