what does it mean to put community first?
by Some articles get my goat and don’t let go. Last year I read an interview with a roundtable of CEOs at major food banks around the country. The headline quote …
Tag: food access
whatever pops up
During the covid pandemic, service providers had to be in a lot of places, fast. We couldn’t rely on traditional models if we wanted to reach the people hardest hit …
precedented times
We are living in precedented times. I know, we’ve all heard the opposite for the past two years. We have a once-in-a-century pandemic raging around the world. People are acting …
food bank 2061
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a pretty well known person. She is also an outspoken abolitionist. Last year she was among the people in power to join calls to defund the …
we have no choice
One day I received an email from a colleague of mine. Someone from the community had reached out to her in search of food. He was living alone, disabled, unable …
asking for ID in the surveillance age
The vast majority of us have internalized data collection as a fact of life. It feels natural, doesn’t it? I show my ID to get into a concert (those were …
centering people when collecting information
I have a stable job that pays me well. I live in a nice apartment with my husband. We can afford to buy the things we need. My job pays …