The Sacramento Hunger Coalition website is currently under construction. In the meantime, you can find the final version of the Food Security Initiative by clicking here. In addition, please see the Agenda and Meeting Summary Notes from the January 29, 2008 meeting below. The next full Coalition meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 25, 2008. Finally, if you would like to join the Hunger Coalition, please complete the Membership Application below.
Hunger Advocacy Training Materials
These are the materials provided by Nancy Amidei of the Civic Engagement Project in Seattle, Washington. Thank you to our partners and sponsors MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger and the California Hunger Action Coalition.- Five Rules for Effective Advocacy
- Take Five…Advocacy Made Easy for Busy People
- Public Advocacy – Bite-sized
- 3 Steps from Case to Cause (Getting ready for legislative visits)
Recommendations for Food Stamp Outreach for Sacramento County
Read the full report, written by Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellow, Anyu Fang, which focuses on Sacramento County Food Stamp outreach and "aspires to achieve two purposes: 1) to discuss the general need of food stamp outreach and possible strategies for such an effort, and 2) to illuminate through attached maps and tables, potential geographic and demographic targets in such an effort."Edible Landscape Project
In the spring of 2004 the Sacramento Hunger Coalition in collaboration with Mercy Housing, Kennedy Estates residents and staff, initiated the Edible Landscape project at the Kennedy Estates housing complex. Edible landscaping, like front yard gardening creates a renewable source of nutritious affordable food.The Edible Landscaping Toolkit is a collections of tools, for individuals, organizations, or institutions interested in implementing an edible landscape. The focus of this guide is edible landscaping in low-income communities for food-security, nutrition, and food production education, community development, and beautification.
Nutrition Education in Edible Landscaping - Youth Lessons
Youth lessons are designed to educate pre-school aged students on basic nutrition of produce grown on the edible landscape site. In addition lessons help introduce youth to new fruits and vegetables and how they are good for your body.
Please contact the Hunger Coalition staff with questions or comments:
Melissa Ortiz-Gray, Program Manager
Mortiz-gray@communitycouncil.org
916.447.7063 x335Nisha Kapadia, Program Associate
Nkapadia@communitycouncil.org
916.447.7063 x348
