Here at the Capitol for the kick off to #HungerActionDay !!
Mr. Pancake leading a rally chant to #EndHungerNow
#CALeg needs to act now against hunger
Today Jennifer Siebel Newsom, Secretary Tom Vilsack and Karen Ross visited Los Angeles Unified highlighting CA’s leadership in #SchoolMealsforAll
Visit started with a listening session on the transformational impact of school meals and #FarmtoSchool connecting children to CA grown foods
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Hunger fighter awarded to no other than Nancy Skinner biggest champion driving policy to #EndHungerNow such as w/ the historic #SchoolMealsforAll
Thank you for all you’ve done and reminding us for a rich state CA too many ppl are going hungry.
#CALeg #BiteBackAgainstHunger
🙌Itzúl Gutierrez from California Association of Food Banks in #Sacramento right now!
❤️TY for sharing about one of CA’s powerful poverty-fighting tools: #UniversalSchoolMeals .
CA is leading the way and must protect & expand!
California Association of Food Banks Center for Ecoliteracy NextGen Policy Kat Taylor Calif Food and Ag Los Angeles Unified schoolmealsforall Tony Thurmond CaliforniaSNA .Karen Ross speaks on the partnerships, community and networks that make #SchoolMealsforAll and #FarmtoSchool possible.
CA leading the charge and transformational change to school meals!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
California Association of Food Banks Center for Ecoliteracy NextGen Policy Kat Taylor Calif Food and Ag Los Angeles Unified schoolmealsforall Tony Thurmond CaliforniaSNA Karen Ross . Jennifer Siebel Newsom shares how CA set the stage for #SchoolMealsforAll to be locally sourced with the freshest possible ingredients.
Thank you First Partner and Gavin Newsom for continuing to champion for children to get two healthy and nutritious meals a day!👏🏽
Food banks know first hand the importance of freshly prepared meals and work with farmers to source CA grown produce.
CA grown meals boosts #SchoolMealsforAll offering nutritious options for kids!
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TY Assemblywoman Luz Rivas for your leadership #AB2595 , ensuring caregivers can eat summer meals with their kids at public libraries when school's out! Itzúl Gutierrez 'The hardest part of summer meals is serving meals to children knowing the parents are hungry too' Passed out of cmt 4-0!
“Nearly 1 in 3 CA households with children are food insecure today. Food is a human right and now is the time to commit to a #HungerFree future!” - Itzúl Gutierrez End Child Poverty in California #ForwardTogether TY Assemblywoman Luz Rivas for ensuring kids and parents can access free summer meals together!
.Itzúl Gutierrez 'School administrators, educators, teachers, parents, students, and farmers all support #SchoolMeals4All , making this coalition one of the largest and most diverse to ever come together to support a policy initiative!' AsmDavidAlvarez Asm. Al Muratsuchi
Thank you, Itzúl Gutierrez and the California Association of Food Banks, for your tireless advocacy on behalf of CA's children! We applaud you! Itzúl Gutierrez California Association of Food Banks #SchoolMeals4All #NationalNutritionMonth #CALeg #CABudget
California Association of Food Banks Center for Ecoliteracy NextGen Policy Kat Taylor Calif Food and Ag Los Angeles Unified schoolmealsforall Tony Thurmond CaliforniaSNA Karen Ross Jennifer Siebel Newsom Gavin Newsom Secretary Tom Vilsack Thank you
Jennifer Siebel Newsom Gavin Newsom
Karen Ross for leading the charge in making CA the leader in #SchoolMealsforAll and #FarmtoSchool increasing access to CA grown, freshly prepared meals.
Now let’s make #SchoolMealsforAll nationwide!
California Association of Food Banks Itzúl Gutierrez tells AsmDavidAlvarez Asm. Al Muratsuchi: #hunger often hides, even in communities of wealth. Nearly 1/2 of CA kids live in #hungry families yet excluded under federal rules
We support California Governor Gavin Newsom’s #CA budget to keep #CA ’s #1 leadership!
📣Would 🧡 to get casual comments & #MayRevise hot takes from advocates & community partners Monday at 12:30PT! #CABudget #HealthEquity
cc Angela M. Vázquez is tired Maddie Ribble Mayra E Alvarez Dr. Seciah Aquino Alissa Itzúl Gutierrez Anna Hasselblad Kristina Bas Hamilton @vegiesonlychica
