City Of Fort Worth: Mayor Parker, Other Leaders Launch Coalition Fighting Childhood Hunger

Dallas TX

13 January, 2022

3:57 PM

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Press release from City of Fort Worth: January 13, 2022 Mayor Mattie Parker joined more than 50 other mayors from across the country today in the launch of the Mayors Alliance to End Childhood Hunger, 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. "I joined the Mayor's Alliance to End Childhood Hunger because we can't expect our children to meet their full potential if their stomachs are empty. I look forward to this opportunity to team up with mayors across the country to find the best solutions to help every family in Fort Worth," Parker said. 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. "Mayors have witnessed firsthand the hardship their constituents are facing, and their cities are on the frontlines of responding to the short- and long-term impacts of hunger in their communities," said Lisa Davis, senior vice president of Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry campaign. "During the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen mayors address child hunger in a variety of creative ways, like advocating for and strengthening nutrition programs, to creating innovative public-private partnerships and growing awareness of the systemic connections between poverty, racism and hunger." Learn more about the Mayors Alliance to End Childhood Hunger.      Photo: The Mayors Alliance to End Childhood Hunger will partner with the national nonprofit Share Our Strength and its No Kid Hungry campaign.     Get articles like this in your inbox. Subscribe to City News.   This press release was produced by City of Fort Worth. The views expressed here are the author's own.