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Aramark Partners With Swipe Out Hunger, Expands Efforts to Address Campus Food Insecurity
National nonprofit committed to ending hunger among college students launches Research & Development Lab with support from Aramark (Philadelphia, PA) – Aramark, the award-winning food and facilities partner of more than 400 colleges and universities across the U.S., is taking the lead in addressing food insecurity in the higher education… Read More
Student Leader Spotlight: Alondra Cardenas Salazar
Swipe Out Hunger is privileged to work alongside hundreds of student leaders, working to end college hunger on their campuses. We sat down with one of our student leaders from University of California, Santa Cruz to… Read More
Careers
We’re hiring! Join our team and apply for an open position below. Development Manager What is Swipe Out Hunger Swipe Out Hunger is a nonprofit based in Los Angeles that partners with universities nationwide to end student hunger. The organization provides both innovative and common sense solutions… Read More
Q&A Ben Falter, Student Affairs Case Manager at San José State University
While many of our supporters know that our movement is student-led, we are excited by the programs that have been spearheaded by faculty and administration on campuses. Commitment from campus administration fosters more sustainable Swipe Out Hunger programs and serves as a model for how campuses are innovating to better… Read More
“Structural change is hard, but doable” Reflections from our 2019 Student Leadership Summit
With a network of now 83 sites in 32 states, we brought our movement into one room in Los Angeles last week at our fourth Student Leadership Summit. We knew bringing this eclectic group of student activists together would be powerful, but their creativity, passion and nonstop engagement affirmed why students… Read More
Pitch Competition: Innovative Solutions to Hunger at CUNY
A collaboration between Swipe Out Hunger and Healthy CUNY The Opportunity Calling all CUNY students! You are invited to participate in Swipe Out Hunger’s first ever pitch competition. This is an opportunity for you to design and spearhead a project to address student food insecurity and leave lasting change… Read More
Swiping & Growing: Our Most Expansive Year Yet
“Higher education is about opportunity, prosperity, social ascent and social justice. It’s transformative for students and their communities.” – California State University Chancellor Timothy White As a supporter of Swipe Out Hunger, you know the value a higher education degree carries with it. The… Read More
Scaling System-Wide: California to New York
Swipe Out Hunger is no stranger to system-wide program scaling, having worked directly with both the University of California’s nine campuses and many of the California State University’s 23 campuses to effectively scale meal assistance programs following the… Read More
Message from our Founder and CEO Rachel Sumekh
Dear Swipe community, After a year in the making, we share with you our newly designed website– and it goes beyond a few pages of simple HTML code. Our new site will serve as a digital backbone to our collective work ending college hunger. We’ve studied the way our network… Read More
Gov. Murphy Signs New Jersey Hunger-Free Campus Act
Governor Murphy signs package of Anti-Hunger bills including A4702 Hunger-Free Campus Act– a $1 Million allocation to address food insecurity among students enrolled in public institutions of higher education. The legislation establishes a $1 million fund to support campuses in establishing sustainable solutions to address campus hunger. Through this bill, public institutions… Read More
