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“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… 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… 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… 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… 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… Read More
Three Lessons from an Entrepreneur at SXSW
Does SXSW live up to the hype? I was surprised to learn that the answer is: absolutely. As a no-nonsense, social impact driven leader, I was weary (as I am with most things) about how deep the people and conversations will be at the preeminent tech, music and film festival known as South by Southwest. Read More
Student Spotlight Meredith Song, University of Minnesota
Swipe Out Hunger would be nothing without our leaders on-the-ground leading the charge to end food insecurity on campus. Students like Meredith Song from the University of Minnesota (UMN) are not only key to seeding change at the grassroots, but are the ones actively catalyzing it. Meredith's leadership, along with her peers, has galvanized an incredible movement at UMN. She took a few moments to help us understand what has been so successful and her vision for the future. Read More
The Evidence that #StudentHungerIsReal
The field of research for college food insecurity is constantly evolving. Here are a few reports we point to for those who need to make a case that #StudentHungerIsReal on their campus. Read More
Gov. Brown Signs CA State Budget Approves $7.5 Million for “Hunger-Free College Campuses”
SACRAMENTO – Governor Brown and the California State Legislature sign a budget allocating $7.5 million in support of Hunger-Free College Campuses. These funds will provide an incentive to public colleges across the state for initiatives addressing college student hunger. This… Read More
