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Coming Together to Respond to COVID-19

Over the last six months, we have been working hard to ensure student basic needs are protected and advocated for amidst so much uncertainty. We continue to be mission-focused, student-centric, and channeling innovation to meet the most imminent concerns.

We have launched the following efforts to be responsive to what students are telling us they need:

Arming Students with Advocacy Power

Students across the country are not sitting idly in this moment. They’re using their power to advocate for transparency from their campus and accountability from their policymakers to support the staggering one in three students facing food insecurity right now.  

Now is the time to support this next generation of leaders. To meet this urgency, Swipe Out Hunger is rolling out technology, toolkits, and training programs to lift up and empower student voices to end hunger:

Get Customized Support with our Student Navigator Network

As the pandemic unfolded and colleges and universities around the country shifted their operations, thousands of students are facing exacerbated financial, academic, and personal crises.

To help students during this critical time, we partnered with Rise to collaboratively launch our Student Navigator Network, a one-on-one online student referral service that helps students. This innovative program employs and trains Student Navigators to help their peers access the resources available to them, reducing the stigma often associated with seeking assistance.

Participate in Our COVID-19 Student Survey

Capture the impact COVID-19 has had on students at your school with our student survey. The findings can inform how campus leadership should prioritize and scale their response to support students. The data will be returned to each campus to be used as an advocacy tool.

Watch Our Webinars

As the crisis began to unfold, our team sprung into rapid response mode by hosting a series of “Campus Coalition in COVID-19” webinars to share critical information and resources focused on supporting students’ basic needs. We had over 150 attendees join us for this 5 part webinar series. Check out all of our past webinars on our Vimeo page.

Check out our #FairCARES Student Advocacy Campaign

On March 27, 2020, Congress passed the CARES Act, in which $6.28 billion was required to be distributed directly to students as emergency aid. In April 2020, Swipe Out Hunger launched this student advocacy campaign, urging students to ask their institutions to disburse CARES Act funding in a fair, equitable, and transparent manner. As a result, we engaged 30 campuses on this campaign to ensure every cent of the $6 billion for emergency aid gets into the hands of students. We trained over 50 students at our #FairCARES launch & advocacy training. As part of these efforts, the below advocacy toolkit was developed by Swipe Out Hunger in partnership with Rise and Challah for Hunger. Thank you to Michelson 20MM Foundation for their support of this toolkit.

Bright Spots: Learn from Our Campus Partners

We have been in close contact with our campus partners and beyond, inspired by the many ways they’re taking action to protect students’ basic needs during this pandemic. Check out some of the ways campuses have been innovating:

5 Ways Campus Pantries Have Adapted During COVID-19
Just Keep Swiping, Just Keep Swiping: How Colleges are Leveraging Swipe Programs
The Power of Community Care During COVID-19: Mutual Aid & Resource Guides

Resource Guides, Templates, and More

We have compiled some immediate resources for you to use in your work to ensure students’ basic needs are met during the COVID-19 response.

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