ACCFB staff and community organizers on Hunger Action Day While advocacy work requires patience, there are moments when long periods of dedicated advocacy and community organizing finally pay off. June 29 was one of those moments, as Governor Newsom signed a
ACCFB’s CalFresh Outreach Team May is CalFresh Awareness Month. This May, we’ll be sharing more about the importance of CalFresh, including stories from the community about how CalFresh Works to help ensure that all of us in Alameda County have
Volunteers at Shiloh Mercy House Shiloh Mercy House, a Food Bank partner in Oakland, is continually refining their food distribution model to center community choice, dignity, and integrity for all who visit. At weekly farmers market-style distributions,
Community organizing with Lucia Henry Lucia Henry (second from right) with ACCFB Food Justice Organizing Task Force members and Staff at an Alameda County Board of Supervisors Meeting “I feel like I have a purpose. I feel like
It was a challenging year in anti-hunger policy, but there was also so much hope, action, and impact from the advocacy in our community. It was a year that showed us why it is so important to continue our
