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Representative George Thomas “Mickey” Leland (TX) was one of the co-founders of the House Select Committee on Hunger, and the namesake of the 1993 Mickey Leland Childhood Hunger Relief Act that strengthened the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The impact of this committee would grow with Leland’s ability to create awareness of the complexities of […]
Shirley Chisholm (NY) was the first Black women to serve in Congress. She represented New York’s 12th District beginning in 1968. While in Congress, she was assigned to the House Agriculture Committee (Project Bread). During her work on the Committee, she helped to protect and expand food assistance programs. She’s known as the Architect of […]
John Lewis (GA), the esteemed civil rights leader and long-serving Member of Congress, had a long history of activism against injustice. When he was 23, he was already a nationally recognized civil rights leader, and spoke at the March on Washington in 1963. Elected to Congress in 1986, Rep. Lewis was a strong advocate of […]
Born in 1917 in Mississippi to sharecropper parents, Fannie Lou Hamer is better known as a civil rights and women’s rights icon of the 1960s and 1970s and was also one of the pioneers of the food justice movement. Hamer grew up knowing what it meant to be hungry: “Poverty and poor health form an […]
During Black History Month, we honor and acknowledge the work of Black advocates who have been leaders in civil rights, anti-poverty and anti-hunger initiatives. We are indebted to these individuals who have led the movement to ending hunger and poverty through a lens of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Each Monday in February we will profile […]
Frequently Asked Questions- Disaster Nutrition Assistance Program (DSNAP) The South Carolina Department of Social Services (DSS) has announced counties eligible to receive Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (DSNAP) Assistance under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. As of November 1, 2024, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved the following counties […]
Help us build the next generation of public health leaders! The National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD) Public Health AmeriCorps program (PHA) is currently recruiting for Service Opportunities with FoodShare South Carolina. NACDD is currently recruiting for three Service Opportunities with FoodShare South Carolina in: Anderson (FoodShare Anderson/Anderson Interfaith Ministries) Moncks Corner (FoodShare Berkeley/Trident […]
SCDSS has announced that January 31, 2023 will be the end of the federally-approved Supplement Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) emergency allotments for South Carolina households. South Carolinians will return to receiving regular benefit amounts monthly. This will make a big impact on many households, particularly elderly and moderately low income. January has been designated as […]
Food insecurity and access in rural communities is real for many families living in food deserts. At the SC Rural Resource Coalition Annual Meeting on Dec. 7, 2022, Giany Didier Guedjo from Carolina Human Reinvestment – CHRSC, Courtney Watson from FoodShare South Carolina, and Stephanie Jones & Albert Rice from Saltcatcher Farms will discuss the […]
According to Feeding America, one in ten South Carolinians faces food insecurity, including one in seven children in the state. Fortunately, there are many organizations, including FoodShare South Carolina that want to help South Carolinians get food on their tables and Clemson University and DHEC have developed an interactive map designed to bridge those gaps. Find […]
