Bread for the World

Public Education:Bread for the World Institute educates our network about hunger and how to end it. One area of work includes a focus on policies and structural issues that perpetuate hunger and poverty at disproportionate rates in African American/Pan African, Latino, and indigenous communities. (To be continued in Schedule O)Public Education:In 2022, Bread for the World Institute published articles on the farm bill and its impacts. Some of the articles published include: "In Rural America, SNAP is Especially Important;" "On the EDGE of Food System Transformation in West Virginia; and "In Ghana, School Gardens Help Feed Students." The Institute also reinvigorated a newsletter focus area on "Hunger Hot Spots," in order to provide up to date information on the worst hunger crises each month.The Institute has been educating our network about climate change and hunger since the 2010 Hunger Report. In 2022, our research, policy analysis, and thought leadership on this issue included "Indigenous Communities, Hunger, and Climate Change and "Keeping Promises on Hunger and Climate Change." In June 2022, we hosted our annual June events in Washington, D.C. We held a Latino Consultation, Pan-African Convening, and educational Advocacy Summit to educate and inform advocates about policies and programs that address hunger and poverty.

Public Policy:(See Sch. O)Public Policy:Bread for the World Institute contributed to research and thought leadership through briefings, coalition meetings, webinars, blogs, and policy papers on a variety of hunger-related policy and programs that came through Congress, including foreign assistance, international climate finance, summer meals, emergency aid for Ukraine, the Global Malnutrition Prevention and Treatment Act, the Global Food Security Reauthorization Act, the Food Donation Improvement Act, International Development Assistance, Food for Peace, McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program, the Healthy Meals, Healthy Kids Act, and the White House's National Strategy, which came out of the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health. Global Nutrition. Bread for the World Institute formed and is co-chairing a U.S. CEO Council for Nutrition where heads of nutrition-concerned organizations can discuss our nation's global nutrition policies and programs. In December 2022, the Council hosted a nutrition-focused reception where we were honored by remarks from the Prime Minister of Lesotho. Bread President Eugene Cho moderated the event, which was attended by ambassadors and high-level officials from African countries, the U.S. government, and the NGO community, who were meeting at the 2022 U.S.-Africa Leaders' Summit. Bread discussed the importance of nutrition as an essential part of development, which is inseparable from the current global food and hunger crisis. International Financial Institutions. Bread for the World Institute staff co-chair a coalition to educate Members of Congress and their staff about the roles of the International Financial Institutions (IFIs)/Multilateral Development Banks (the World Bank, the African Development Bank, and the International Fund for Agricultural Development). These institutions provide much needed funding and technical assistance for agriculture, rural development, and food security. Through the coalition, the Institute engaged the U.S. Department of the Treasury and relevant congressional committees through meetings, briefings, and educational materials.White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health. Bread for the World spent months generating energy ahead of the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health. More than 400 Bread faith leaders signed a letter to the President calling for the conference. Once it was announced, Bread advocates on college campuses were in discussion with the White House on how food insecurity on college campuses affects them. Bread members and anti-hunger advocates came to listening sessions to inform recommendations Bread submitted. Bread staff appeared in The Washington Post, NPR, and Politico, among other outlets. Bread hosted an interfaith event on the eve of the conference to harness collective enthusiasm in the faith and anti-hunger communities around the event.

Outreach & Advocacy:Listening Sessions. In 2022, a major portion of our field work was focused on listening sessions and information gathering in preparation for the White House Hunger Summit and 2023 Farm Bill discussions. We held 29 regional Farm Bill listening sessions with 730 grassroots advocates. (To be continued in Schedule O)Listening Sessions (continued):Data from these consultations joined input from more than 100 meetings with additional stakeholders, including Indigenous farmers and food system leaders; Historically Black Colleges and Universities; U.S. Department of Agriculture officials; local food system leaders (including recipients of U.S. Department of Agriculture grants); and Congressional offices in leadership positions on Senate and House Agriculture committees. We worked with more than 1,000 activists to reach national and local media, speak up on social media, drive partner engagement, and activate congregational activities to learn about the Farm Bill and its impacts in their communities. We also organized 70 strategic community-building events, with over 2,000 attendees in total. Hunger and Climate Convocation in Africa. In October 2022, in preparation for the 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 27), Bread for the World convened 50 faith leaders from around the world. This gathering of global faith leaders from Africa, Europe, and North America was a time for learning and sharing with stakeholders about the importance of sustainable, climate-smart agricultural research, development, and program investment as they relate to nutrition, equity, and the environment. The two-day event, "The Faithful Voice on Hunger and Climate Convocation," was held at the Desmond Tutu Convention Center in Nairobi, Kenya. Participants visited local programs managing climate-smart research and participated in worship, panels, and discussion and reflection on climate and hunger. One outcome of the event was a joint statement outlining a "resolve to stand and work together to end the hunger crisis made worse by climate instability, to renew God's creation, and to bring our planted into balance, forming a beloved community in which all of creation can thrive."