Nationally Recognized Expert on Poverty, Author and CEO of Hunger-Free America, Joel Berg Discusses how you can help end hunger during COVID-19 and beyond.

Even though Joel has been dubbed, "Mr. Frowny Pants" by Jon Stewart, he remains positive about the future and continues to jump into his work and help as many people as he can, leading Hunger-Free America and advocating for equal opportunity for all.

Joel reminds us that we are only as strong as the weakest people in our society and that "no superpower has remained a superpower if it's failed to feed its people for long periods of time." 

It's up to us to get on the phone and urge our leaders to support the values we hold from both economic and moral standpoints. Joel drives the point home that electing representatives who support feeding our most vulnerable Americans is the number one thing you can do to help those in-need.

Visit www.hungervolunteer.org to learn more about how you could volunteer remotely for the hunger hotline and help connect people to hunger resources. They are furiously working on updating a database of hunger resources available during COVID-19 and beyond. They are also helping people apply for Pandemic EBT, which offers free and reduced price food for families with children out of school during this crisis.

Hunger-Free America is looking for a web developer to help convert their current website from Drupal to Wordpress. Email Joel Berg at [email protected] for more information.

About Hunger Free America

Hunger Free America is building a nonpartisan grassroots movement coast-to-coast to enact the economic policies and programs needed to finally solve the problem of domestic hunger. Operating on the philosophy, “Ending hunger lifts us all,” Joel and his team advocate for systemic change across the country, seeking higher wages, more living wage jobs, and a stronger nutrition safety net. The group also manages AmeriCorps*VISTA national service projects in 29 states and the USDA National Hunger Hotline, which provides callers the tools they need to obtain government and private food resources close to home. Joel is recognized as a powerful voice arguing for skilled volunteerism and has led his organization to establish a nationwide volunteer matching website, allowing people to best use their special skills like accounting, web design, or fundraising to help local soup kitchens and food pantries beyond packing cans or serving food.