Opinion and Editorial Articles
Members of the Center for Hunger-Free Communities staff and its programs advocate for policy change by regularly writing opinion and editorial articles for local and national publications. Below is an
overview of some of this work.
Joe Biden's Philabundance Photo-Op Wouldn't Impress Dr. King
Mariana Chilton (Director, Center for Hunger-Free Communities)
Philadelphia Inquirer
January 19, 2021
Why Do We Treat the Poor So Poorly?
Mariana Chilton (Director, Center for Hunger-Free Communities)
Philadelphia Inquirer
January 4, 2019
Hunger and Discrimination Go Hand in Hand
Sherita Mouzon (Witnesses to Hunger member)
Philadelphia Inquirer
December 3, 2018
'What happened' vs. 'what's wrong': Recognizing how trauma impacts us all
Mariana Chilton (Director, Center for Hunger-Free Communities)
Philadelphia Inquirer
March 15, 2018
Budget Brings Avalanche of Pain
Senator Robert Casey (PA-D) and Tianna Gaines-Turner (Witnesses to Hunger member)
Philadelphia Inquirer
June 4, 2017
Trump Budget Puts America on Starvation
Mariana Chilton (Director, Center for Hunger-Free Communities)
The Hill
June 4, 2017
Trump Budget Cuts Would Make Our Country Weaker
Myra Young (Witnesses to Hunger member)
June 1, 2017
Philly Voice
Poverty Must be at the Forefront of Presidential Campaign
Mariana Chilton (Director, Center for Hunger-Free Communities)
Philadelphia Inquirer
October 7, 2016
I Told Paul Ryan What It's Like to Live in Poverty. Here's What Happened Next.
Tianna Gaines-Turner (Witnesses to Hunger member)
Talk Poverty
June 6, 2016
Do America's Hungry Children Matter?
Mariana Chilton (Director, Center for Hunger-Free Communities)
Moyers on Democracy
January 21, 2015
Anti-poverty Leaders Respond to Rep. Paul Ryan
Tianna Gaines-Turner (Witnesses to Hunger member), Mariana Chilton (Director, Center for Hunger-Free Communities), Anne Ford, Tom Colicchio, Lafon Brelland Jr., Melissa Boteach, Peter Edelman, and Deepak Bhargava
Talk Poverty
July 25, 2014
Three Steps We Can Take to Solve Poverty, From Someone Who Knows Firsthand
Tiana Gaines-Turner (Witnesses to Hunger member)
Moyers on Democracy
July 11, 2014
My Poverty, My Trauma
Sherita Mouzon (Witnesses to Hunger member)
Talk Poverty
May 19, 2014
How Do We Solve Poverty? Honor Thy Mother
Mariana Chilton (Director, Center for Hunger-Free Communities)
MSNBC
May 11, 2013
Ending Childhood Hunger in America
Mariana Chilton (Director, Center for Hunger-Free Communities) and Jenny Rabinowich
Human Rights (volume 37, number 1, page 15)
Winter 2010
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