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CONTEXT:
In Washington, DC, nearly 1 in 5 residents lives in poverty -- one of the highest poverty rates in the country. DC also has a higher level of income inequality than any state in the country, with that inequality largely falling along racial lines.
TAKE ACTION:
Support efforts that take a holistic approach to addressing hunger,from directly providing people with food to creating living wage food jobs that offer a pathway out of poverty. Achieving food justice will require a variety of solutions.
CONTEXT:
Before the pandemic, more than 400,000 individuals in the Washington, DC region were already experiencing food insecurity. The Capital Area Food Bank's "Hunger Report 2020" predicted a 48 to 60 percent increase in the number of local people struggling to eat.
TAKE ACTION:
There are many food justice organizations and mutual aid groups working to address the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Washington, DC region. Look them up, get involved, and support their work. |