Carolina Public Press is working with the Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC, MomsRising and other community partners to hold a forum on hunger at Rockingham Community College.
The Newsmakers Forum will feature five panelists working in the community around the issue of hunger. We’ll discuss solutions already being used to address the problem in the community, as well as current challenges and how they may be addressed. We’ll also take a look at what the staff at Carolina Public Press uncovered in their year-long series, Faces of Hunger.
Forum: 1:00pm to 2:30pm
Breakout Session on Child Hunger: 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Breakout Session on Senior Hunger: 4:30pm to 5:30pm
This event is free and open to the public.
Panelists include:
Tamara Cox Baker, Project and Communications Director, No Kid Hungry
Jessica Burroughs, Hunger and Food Insecurity Campaign Director, MomsRising
Catina Chestnut, Principal, Moss Street Partnership School
Amber Joyce, community member
Nikki McCormick, Vice President of Partnerships and Impact, Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC
Marty Roberts, Director, Rockingham United
Breakout Session Leaders:
Child Hunger:
Jessica Burroughs, Hunger and Food Insecurity Campaign Director, MomsRising
First Lady Kristin Cooper
Senior Hunger:
Marty Roberts, Director, Rockingham United, LOT 2540