Tag: food insecurity
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Newsletter article CAG February 8, 2024
SB 562 – SNAP and a Starving Job Market in WV
SB 562 would make optional work and job training mandatory in order to receive food. WV already tested this model in a 2016 Pilot. The model not only FAILED to increase employment, but it increased hunger across the state! More
Issues: food insecurity, Inequality, Kids and families, SNAP
SB 562 – SNAP and a Starving Job Market in WV
SB 562 would make optional work and job training mandatory in order to receive food. WV already tested this model in a 2016 Pilot. The model not only FAILED to increase employment, but it increased hunger across the state! More
Issues: food insecurity, Inequality, Kids and families, SNAP
Action Alert November 14, 2023
Manna Meal Needs Your Support
Manna Meal is ready to serve. They offer sanctuary as well as nourishment, tucked in the side of St. John's Episcopal Church. Generations of church leadership have supported this beacon of mercy in the City of Charleston. This past week, their on-site program was shut down. We call on elected representatives to work together to create solutions that safeguard ALL and allow services to continue at the Quarrier Street location. Join us by taking action here. More
Issues: food insecurity, Inequality, Poverty
Manna Meal Needs Your Support
Manna Meal is ready to serve. They offer sanctuary as well as nourishment, tucked in the side of St. John's Episcopal Church. Generations of church leadership have supported this beacon of mercy in the City of Charleston. This past week, their on-site program was shut down. We call on elected representatives to work together to create solutions that safeguard ALL and allow services to continue at the Quarrier Street location. Join us by taking action here. More
Issues: food insecurity, Inequality, Poverty
Action Alert Eve Marcum-Atkinson May 15, 2021
Tax Day Pie Delivery to Senators Manchin and Capito
WHAT: Rally and pie delivery to bake the Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit into the budget. Rally at Senator Manchin’s office in Charleston. WHO: Community Change Action, West Virginia Citizen Action, Our Future WV, and Rise Up WV WHERE: Senator Manchin Charleston WV office WHEN: Tax Day, May 17, 2021 at 11:00 AM ET More
Issues: food insecurity, Poverty
Tax Day Pie Delivery to Senators Manchin and Capito
WHAT: Rally and pie delivery to bake the Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit into the budget. Rally at Senator Manchin’s office in Charleston. WHO: Community Change Action, West Virginia Citizen Action, Our Future WV, and Rise Up WV WHERE: Senator Manchin Charleston WV office WHEN: Tax Day, May 17, 2021 at 11:00 AM ET More
Issues: food insecurity, Poverty
Action Alert Eve Marcum-Atkinson April 2, 2021
Mutual Aid Monday – April 5th
On Monday, all across WV, fellow West Virginians will be gathering together to lend a hand in their communities. The Mutual Aid WV facebook page is co-managed by volunteers and groups from across the state, each looking to make a difference, knowing that when we work together, we can have a big impact. More
Issues: food insecurity, harm reduction, volunteering, Water
Mutual Aid Monday – April 5th
On Monday, all across WV, fellow West Virginians will be gathering together to lend a hand in their communities. The Mutual Aid WV facebook page is co-managed by volunteers and groups from across the state, each looking to make a difference, knowing that when we work together, we can have a big impact. More
Issues: food insecurity, harm reduction, volunteering, Water