Refugees
An individual forced to flee their home country to escape war, violence, or persecution and has sought safety in another country.
What is a Refugee?
A government-funded program that provides food benefits to low-income families to supplement their grocery budget so they can afford the nutritious food essential to health and well-being.
A geographic area where residents’ access to affordable, healthy food options (especially fresh fruits and vegetables) is restricted or nonexistent due to the absence of grocery stores within convenient traveling distance.
What is a Food Desert?
Any dietary item that is permissible, lawful, and clean according to Islamic law (Sharia).
What is Halal?
A federal budget law that drastically altered the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), cutting roughly $186 billion from the program over a decade. The legislative changes have resulted in over 3.5 million Americans losing food stamp access.
What is H.R. 1: The One Big Beautiful Bill Act?
The systemic, race-based, and economic segregation that denies marginalized communities access to affordable, fresh, and nutritious food.
What is Food Apartheid?
How many refugees has the US resettled since 1980?
3.3 Million
Starting in 1969, this group began offering hot breakfast to children before school, expanding to feed tens of thousands of children and was ultimately responsible for pressuring the government to expand free breakfast programs to public schools across the nation.
What is the Black Panther Party?
In 2015, this metropolitan area was named the most food insecure city in the nation.
What is the Greensboro-High Point area?