A Collaborative Approach: Addressing Food Insecurity and Empowering Adults with Disabilities

• By: Lori Lerner, LMSW, RYT-200 hr. Services for the UnderServed (S:US)
• October 4th, 2024
• advocacy, community, Fall 2024 Issue, food insecurity
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New York City is experiencing unprecedented levels of food insecurity, with hunger impacting over 1.2 million New Yorkers in 2022.1 Visits to New York City food pantries and soup kitchens were up 75% in 2022 compared to pre-pandemic levels.2 Inflation costs soared along with the COVID-19 pandemic,...

S:US’ Community Fridge Project: Cultivating Social Justice and Health Equity in Our Community

• By: Lori Lerner, LMSW, RYT-200 hr. Services for the UnderServed (S:US)
• January 2nd, 2023
• COVID-19, food insecurity, food pantry, health equity, healthy food, homelessness, pandemic, social justice, volunteering, Winter 2023 Issue
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Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, the need for social justice to address racial discrimination, health inequity, food insecurity and homelessness became starkly apparent as time went on and the effects of the pandemic became more visible. These experiences were at the forefront of our minds...