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- Tianna Gaines-Turner Presents to Congress at Kerner Report 50th Anniversary Forum
  
  May 15, 2018
  
  Witness Tianna Gaines-Turner testified before the Congressional Black Caucus and the House Task Force on Poverty, Income Inequality, and Opportunity at a forum on the 50th anniversary of the Kerner Commission Report.
  
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- Chef Massimo Bottura’s Message Not Wasted on Drexel Community at Lecture
  
  Apr 11, 2018
  The world-renowned Italian chef shared his passion for eliminating food waste and feeding the hungry through nonprofit.
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- Food Insecurity Screening Works. We Just Need to Fix Social Stigma and the Referral Process
  
  Feb 27, 2018
  Screening for food insecurity is effective, a Drexel study found, but red tape and fears of being declared unfit parents often keep help from coming.
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- Donuts to Go from the EAT Café for Fat Tuesday
  
  Feb 07, 2018
  The EAT Café is offering two traditional Fat Tuesday donuts, fasnachts and calas, as a fundraiser to support its mission.
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- Skip Cooking for Thanksgiving This Year — With Help from the EAT Cafe
  
  Nov 13, 2017
  Philadelphia’s first pay-what-you-can Café is offering delicious take-out side dish and dessert options for Thanksigiving as a fundraiser to support its mission of feeding the hungry.
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- Fry Joins Fellow Dragons on List of Most Influential Philadelphians
  
  Oct 23, 2017
  Drexel President John Fry, Center for Hunger-Free Communities program director Michelle Taylor and Drexel graduate Nicole Cashman all appeared in Philadelphia magazine’s ranking of the 100 most influential people in the city.
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- Mariana Chilton Named to Bipartisan Policy Center's SNAP Taskforce
  
  Sep 15, 2017
  
  Center Director, Mariana Chilton, was named to the Bipartisan Policy Center's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Taskforce. The task force will identify ways to strengthen the SNAP program in preparation for the 2018 Farm Bill.
  
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- Witnesses to Hunger Youth Forum
  
  Aug 19, 2017
  
  Witnesses to Hunger held a Youth Forum and Back-to-School Party, a day-long celebration of youth advocacy and anti-poverty activism in Philadelphia.
  
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- EAT Café Grand Opening
  
  Oct 26, 2016
  
  On October 26, the EAT Café, Philadelphia's first pay-what-you-can restaurant, opened it's doors to the public.
  
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- Welcoming Everyone to the Table: Philadelphia’s First Pay-What-You-Can Restaurant To Open
  
  Oct 20, 2016
  In Philadelphia, Drexel University, the Vetri Community Partnership, Giant Food Stores and other community partners are teaming to open the city’s first pay-what-you-can restaurant.
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