Food!

August 8, 2021

Estamos emocionadas en lanzar El Programa de Defensa Contra el Hambre de MomsRising/MamásconPoder en Carolina del Norte. Este es un programa de seis meses diseñado para fortalecer a una creciente red de defensores que han experimentado hambre y que pertenecen a las comunidades inmigrantes. Estos...

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Jessica Burroughs

Family Economic Security Food! Immigration Paid Family Leave Politics & Policy

August 5, 2021

While August is usually a quiet time on the legislative front, the pandemic has made this year anything but usual. In fact, August is busier than ever on the legislative front! So we need your help making sure our leaders prioritize building a care infrastructure. Here are #5Actions that need your attention.

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Sue Anne Reed

Food! Health Care

May 26, 2021

Where there’s a will, there’s a way. And if by chance there isn’t a way, there’s Beatrice Evans.

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Stephanie Vaughn

Food Security for Immigrant Families During COVID-19 Tweetchat

Food! Immigration

March 31, 2021

On Friday, March 12th, we had an exciting bilingual #FoodFri Tweetchat about Food Security for Immigrant Families During COVID-19. Immigrants are an essential part of our country and workforce. We focused our discussion on what food assistance programs are available to immigrant and mixed-status...

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Hanna Addis

Food! Health Care MomsRising Social & Emotional Development

March 29, 2021

Being in the midst of a pandemic, I like to reflect back on my time as a young student on the campus of North Carolina State University. Only a few years ago, I was one of the 36,000+ students that would cross the bricks of the Brickyard, venture into the libraries on main & centennial campus,...

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Kia Downer

Taking Charge of Your Health: Health Info You Can Use

Food! Health Care

March 15, 2021

I love the saying, “good things come in small packages.” It’s true of so many things but especially Little Free Libraries. Little Free Libraries are popping up all over the place: in neighborhoods, at roadside farm stands, along busy greenways, and many other places. The concept is simple: You can...

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Katie Herndon

Food!

February 23, 2021

In his new exhibit, North Carolina photographer Tom Simon captures both the faces of hunger and the communal efforts to alleviate hunger that touch multiple geographies, cultures and systems throughout the state. The 35-photo exhibit, Lifeline: Hunger Relief During the Pandemic, was recently on...

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Jessica Burroughs

Family Economic Security Food!

February 23, 2021

[February is Black History Month. For the month of February, RESULTS is sharing a series of spotlights of some of our staff and volunteers in the Black community. This post features Jamaica Brickhouse, a RESULTS advocate in Wilmington, Delaware.] I am not a stranger to adversity. I grew up as the...

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Deborah Lash

Food!

December 7, 2020

Many North Carolina families are struggling to put healthy food on the table. The way our food system is set up, the healthy choice is not always the easy or affordable choice. The economic impacts of the pandemic have made it even harder for many families to afford healthy food. While MomsRising...

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Jessica Burroughs

Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security Food! Politics & Policy

October 19, 2020

In Michigan schools, children are eating fresh peaches for the first time after only tasting canned. The kids take a juicy bite, and their faces light up. Even apples—the iconic school fruit—are causing a sensation as children learn in school meals that different varieties can be sweet, tart, and in between. And Brussels sprouts? Yes, please. Roasted. It’s all thanks to an innovative Michigan program that is cultivating healthy eating habits among children by introducing them to the wide variety of fruits and vegetables so necessary for good nutrition, and doing it in schools—the places where kids get up to two and even three meals a day.

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Stephanie Vaughn