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Showing posts with label health and poverty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label health and poverty. Show all posts
Thursday, June 18, 2020

Broad Coalition Urges Senate Leaders to Boost SNAP During Crisis

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Nearly 2,500 organizations from across the country signed on to a  letter  urging the Senate to boost SNAP benefits in the next coronavir...
Friday, June 12, 2020

Study Tracks Food Insecurity in New Mexico, U.S. During Health Crisis

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The COVID-19 emergency has resulted in a dramatic increase in food insecurity in every one of our 50 states, although the extent of the in...
Saturday, March 28, 2020

Responding to Food Challenges in New Mexico During a Health Crisis

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Chart: House Speaker Brian Egolf's Office The outbreak of the COVID-19 virus has created many challenges around the country. In an a...
Friday, March 13, 2020

Interfaith Hunger Coalition Postpones March Meeting

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Kurt Rager Because of health concerns related to the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus, the steering committee of the Interfaith Hunge...
Friday, October 05, 2018

A Campaign to Bring Health Care to All New Mexicans

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The local organizers of  the Health Security for New Mexicans Campaign are recruiting congregations and people of faith to join the effor...
Thursday, April 05, 2018

A Webinar on Starting a Summer Meals Program at Your Hospital

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Join experts from No Kid Hungry Center for Best Practices , Medical University of South Carolina , and Presbyterian Healthcare Services ...
Saturday, December 30, 2017

Masquerade for Medicine Supports AOC, East Central Ministries Clinics

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The University of New Mexico's Physician Assistant Class of 2019 invites the public to a charity gala on Saturday, January 20, 2018, ...
Friday, November 03, 2017

A Vigil for Social Justice at the St. Paul Lutheran Church Labyrinth

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On May 21, we began with a 3-day fast, joining millions of people around the world who were praying for an end to famine, praying in ...
Wednesday, June 28, 2017

A Close-Up Look at Poverty, Education, Gender Equity in Liberia

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"National and international campaigns have played their part in influencing this culture change. Several parents [in Liberia] quoted...
Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Catholic Archdiocese Supports Santa Fe's Proposal to Tax Sugary Drinks to Fund Early Childhood Programs

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Wikimedia Commons The Santa Fe City Council recently voted to put a sweetened beverage tax of 2 cents per ounce to a vote by city of Sa...
Saturday, March 18, 2017

Santa Fe Proposes to Tax Sweetened Beverages to Fund Early Childhood Education

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Photo: Wikimedia Commons The next time you buy a bottle or a six-pack of Coke or a Pepsi at a grocery store in Santa Fe, you might be he...
Friday, March 17, 2017

Trump Budget Removes the Wheels from Meals on Wheels

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The need is growing rapidly, and federal funding has not kept pace. The network is already serving 23 million fewer meals now than in 2005,...
Tuesday, March 07, 2017

Initiative on Local Produce for Schools Falls Short in Legislature

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The following is an update from Pam Roy, director of the New Mexico Food and Agriculture Policy Council HB208, NM Grown Fresh Fruits an ...
Monday, November 21, 2016

'Poverty and Food Insecurity: Bad for Children in New Mexico'

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Photo: UNM Advocacy in Pediatrics The New Mexico Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics , in partnership with Envision New Mexico and the...
Friday, April 01, 2016

Groups Launch Campaign to Promote New Mexico-Grown Fresh Produce for School Meals

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By Pam Roy The New Mexico Food and Agriculture Policy Council , Farm to Table and partners hosted a "New Mexico Grown Fresh Fruit...
Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Greg Henneman Coming to Albuquerque for Workshop on Urban Ministry

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Rev. Donna McNiel & Rev. Greg Henneman An old friend is coming back to New Mexico in April as a featured presenter for a spring work...