Hunger Free America's Annual MLK Serve-A-Thon!

Join is as we once again commemorate Martin Luther King Day with our annual MLK Serve-A-Thon! From January 12th to January 16th, Hunger Free America will be hosting volunteer events, workshops, and panel discussions aimed at honoring Dr. King's legacy of fighting hunger and poverty.

MLK's Legacy Fighting Hunger & Poverty

This panel will highlight the historic role that the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. – and the Poor People’s Campaign that he founded – played in prompting the federal government to enact polices that slashed hunger and reduced poverty domestically. The panel will feature: Jonathan Eig, noted biographer of Muhammad Ali, Lou Gehrig, and Jackie Robinson and author of the upcoming King: A Life; Isaac Newton Farris Jr., nephew of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and a Senior Fellow of the King Center, where her continues to write, research and lecture on the life, philosophy, and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr; and Joel Berg, a long-time social justice activist and author who is CEO of Hunger Free America.

In November we released our annual hunger survey, laying bare the the crisis of hunger and food insecurity in America. Since then, our CEO Joel Berg has been interviewed by reporters throughout the country, from Iowa to Miami, about how the expiration of government benefit programs has caused hunger to soar. You can watch, read, and listen to all of our coverage.

• Do you run a food pantry or other feeding program? Make sure you're in our online database! Contact our Data Director, Angelica, at [email protected] for more information.
• Are you interested in building your network of volunteers for your organization? Become a Strategic Volunteer Initiatives partner! Our Strategic Volunteerism team works with nonprofit partners to help them recruit skilled volunteers through our online volunteer hub.