MEDIA COVERAGE
- May 15, 2024: MA Daily Collegian, A Battle Against Campus Food Insecurity
- October 3, 2023: WWLP-22News, STCC Joins Food Bank of Western Massachusetts as member agency
- September 26, 2023: Commonwealth Magazine, Campus food pantry a response to grim reality
- September 18, 2023: WBUR, Interview with Emma Michalowski, Director of Student Wellness and Support, Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology
- August 19, 2023: Worcester Telegram & Gazette, Massachusetts college students can find help locating food resources
- December 25, 2022: Boston Globe, Dinner or tuition? Food insecurity deepens on college campuses
- December 1, 2022: GHB, Mass. can do more to help college students facing food insecurity, advocates say
- June 8, 2022: Yahoo News, Editorial: Lawmakers must act fast on hunger bills
- June 4, 2022: Salem News, Advocates Seek to ease hunger among college students
- June 2, 2022: Spectrum News, Senator Chandler, state legislative leaders join to help end college student hunger
- June 1, 2022: Worcester Telegram, Bill addressing college student hunger would impact Worcester students, State Sen. Harriette Chandler says
- June 1, 2022: State House News/22News WWLP, Hunger-Free Campus Initiative Sill in Development
- May 26, 2022: HFCC member Gina Plata-Nino on The Horse Race Podcast
- December 16, 2021: Student Dispatch – Massachusetts legislators, advocates, students confront college food insecurity epidemic with House and Senate bills
- November 9, 2021: Commonwealth Magazine – College market to accept SNAP benefits
- November 2, 2021: The Beacon – MCLA Food Pantry Tackles Food Insecurity with Fruits and Veggies
- October 8, 2021: MassLive – Bill aims to make Massachusetts college campuses ‘hunger-free’
- October 7, 2021: Gloucester Daily Times – Gloucester woman testifying for hunger-free campus initiative
- September 25, 2021: Hunger-Free Campus Coalition Facebook Live Event
- September 19, 2021: MetroWest Daily News – F. Javier Cevallos: New legislation aims to address food insecurity on college campuses
- June 20, 2021: Community College Daily – Expanding outreach for expanded SNAP
- March 5, 2021: Inside Higher Ed – Hunger-Free Campus Bills Have New Urgency
- February 25, 2021: GBH News – Food Or Textbooks: New Bill Aims To Stop Food Insecurity On College Campuses
- February 21, 2021: Telegram & Gazette – College Town: New bill takes aim at food insecurity at public campuses
Press Releases
- October 7, 2021: Massachusetts Legislature Holds Hearing on College Hunger
- February 18, 2021: Legislation Filed By Hunger-Free Campus Coalition
Updates
- September 23, 2021: WCVB – More than half of Bunker Hill Community College students struggle with food insecurity, school says
- September 2, 2021: The Counter – College students who experience food insecurity graduate at half the rate of their peers
- June 21, 2021: Community College Daily – American Families Plan calls for free community college
- May 11, 2021: NPR – Warren, Sanders Call For Expanding Food Aid To College Students
- February 10, 2021: PEOPLE – Jill Biden Reiterates Support for Free Community College: ‘We Have to Get This Done’
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