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Food Funders Presentation 4/23/2015
Hunger in San Diego County:
Systemic and Severe
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451,710 San Diegans are food insecure—15% of total
population
163,780 children are food insecure—25% of all children
72% of food assistance recipients plan to receive food on a
regular basis
70% of households seeking food assistance have incomes below
100% of the Federal Poverty Level
The Changing Face of Hunger
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Military Working Families Students
HAN’s Theory of Change
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Increased access to advocacy
resources will increase
stakeholder advocacy.
Legislative advocacy by
local stakeholders will influence choices made by legislators.
Legislators will support anti-
hunger policies.
Incremental state-level policy changes will
reduce food insecurity in San Diego.
“Give me a lever long enough
and I alone can move the world.”
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The highest impact non-profits “use the power of leverage to create change. In physics, leverage is defined as the mechanical advantage gained from using a lever. In business, it means using a proportionately small initial investment to gain a high return.” --Stanford Social Innovation Review
The concept of leverage captures what high-impact nonprofits do, and why HAN works to address hunger through collective advocacy.
Like a person lifting a boulder three times their weight with a lever and fulcrum, HAN is able to achieve greater social change than our mere size would suggest.
HAN’s Mission
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To achieve a long-term, systemic
reduction in food insecurity in San
Diego by shaping state policy.
Statewide Partners
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How HAN Uses Advocacy
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Legislative, administrative, and budget advocacy allows
HAN Partners to affect root causes of widespread
social issues, which can’t be done through direct
service alone.
HAN Partners’ frontline work informs the Network’s
advocacy work, making legislation more responsive
to specific food security needs of San Diegans.
So…What Exactly is Advocacy?
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“Any attempt to influence the decisions of any
institutional elite on behalf of a collective interest.” -Jenkins, J. Craig. “Nonprofit Organizations and Policy Advocacy.” In The Nonprofit Sector: A Research Handbook, edited by Walter W. Powell, p. 297,
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1987.
“When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I
ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.” - Helder Camara, Archbishop of Olinda and Recife, Brazil (1909-1999)
How We Advocate
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Meetings with Elected Officials Legislative Events
How We Advocate
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Awareness Raising Education Opportunities
How We Advocate
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Trainings Letters of Support & Resources
2015 Advocacy Priorities
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Increasing school breakfast participation
Reducing food waste and increasing food donations
Increasing SSI/SSP benefits for seniors and people with disabilities
Addressing military food insecurity
Exploring nutrition guidelines for emergency federal food assistance programs in San Diego
2015 Policy Agenda
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Directed by our priorities
Informed by our local and statewide Partners
Shaped by opportunities
See handout for specifics!
Spotlight: Military Hunger
Several military food
distributions in San Diego
Listening sessions
Policy solutions identified
with local and statewide
Partners
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Because of HAN’s advocacy, Senator Hueso
introduces No Hunger for Heroes Act in 2013!
Spotlight: Military Hunger
Military represents 10% of households seeking food assistance from Feeding America SD
More internal consultations, research & statewide discussions
Local survey
Re-engaged state elected officials
Federal engagement
HAN continues to coordinate state & federal legislative advocacy to address this issue.
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What’s Next?
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Success
&
What’s
Needed
Building on policy successes - Ongoing campaigns
Expanding Network
2015 Evaluation
New strategies to engage diverse partners
Overcome advocacy barriers
Civic engagement
THANK YOU!