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The Emerson National Hunger Fellows Program is a social justice program that trains, inspires, and sustains leaders. We support a diversity of local and national approaches to eliminate hunger, poverty and oppression and nurture an innovative national network of creative and inspiring change agents who share our vision of a just world. The Emerson Program seeks to craft successful and mutually beneficial partnerships between Fellows and Partner Organizations while developing a new generation of hunger and poverty leaders. Ultimately, we hope to create a country free from hunger and poverty where access to nutritious, affordable and culturally appropriate food is recognized as a basic human right.
Emerson Fellows will:
- Actively work to end hunger, poverty, and oppression both during and after the Fellowship
- Gain an understanding of and commitment to their role as social justice leaders
- Contribute their expertise, knowledge and energy to their field and policy projects
- Be a positive force for change in their host communities
- Develop in a supportive environment where curiosity and teamwork are valued
- Have opportunities to collaborate with diverse people, communities, and institutions
- Share resources and ideas with each other and Emerson Program Partners
- Build a Fellow, Alumni and Partner network for now and the future
Emerson Partner Organizations will:
- Represent varied approaches and strategies to ending hunger and poverty
- Be supported as they develop projects that meet the needs of their communities and organizational missions
- Actively work to eliminate oppression and injustice
- Provide opportunities for Fellows to develop their leadership potential
- Link efforts to fight the symptoms of hunger with strategies to impact root causes
- Build partnerships with individuals and communities directly impacted by hunger and poverty
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