Take Action for School Meals

MAZON Staff

February 22, 2023

Back

School meals are a critical source of nutrition for many children, sometimes accounting for over half of their daily calories. Yet, many students are cut off from this resource because of cost and stigma barriers.

MAZON is grounded in a central belief: regardless of a person’s circumstance, no one deserves to be hungry. Currently, 1 in 8 children faces food insecurity in America. This is a disgrace. Hungry kids can’t learn and thrive.

Universal School Meals would make free, nutritious food available for all students in our country’s public schools and ensure that no child has to worry about where their next meal will come from during the school day. It is a necessary step toward ending hunger and ensuring all children can succeed.

Three states have made school meals permanently free for all students. There is legislation in several states to do the same. Could your state be next? Sign our Letter of Support for School Meals for All!

Would you like to learn more about Universal School Meals? Read about MAZON’s role in the successful 2022 ballot initiative to pass universal school meals in Colorado.

Ready to engage more deeply, and/or discuss bringing anti-hunger advocacy to your congregation or community? Contact outreach@mazon.org and we’ll get started.

Stay up to date on our news.
Subscribe to our Newsletter.

News & Events

All News

Historic Cuts to SNAP Deepen the War on Women (Ms. Magazine)

The last few months in Washington, D.C., have been consumed with political theatrics around the budget reconciliation process. Republicans in the House and Senate scrambled to pass legislation that will cut $184 billion from SNAP through 2034—by far the largest cut to SNAP in the program’s history—to finance tax cuts for the wealthy big businesses. They also hope to increase funding for pursuit of immigrants. Read more.

House Ag Dems: OBBBA will allow states to end SNAP (The Fence Post)

States will be allowed to opt out of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program if state officials decide they cannot or will not pay the increased cost share under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), Democratic members of the House Agriculture Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee repeatedly pointed out at a hearing today. The three witnesses all agreed. Read more.

Partnering with MAZON: Fighting Hunger and Nourishing the Jewish Soul (TC Jewfolk)

TC Jewfolk is proud to partner with MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger – a national organization inspired by Jewish values – to fight to end hunger among people of all faiths and backgrounds in the United States and Israel.

“We need committed advocates who do the work to move legislation aimed at ending hunger forward, as well as to fight harmful policies that would erode the safety net that enables so many people to put food on the table,” Haviv explained. “That work must happen at every level, and we are committed to a strong effort in statehouses nationwide.” Read more.