{"id":452,"date":"2016-01-13T17:27:55","date_gmt":"2016-01-13T17:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.jonbonjovisoulfoundation.org\/?p=452"},"modified":"2021-10-26T14:11:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T18:11:00","slug":"nj-soul-of-hunger-a-year-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jbjsf.org\/news\/2016\/01\/13\/nj-soul-of-hunger-a-year-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"NJ Soul of Hunger: A Year in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

In collaboration with NJAHC<\/strong><\/a> partner agencies across the state, participants were recruited and trained to be NJSOH photographers\/advocates.\u00a0 Each participant was given a camera and asked to document through the lenses what hunger meant to them in their everyday lives.\u00a0 Participants in the program ranged in age, race, gender, and lived in different regions of the state.\u00a0 Over the course of the year, NJSOH photographers\/advocates had their images featured in exhibits throughout the state; spoke at press events and a statewide poverty conference; met with federal, state and local elected officials; and testified at a state budget hearing. The NJ Soul of Hunger is a complement to the advocacy work of the NJ Anti-Hunger Coalition, promoting and supporting NJAHC\u2019s anti-hunger policy and programmatic recommendations to address the issue.<\/p>\n

Several of the NJSOH photographers have emerged as outspoken advocates on the issues of hunger and poverty and their voices have had a major impact on how the public and policy makers understand these problems and their potential solutions.\u00a0 NJSOH photographers\/advocates who participated in the project have expressed that it has been a positive, empowering experience for them.\u00a0 Photographers were connected with resources when needed (such as SNAP application assistance) and a few of the photographers were offered additional help specific to their needs as a result of the exhibits.<\/p>\n

The NJ Soul of Hunger project is advocacy in action.\u00a0 For a calendar of events and more information visit our NJ Soul of Hunger<\/a><\/strong> page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Over the past year, the Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation has worked with the New Jersey Anti-Hunger Coalition (NJAHC) on a program called NJ Soul of Hunger (NJSOH). The goal of the program has been to educate the public and policy makers about the broad scope of hunger in New Jersey by using real stories and voices of those experiencing hunger first hand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":628,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[69,8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n