Familias en Acción, through our Abuela, Mamá y Yo Community Council visited the Capitol last Thursday April 11. We participated in the Oregon Hunger Response Day, because we consider this a priority for the Latino Community and we need to learn more, to be informed and be capable of sharing this in our communities. We all know that Latino families struggle to access healthy nutritious food, sometimes because of lack of transportation and or food deserts, sometimes because of fear that we might be targeted if we apply for food assistance services, etc.
The goal of our Community Council is to learn more about health and food policy and become advocates for our families’ health.
Familias en Acción supporting the work of The Oregon Food Bank to end hunger by: ensuring access to affordable housing, securing funding for food banks, increasing SNAP match dollars at farmers markets and rural grocery stores across the state, raising the age for WIC to 6 and many others.
During a full day training our AMY Community Council attended workshops on Advocacy, learned about Double-up bucks, access to SNAP, Oregon Hunger Response Fund and more. After a full morning of trainings, we all walked to the Capitol and we were able express our voice, needs and share why it’s important to end hunger in the Latino community to legislators.
