PARTNERS FOR A HUNGER FREE OREGON
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Mission Statement
Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon envisions an Oregon where everyone is healthy and thriving, with access to affordable, nourishing, and culturally appropriate food. To bring that vision into reality, we work alongside those most impacted by hunger and poverty to advocate for systemic changes and better access to food. We believe that everyone has a right to be free from hunger.
About This Cause
OUR HISTORY The Oregon State Legislature created the Oregon Hunger Task Force in 1989 in response to a statewide crisis. At that time, Oregon’s rates of hunger were among the highest nation-wide, and the legislature declared upon founding the Task Force that “all persons have the right to be free from hunger.” Over the decades this diverse group of advocates, social service providers, state agencies and elected officials consistently pushed for policies, programs, research and investments to address the root causes of hunger. In 2006, the members of the Oregon Hunger Task Force founded a private nonprofit organization, Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon, whose staff provide the capacity to help advocate for and implement the Task Force’s policy recommendations. Since then, this unique public task force and private nonprofit have focused on addressing the root causes of hunger, while increasing access to food through policy change. OUR VALUES Lived experiences: We listen closely to and raise up the voices and stories of people who directly experience hunger and poverty. Building Power: Communities are resilient and know what they need to thrive. We are committed to collectively organizing, advocating, and working in solidarity inside our communities to make the changes we need. Challenging Power: We build collective grassroots power to challenge and disrupt the existing power structures of white supremacy and oppression. Accountability: We recognize and are responsible for our power and position. We will listen to feedback and criticism. Social, racial, and economic justice: We are focused on achieving justice for all by dismantling historic and current systems of inequity and oppression that lead to hunger and poverty.