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CHAPTER 4

Local Leaders Working with National
Partners to End Hunger
Chapter Summary
Ending hunger in the United States requires
leadership not only at the federal level but also

MAIN RECOMMENDATIONS IN THIS CHAPTER

at the state and local levels. There are countless

• The president should convene a bipartisan White
House summit on Hunger, and Congress should
reinstate the House and Senate select committees
on hunger and nutrition.

examples of locally led initiatives that are
achieving great success in their communities. At
their core, these initiatives are formed around the
belief that to end hunger at the community level,
a broad range of stakeholders must unite behind

• Local leaders and their national partners should
bring community groups together to work toward
ending hunger.

a common vision and strategy. Community
ownership is critical to achieving sustainable
solutions to hunger. Partnerships at the local level and between local initiatives and state and federal government
build that ownership. Local partners do more than feed people; they feed information to leaders in government and
show them how together they can fight hunger more effectively. A national goal to end hunger would place their
independent local efforts within a wider framework, connecting them with the many other community led antihunger efforts, so that together they develop a shared narrative about the critical need to end hunger in America.

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