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Vote To End Hunger
Agenda
• Share information about Vote to End Hunger• Identify ways you can get involved• Discuss strategies and tactics to influence the
presidential candidates
How to Participate in this Webinar
• Use the Chat Window
• Email: [email protected]
• Tweet at: @votetoendhunger
Minerva Delgado Director of Coalitions & Advocacy
Alliance to End Hunger
Why Vote to End Hunger?
Hunger is realHunger is a significant issue at home and abroad.
• Global• 795 million under-nourished (1 in 9)• 100 million children (1 in 6)
• United States• 48.1 million food-insecure (1 in 7)• 15.3 million children (1 in 5)
Visit us at www.votetoendhunger.org
Why Vote to End Hunger?
Hunger is solvableWe can end avoidable hunger by 2030.
• The world produces enough food to feed our population of 7.3 billion people.
• 1.3 billion pounds of food is lost or wasted before it can be consumed every year.
Visit us at www.votetoendhunger.org
Why Vote to End Hunger?
Hunger is politicalPolitics is how we prioritize issues and assign resources.
“I believe we can end hunger in America, if only we had the collective political will."
-Rep Jim McGovern (MA)11/19/15
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Brett WeiselDirector of Advocacy
Feeding America
What is Vote to End Hunger?
GoalUse the 2016 election process to make hunger, poverty and opportunity a higher political priority, so that the next President and Congress take action that will put our nation and the world on track to end hunger by 2030.
VisionEnd hunger in the United States and around the world by 2030.
Visit us at www.votetoendhunger.org
Steering Committee
Guiding Principles1. Ending hunger in the United States and worldwide by 2030 is possible;
2. Ending hunger requires strong commitment and leadership from the U.S. government;
3. Ending hunger means fulfilling the right to food by ensuring all people at all times are able to access enough food for an active, healthy life;
4. Ending hunger is the shared responsibility of individuals, communities, the private sector, non-profits, faith-based organizations, and government;
5. Ending hunger is not a partisan issue;
6. Ending hunger requires both a strong safety net and policies that expand opportunity and reduce poverty;
7. The 2016 election provides an exceptional opportunity to make ending hunger, poverty and opportunity a higher political priority;
8. Therefore, we plan to work together to engage voters and candidates around the goal of ending hunger by 2030.
What can you do to get involved?
Getting Involved in Vote to End Hunger• Sign up as an individual
• Sign up as an organization
• Ask “The Question”
• Birddog the candidates
• Amplify our voice through social media
• Attend an on-the-ground training
Ask “The Question”!
If elected, what will you do to end hunger, alleviate poverty, and create opportunity in the US and worldwide?
Meredith Dodson RESULTS
On Capitol Hill with her daughter Iris
Getting to the Candidates!
• Candidate forums • Debates • Town halls • Public appearances (fairs and local events)• Social media
• Research the candidates. Find out what your elected official or candidate has said about ending hunger and poverty
• Websites, newspapers, Votetoendhunger.org
• Recruit others to go with you. Better chance of getting to ask a question if there are more of you to choose from.
• Prepare what you will ask ahead of time. Make sure you are comfortable asking “The Question”
• Dress conspicuously. Wear a “Vote to End Hunger” t-shirt or conspicuous clothing (bright colors) but avoid shirts with provocative writing.
First Step: Prepare
Candidate Events: Maximizing Your Impact• Get there early to scope it out: Sit in the front. If they are taken written questions,
many places go in order of when questions were written
• Bring your friends: There is strength in numbers
• Sit strategically: Go to the front and near microphones
• Be “first, fast, high” and ask the question! Raise your hand immediately when it is time to ask questions, and keep it up there
• Hold on to the microphone. If you can, keep the microphone in your hand and don’t give it up until the candidate answers (may need ask a follow-up question).
• Follow on social media: Many events and forums take questions via social media
• Work the “rope line.” Introduce yourself and ask your question or follow up on one you already asked.
• Handshaking Trick: Use both hands and don’t let go until you’ve said your piece.
• Talk to staff: Swap contact information and any additional material you brought with you.
Reinforce the message by asking staff the questionBring local data and stories
• Work the media: Find the media to share your story and/or facts to shape the coverage of the issue
• Reinforce your message via social media: Post a photo of you with the candidate on Facebook and Twitter, reinforcing the question.
Make the Most of the Event After
Next Steps
• Sign up at www.votetoendhunger.org and follow us @votetoendhunger
• Find out where the candidates will be and ask “The Question”!
• Join our on-the-ground trainings…interested in hosting? E-mail [email protected]