World Central Kitchen is now Feeding Furloughed Feds in Washington D.C.

MAGA starves them, the non-profits he cuts funding from save them

November is about to be a bad month, simply because millions of people across the U.S. will not receive their food stamp (SNAP) benefits. Families who are already starving and living paycheck to paycheck will now really have no money to put food on the table, thanks to the Republican led government shutdown.

VIA Wikipedia

People and organizations across the nation are now mobilizing in preparation to fight back the looming mass starvation. World Central Kitchen is now feeding federal workers in D.C. who will experience their food assistance lapse on November 1.

The non profit owned by José Andrés normally provides food assistance in disaster zones like Gaza, but now they are setting up a distribution site in D.C.’s Navy Yard neighborhood.

The shutdown has now hit day 28 with absolutely no signs that people in Congress are close to a government funding deal. Thousands of federal workers missed their first full paychecks on Friday. The long lines are food banks offering assistance to federal workers are only getting longer.

The U.S. Department of agriculture warns that more than 42 million people, including children across the nation use SNAP. Places like Capital Area Food Bank are distributing food to federal workers and contractors five times a week.

The problem is that it’s not just federal employees, its families, children, single parents, and people of all walks of life who will not receive their SNAP benefits. Even I was on food stamps when I was a University student, and without them I would’ve continued to starve. Before I received the food stamps I’d just simply miss meals and drink coffee as a substitute.

Ways you can help:

1. Contact the closest pantry/soup kitchen/foodbank

   1. Click HERE to go to Feeding America. Type in your zip code and look for the food distribution areas near you. Contact them and see how you can help.

   2. Some may need volunteers, others may need pantry donations or money.

   3. See which one fits what you can provide and go from there.

2. Know someone on SNAP? Offer them a grocery haul

   1. If you can, taking someone even on a $100 grocery haul can do wonders.

3. Have time and know how to cook? Make some food and distribute it to the community

   1. This one takes a bit of work and dedication but for my food cooking lovers, this one is for you

4. Are you close to your neighbors? Set up a neighborhood pantry!

   1. Neighborhood pantries are super easy to set up, and everyone can pitch in the way they are able to. Those who need the food take it and those who can donate, give.

5. Be vigilant when you grocery shop

   1. If you are in line, watch the people around you. Are they attentively looking at how the prices show up on the monitor? Are they putting down things they had in their cart?

   2. If you see visible signs of anxiety or distress at the register, offer to pay for their groceries (if you can)

With November looming, the effects of this government shutdown are no longer hypothetical, they are here. When food aid is taken away from millions of families, it’s not only a policy failure, it’s a moral one.

Hunger does not care about party affiliations or policy disagreements, it affects kids attempting to learn, parents holding down two jobs, and seniors stretching every dollar simply to get by.

But even when the system is breaking down, the people don’t have to. Communities can step in where the state is falling behind. Every volunteer hour, every bag of groceries, every meal served has the power to change something.

In moments of crisis, compassion is resistance. Together, we can make sure that no one in our communities will have to face hunger alone.