Advocacy

Do you want to be the voice of those who are not often heard? Educate yourself first and then write/call/email your legislators about your concerns. You can visit the following websites for information, bills and statistics that can help you raise awareness about the reality of food shortages of 37 million people in the United States who suffer from hunger and are nutritionally-challenged because of the cost of food.

• Feeding America (formerly America's Second Harvest) www.feedingamerica.org
• FRAC (Food Research and Action Center) www.frac.org
• MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger www.mazon.org
• Food Bank Council of Michigan www.fbcmich.org

We need your voice on behalf of those who aren't heard!

Even though President Obama has signed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act into law, our work in the anti hunger movement is not over. We need to ensure that Congress restores the SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) cuts that assist so many vulnerable families in our country.

Please write to your senators and congress people that this safety net is crucial to the health and well-being of 41 million Americans.

To contact ...

The Governor of Michigan (Gov. Rick Snyder)
State Capitol, P.O. Box 30014, Lansing, MI 48909
(517) 335-7858 (Constituent Services)
Online www.michigan.gov/gov

Michigan State Senators
State Capitol, P.O. Box 30014, Lansing, MI 48909
(517) 373-2400 (Secretary of State's Office)
Online www.senate.michigan.gov/ (senator's name)(Sen. Debbie Stabenow)

Michigan State Representatives
State Capitol, P.O. Box 30014, Lansing, MI 48909

(517) 373-0135 (House Clerk's Office)
Online www.house.mi.gov/ (rep's name)

United States Senators
and Representatives from Michigan

Senator Carl Levin
269 Russell Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, D.C. 20510
senator@levin.senate.gov

Senator Debbie Stabenow
133 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
senator@stabenow.senate.gov

Congressman Gary Peters
Rep.Peters@mail.house.gov

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