Advocates Update from Northwest Harvest

Advocates UpdateFriday, September 6      IN THIS ISSUE Still Hungry and Hurting in Washington Upcoming Events Leadership in Advocacy - One-day advocacy training from Children's Alliance Three dates, three locations statewide. For more information and to apply:    childrensalliance.org       Free screenings of "A Place at the Table" Sept. 12 and 13,  Food Lifeline RSVP at foodlifeline.org   Dec. 2:  Washington Food Coalition Annual Conference Sept. 18-20, Wenatchee Convention Center wafoodcoalition.org/ conference    Northwest Harvest PO Box 12272 Seattle, Washington 98102 800-722-6924 Your Weekly Action Alert: Still Hungry and Hurting in Washington   Federal Level:   The US Department of Agriculture released the latest numbers on food security in American on Wednesday. The ranks of hungry Washington residents continue to be higher than the national average. Read more     Take Action: Share the new data about hunger in Washington with your elected officials! Congress will reconvene next week and will continue the discussion on renewing the Farm Bill, including the potential for deep cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly "food stamps"). Additionally, our state legislators are still at home in district, spending the time before the next legislative session begins in January, to learn about the issues affecting their constituents. You can use the new data from USDA and the Hungry in Washington report to talk with your Congressional members and state legislators about hunger and why they need to protect important nutrition assistance programs.    You can find your legislative and Congressional representatives by entering your home address here: http://app.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/   Tip for our Partners: You can share this information with a short article in your next agency newsletter. Your donors, volunteers, and supporters can then see how their efforts are still needed to fight hunger.    The mission of Northwest Harvest is to provide nutritious food to hungry people statewide in a manner that respects their dignity, while fighting to eliminate hunger.