Nourish Newsletter | I’ve Been Thinking About Juneteenth, Food with Care (SB 1481) Passes Assembly Human Services! & Much More

Published on Jun 24, 2022

I’ve Been Thinking About Juneteenth

"So this year, I’m going to call on our decision makers across our state of California, states across the nation, and in the federal government, to do the same… Work to substantively dismantle structural racism."

Listen to the full audio message on our website. 

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Food with Care (SB 1481) Heads to Assembly Education, Show Your Support Today!

After passing Assembly Human Services on an unanimous, 7-0 vote, SB 1481 (Becker) is headed to its next hearing in the Assembly Education Committee.

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Food with Care (SB 1481) Passes Assembly Human Services!

Thanks to your advocacy, we are one step closer to free meals for all kids in preschool and child care.

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Actions

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The bipartisan Wise Investment in our Children (WIC) Act (S.853 / H.R.2011) takes important steps to help close gaps in access to the WIC program.

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Tweets of the Week

  • We're excited to partner with @childrenatrisk, @TxFLC & @KidsPartnership in this year’s National Immigration Summit taking place today! Our Senior Advocate, Betzabel Estudillo, will be discussing the impact of food insecurity in CA and the importance of the #Food4All campaign. Engage

  • NEW! Check out the infographic about our research brief on Food Insecurity Among Undocumented Immigrants in CA with @UCLAchpr & @CALimmigrant. #Food4All means all have access to the food they need - today, 45% of undocumented immigrants don't. Read more: https://nourishca.org/food4all-briefs/. Engage

  • @SenJoshBecker: Big TYs to Laura Diaz of Diaz Family Child Care, Kameron Mims Jones of @Nourish_CA for testifying about kids who are in care all day & into the dinner hour as parents work & care givers who buy food with their own $ so kids don’t go hungry. @CACFPRoundtable #SB1481 #FoodWithCare. Engage

Instagram Post of the Week

  • We are excited to share our final #Food4All Mini-grant Partner ➡️ Visión y Compromiso (VyC)! 🌞 Engage

 

Nourish in the News

California’s plan to provide food assistance to undocumented residents leaves some out, CalMatters.

Past Newsletters

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Nourish Newsletter | Food4All Materials, CalFresh Newborn Brief & Much More

September 1, 2022 • Michelle Lee
*New* Food4All Community Document A new community document that provides information about a recent policy change that would expand access to CalFresh for undocumented immigrants 55 and older is available in English and Spanish. Read more [...]
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Nourish Newsletter | Food With Care Assembly Appropriations, Food4All Town Hall Materials, State Eases Burden on CalFresh Households with Newborns, Join our Team & Much More

August 5, 2022 • Michelle Lee
Food with Care (SB 1481) Needs Your Support to Pass Assembly Appropriations
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Nourish Newsletter | Food4All Town Hall, Food With Care Needs Your Help, White House Priorities, Join our Team & Much More

July 22, 2022 • Michelle Lee
Food with Care (SB 1481) Needs Your Support to Pass Assembly Appropriations Now that SB 1481 (Becker): Food with Care has passed its two policy committees in the Assembly, the bill is up for discussion in the Assembly [...]
Blog•Fresh

Nourish Newsletter | #Food4All Win, Food with Care Passes Assembly Education, Community Priorities Listening Session, Join our Team & Much More

July 1, 2022 • Michelle Lee
Join us for a conversation on the Community Priorities to End Hunger and Inequities Please join Nourish California and the California Association of Food Banks on July 11 at 1:00pm for a conversation about community priorities [...]
Blog•Fresh

Nourish Newsletter | I’ve Been Thinking About Juneteenth, Food with Care (SB 1481) Passes Assembly Human Services! & Much More

June 24, 2022 • Michelle Lee
I’ve Been Thinking About Juneteenth “So this year, I’m going to call on our decision makers across our state of California, states across the nation, and in the federal government, to do the same… Work to [...]
Blog•Fresh

Nourish Newsletter | Infant Formula Shortage, SB 1481 Assembly Hearings, #Food4All Press Conference & Much More

June 9, 2022 • Michelle Lee
Efforts Continue to Navigate the Formula Shortage – More Needs to Be Done There has been a severe shortage of infant milk formula in California and the entire United States since February 2022. Families are struggling [...]
Blog•Fresh

Nourish Newsletter | Welcome Myisha, In solidarity with Buffalo, Food with Care Passes Unanimously & Much More

May 27, 2022 • George Manalo-LeClair
In Grief & Action Days ago, 21 precious lives were ended at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas during yet another mass shooting.  Read more   In Solidarity with Buffalo, NY Earlier this month, ten people [...]
Blog•Fresh

Nourish Newsletter: “Don’t Keep us in Suspense”, New Brief on Food Insecurity, & Much More

May 4, 2022 • George Manalo-LeClair
New Brief: Food Insecurity & Poverty Among California’s Undocumented Immigrants On Friday, April 29, 2022, Nourish California and the California Immigrant Policy Center released a brief that pairs a novel analysis of quantitative data with community [...]
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Nourish Newsletter | CalFresh Forum Recap Resources, Meet our Mini-grant Partners, & Much More

March 22, 2022 • George Manalo-LeClair
CalFresh Forum Recap Resources Thanks to all who participated in the 2022 CalFresh Forum. If you missed any of the workshops, speakers, or the Freshy Awards, you can watch videos from the event. Speaker presentations and other materials [...]
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Nourish Newsletter | Extend the WIC Bump, Register for the CalFresh Forum, Join our Team, Food4All Grants, & More

February 10, 2022 • George Manalo-LeClair
Registration for the March 9th 2022 CalFresh Forum is now open! Nourish California in collaboration with the California Department of Social Services CalFresh Branch extends a warm invitation to the 2022 CalFresh Forum. This year our [...]