Colleen Moriarty, Executive Director of Hunger Solutions MN, joins Access to Democracy host Steve Francisco for an informative discussion about hunger and food insecurity in Minnesota. Inspired by her father and grandfather to a lifelong commitment to activism fighting poverty, Colleen has led Hunger Solutions MN since 2004 and has become a trusted leader and advocate for effective public policies to fight hunger in our community. She talks about why the Minnesota Legislature should pass Governor Tim Walz’s proposal for universal free school lunches and why some in Congress are wrong to call for cuts to nutrition programs such as SNAP (formerly Food Stamps) and WIC (Women, Infants & Children). Colleen also talks about the severe impacts of the pandemic and inflation on low-income working families.
