Advocacy Awards
We are dedicated to empowering New Yorkers to advocate against hunger and its root causes.
Since 2020, City Harvest has honored agency partners who have demonstrated exceptional dedication in their advocacy efforts through our annual City Harvest Advocacy Awards. This year, we are thrilled to celebrate the 3rd annual Advocacy Awards, and proudly present awards to a record-breaking 60 awardees.
In addition to the day-to-day work of ensuring that our neighbors have the food that they need, these leaders went above and beyond by making their voices heard and advocating for policies and systems that will help New Yorkers in the long-term.
2023 Advocacy Highlights
Policy Platform
Together, we launched the new City Harvest Policy Platform, our north star for advocating against hunger and its root causes across New York City. This new platform marks the culmination of four months engaging over 400 frontline partners with invaluable lived expertise through focus groups, surveys, and comprehensive policy analysis. Thanks to our larger community, we are now better positioned than ever to advocate for a more equitable and sustainable food system.
State and Federal Advocacy
Over two dozen leaders traveled to Albany and Washington, D.C., participating in multiple state and federal advocacy days. There, we engaged with key representatives, delivering compelling testimony about the state of hunger in their communities and thanking them for their leadership in supporting policies that improve New Yorkers’ lives.
Impactful Campaigns
We made our voices heard in dozens of campaigns, including advocating for SNAP benefits that reflect the true cost of living; allowing SNAP participants to purchase hot and prepared meals with their monthly benefits; lifting the 5-year bar on SNAP participation for immigrants; increasing the availability of halal and kosher foods through TEFAP; investing $10 million per year in the Community Food Projects grant program, which supports community-led solutions that advance food justice; advocating for an equitable Farm Bill that works for New York City; and more.
Advocacy Summit
Nearly 50 organizations came together for the inaugural City Harvest Advocacy Summit. This day-long event was an opportunity to deepen our understanding of our collective advocacy efforts, and a chance to help shape the future of our citywide network’s policy advocacy strategy.
2023 Advocacy Award Honorees
| Allen Outreach Ministry Feeding Program Anchor House Bethel Gospel Tabernacle BOOM! Health Broadway Community, Inc. Calvary Food Pantry Cathedral Community Cares Children of the Light International Ministry Community Help in Park Slope (CHiPS) Christian Cultural Center Christian Fellowship SDA Church Church of God Evangel Food Pantry Every Day is a Miracle Gethsemane Baptist Church Goddard Riverside Goke Food Pantry Grace Episcopal Church West Farms Grand Concourse SDA Church Hannah Kosher Foods Help USA Holy Apostles The Hope Center Development Corporation Iris House JCC Rockaway Peninsula The Jewish Institute of Queens La Jornada Met Council Movement Pentecostal Christian Church Mt. Hebron Food for Life Pantry Muslim Women’s Institute for Research and Development | National Council of Jewish Women New York NEBHDCO Neighbors Together New Hope Family Worship Center New York Common Pantry Part of the Solution Project Hospitality Project Lead Project Renewal/City Beet Kitchens RAP4Bronx Salt and Sea Mission The Salvation Army New York Temple Corps Solid Rock Baptist Church St. John’s Bread & Life St. Mark’s Food Pantry St. Stephen Outreach Community Development corporation Shorefront JCC The Bowery Mission The Campaign Against Hunger The Door The Hope Line The Red Door Place The Skyline Charitable Foundation The Urban Outreach Center Vets, Inc. Way Out Church Ministries West Side Campaign Against Hunger Xavier Mission Yeshua Worldwide
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