Jeremy Everett is the founder and executive director of the Texas Hunger Initiative (THI), a capacity-building, anti-hunger project within Baylor University. THI partners with the United States Department of Agriculture, Texas state agencies, and numerous faith- and community-based organizations to develop and implement strategies to alleviate hunger through research, policy analysis, education, and community organizing. Everett serves on the Baptist World Alliance’s Commission on Social and Economic Justice, the Aspen Institute’s dialogue on U.S. Food Security and Healthcare Costs, and was recently appointed by the U.S. Congress to serve on the National Commission on Hunger. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Samford University and a Master of Divinity from Baylor University. Everett is Baptist. Baylor, Texas.
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Bread for the World is calling on the Biden-Harris administration and Congress to build a better 1,000-Days infrastructure in the United States.
“As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him and established in faith.” These words from Colossians 2:6 remind us of the faith that is active in love for our neighbors.
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The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is designed to respond to changes in need, making it well suited to respond to crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bread for the World and its partners are asking Congress to provide $200 million for global nutrition.
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