Annual Conferences
Coming Soon: Innovating Change Together Hunger Conference - November 2024
September 2023
Hunger Action Summit
Hunger Action Summit
The Hunger Action Summit re-established our annual event that supports sharing, learning and moving to action together to serve more people and each person better through Montgomery County’s Food Safety Net System. The Hunger Action Summit was divided into two sessions with the morning session coming together to talk about strategy, network and convene since the pandemic. In the afternoon, the Hunger Action Summit was devoted to launching Hunger Action Teams on specific county-wide food security challenges that are primed for solutions.
Photos by Lisa Schaffer
January 2020
Innovative & Just Approaches to Tackling Hunger
There are two approaches to addressing hunger: getting food to people who need it and resolving the issues that cause it. MontCo Anti-Hunger Network is developing innovative methods to connect people to food assistance who cannot access brick and mortar food pantry locations. We also acknowledge that racism is a root cause of hunger in many of our communities and the racial inequities that create and sustain hunger are unjust. The goal of this conference is to inspire new thinking and action around these approaches.
Photos by Ed Hine
Conference Presentations & Materials
Program
MAHN Year in Review
Power Point, Video Presentation
Enhancing Food Security in Pennsylvania (Panel Discussion)
Video Presentation
Beyond Pantry Walls: Extending Our Reach with Online Ordering
Power Point, Video Presentation, Featured Video:Food Pantry Without Walls, Tips on Launching Online Ordering
Census 2020: Getting a Complete Count
Power Point, Video Presentation
Keynote Address: End Hunger by Shifting from Charity to Justice Through a Racial Equity Lens
Marlysa Gamblin, Domestic Policy Advisor, Racial and Gender Divides, Bread for the World Institute
Video Presentation
Racial Wealth Gap Power Point
Racial Wealth Gap Learning Simulation Kit
Racial Wealth Gap Facilitator Guide
Racial Wealth Gap Policy Packet
MAHN Year in Review
Power Point, Video Presentation
Enhancing Food Security in Pennsylvania (Panel Discussion)
Video Presentation
Beyond Pantry Walls: Extending Our Reach with Online Ordering
Power Point, Video Presentation, Featured Video:Food Pantry Without Walls, Tips on Launching Online Ordering
Census 2020: Getting a Complete Count
Power Point, Video Presentation
Keynote Address: End Hunger by Shifting from Charity to Justice Through a Racial Equity Lens
Marlysa Gamblin, Domestic Policy Advisor, Racial and Gender Divides, Bread for the World Institute
Video Presentation
Racial Wealth Gap Power Point
Racial Wealth Gap Learning Simulation Kit
Racial Wealth Gap Facilitator Guide
Racial Wealth Gap Policy Packet
May 2018
#BetterTogether
This year we tapped 548 years of combined emergency food experience among conference attendees to share great ideas and brainstorm solutions to problems encountered in the work we do. A review of MAHN’s accomplishments in 2018 and a look at hunger in Montgomery County through the eyes of Commissioners Val Arkoosh and Ken Lawrence rounded out a day of focus on how we have the greatest impact when we pull together.
Photos by John Peteraf
Conference Materials
| Program |
| Gamechangers and Challenges Summaries |
Featured Video
May 2017
Raise Your Voice
MAHN's third Annual Conference put a spotlight on advocacy. The voices and stories of service providers and clients are tools we need to cultivate to protect our programs and the well being of the people we serve. We cannot expect elected official to support us if we don't tell them about what's happening in our communities.
Conference keynote speaker, Jeremy Everett from the Texas Hunger Initiative, shared his own stories of success as a reminder to recognize and celebrate all even our smallest advocacy victories .
Conference keynote speaker, Jeremy Everett from the Texas Hunger Initiative, shared his own stories of success as a reminder to recognize and celebrate all even our smallest advocacy victories .
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Photos by John Peteraf
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Graphic Recording by Chrissie Bonner, Illustrating Progress
Conference Presentations & Materials
| MontCo Pantry Capacity Survey Presentation |
| Pantry Client Survey Presentation |
| Hunger Advocacy Presentation |
| MAHN Strategic Plan Presentation |
May 2016
MontCo Emergency Food Systems Conference
We had more than 80 people attend the conference, a 23 percent increase over the 2015 event. Please enjoy these pictures from the event, and the graphic representations of our discussions by Terry LaBan of Breakthrough Visuals.
Graphic Recording by Terry LaBan, Breakthrough Visuals
January 2015
MontCo Emergency Food Systems Conference
Conference Presentations & Materials
- Agenda
- Takeaways
- North Penn Community Health Foundation, Food Systems Vision and Funding Presentation
- Catholic Social Services, Norristown Client Survey Handout
- Catholic Social Services, Norristown Client Survey Summary Handout
- Manna on Main Street, Transforming Childhood Food Security Presentation
- Advocates Against Hunger, Produce Market Presentation
- MontCo Anti-Hunger Network, Origins and Survey Results Presentation
Photos by John Peteraf
