Annual Conferences

Coming Soon-September 2023

Hunger Summit

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

Learn more about Bread for the World Institute's race equity work and sign up to receive their updates and new resources.

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
File Size:	151 kb
File Type:	pdf

Download File

Gamechangers and Challenges Summaries
File Size:	238 kb
File Type:	pdf

Download File

Featured Video

Vannesa's Story

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 .

Photos by John Peteraf

Graphic Recording by Chrissie Bonner, Illustrating Progress

Conference Presentations & Materials

MontCo Pantry Capacity Survey Presentation
File Size:	5851 kb
File Type:	pptx

Download File

Pantry Client Survey Presentation
File Size:	26754 kb
File Type:	pptx

Download File

Hunger Advocacy Presentation
File Size:	18681 kb
File Type:	pptx

Download File

MAHN Strategic Plan Presentation
File Size:	1208 kb
File Type:	pptx

Download File

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