{"id":3371,"date":"2016-06-20T23:29:27","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T23:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/2016\/06\/20\/under-the-umbrella-of-hunger-action-day\/"},"modified":"2016-06-20T23:29:27","modified_gmt":"2016-06-20T23:29:27","slug":"under-the-umbrella-of-hunger-action-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cafoodbanks.org\/es\/blog\/under-the-umbrella-of-hunger-action-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Under the Umbrella of Hunger Action Day"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This year\u2019s Hunger Action Day began with a flurry of people emptying out of busses and pouring into the big white tent where the day\u2019s festivities would take place. People perused the variety of Clif Bars for an energy boost after their journey to the Capitol from places like Orange County, Fresno, Santa Cruz, and Santa Rosa. The group from Los Angeles had a bus issue on their overnight trip to Sacramento but still made it in time.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Each year the California Hunger Action Coalition (CHAC), an organization of volunteers united in the belief that access to adequate, nutritious, and safe food is a fundamental human right, puts on Hunger Action Day. The event brings together advocates, soup kitchen volunteers, nutritionists, food bank supporters, and others concerned about the millions of Californians experiencing hunger to educate their legislators about hunger and support anti-hunger legislation.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

On this sunny day of advocacy, students interning with the Western Center on Law and Poverty passed out yellow folders containing information about CHAC\u2019s legislative priorities including:<\/p>\r\n\r\n