Add Passion And Stir

To change systems that perpetuate poverty and hunger, where do we start? Erin McAleer, President andCEO of Project Bread in Boston, discusses eradicating hunger with Bob Luz, president and CEO of theMassachusetts Restaurant Association (MRA) on this episode of Add Passion and Stir. McAleerdescribes a multi-level approach that uses on-the- ground learning to drive a wider systems-level change.“We’re in community health centers, we’re in schools, we’ve got this hotline, but we take that informationthat we’re seeing on the ground and pivot quickly to larger scale systems change,” she says. She cites asuccessful program they piloted where children enrolled in SNAP (food stamps) would automatically beenrolled in school breakfast programs. Luz sees a similar effect on systems in his industry. One out ofevery 10 jobs in America is related to the restaurant industry and almost 50% of the businesses areminority owned and 40% are women owned. Many workers come from disadvantaged backgrounds, andwhen they succeed, they