Episode 125: I’m Not an Expert in Poverty
About the Podcast
In this 7-minute “Candid Clancy”, Clancy opens up about an experience she thought would ruin her national conference speaking career. Listen in. You won’t want to miss what she reveals!
About Clancy Harrison
As a registered dietitian, TEDx speaker, international speaker, and author, Clancy Harrison challenges the way food insecurity is approached in the US. Her mission to demolish the stigma around healthy food access places her on the cutting edge of advocacy.
Clancy is the founder of the Food Dignity® Project, a strategic program for leaders who want to shift how they approach nutrition outreach by making healthy food access a priority. She transforms the lives of thousands of people through her work with corporations, non-profit organizations, and universities.
Currently, Clancy is an advisory board member for the Pennsylvania American Academy of Pediatrics Food Insecurity EPIC program, Ambassador of the National Dairy Council, and the President of the Al Beech West Side Food Pantry. Since the onset of COVID-19 Clancy has distributed nearly 1 million meals in her community to improve access to healthy food through effective collaborations.
Discussion Takeaways
- Clancy used to work at a food pantry. She doesn’t claim to have lived through poverty, but she’ll be the first to tell you her previous misconceptions, wrong judgements, and the incredible stories of those living in that place.
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- Clancy doesn’t claim to know it all. Her belief is: If she can constantly be learning, growing – and messing up, often – she can share her lessons-learned to help us all.
Each week on the Food Dignity® Podcast, the Food Dignity® Movement's Clancy Harrison hosts a wide variety of hunger experts and other people making changes on the frontlines. Join us as we dive deep into conversations that will change the way you think about food insecurity.
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