Episode 77: People Assume You’re Liberal, If You Fight Hunger.
About the Podcast
In this 9-minute “Candid Clancy” podcast, Clancy asks us why political affiliation is even associated with hunger? We have to eat to survive. We are connected by this basic need.
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
- People often think that Clancy is liberal because she fights hunger. Regardless of who people vote for, they can fight food insecurity.
- It does not matter what political affiliation; religious background; how you love, live, pray, eat, or think – you can feed those in-need.
- We have to eat to survive. We are connected by this basic need.
#1 tip to improve access to healthy food
- Feeding people is an act of love, respect and giving back for the greater good.
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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