Poverty Is A Policy Choice

Important, Not Important

How do we make it easier for more Americans to reliably put food (in particular, hot food) on the table?

That's today’s big question, and my guest is Salaam Bhatti.

Salaam is the SNAP Director at the Food Research and Action Center, a 501c3 that uses advocacy and strategic partnerships to improve the health and well being of people struggling against poverty related hunger in the United States.

Before joining the Food Research and Action Center, Salam was the Public Benefits Attorney and Deputy Director of the Virginia Poverty Law Center where he specialized in public benefits law.

Salaam also served as the director of Virginia Hunger Solutions, where he supported the initiative's mission of eradicating hunger and enhancing the nutrition, health, and overall well being of children and families living in poverty throughout this great commonwealth.

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INI Book Club:

• Llama Llama and the Bully Goat by Anna Dewdney
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Links:

• Follow Salaam on TikTok and Twitter
• Follow FRAC on Instagram and Twitter
• Get involved with the FRAC Action Network
• Donate to FRAC to help end hunger in America
• Check out FRAC's Road to the Farm Bill resources
• Call on Congress to protect and strengthen SNAP
• Read the USDA Food Security report and FRAC's Statement of Poverty report
• Read FRAC's brief with the National Women's Law Center

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