When Brady Walker first learned that some people go hungry, without a meal, he was four years old. And unlike most kids his age, he decided to take action. Brady lives in Mercer County, West Virginia, but he had a family friend named Ursula Candasamy, who has since passed away, […]
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The Food Activism of Appalachian Teachers
The strike revealed the efforts public school teachers in the region routinely make to support all the needs of their students, including feeding them. Before the holiday last week, Shelby Leatherman, a special-needs teacher at Meigs Intermediate School in rural southeastern Ohio, helped make a whole Thanksgiving meal for her class […]
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