Something Is Rotten With Our Food Banks - Weird Catastrophe with Kody Cava

The open letter to our food banks that got me and my coworker fired.

You can read the full letter here: https://weirdcatastrophe.substack.com/p/something-is-rotten-with-our-food?r=7g0w8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

A main point that I make in the letter is that food bank workers, and all workers in general, have a responsibility in their capacity and position as food bank workers to speak up and be explicit about the root causes of hunger. If they don't do that, then they are playing into the systems that cause hunger in the first place. That responsibility that we have lies not in our positions as private citizens, but primarily in our positions of work where we can affect change and where we most directly serve our community. Getting people to recognize our collective responsibility to our communities and acting on that responsibility in our workplaces is essential to maintaining an effectual movement and asserting democratic control of our workplaces.

If you find something of value in the letter, please share far and wide with any anti-hunger workers who you think need to hear the message.

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