On Wednesday, September 28, the Biden-Harris Administration will host the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health. This conference is only the second of its kind – the previous was held in 1969.

The 1969 event was critical in the creation of school lunch programs and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). It also led to crucial changes to how the USA labels food.

Gina Plata-Nino will be representing Mass Law Reform at Wednesday’s conference.

In June, Gina spearheaded a number of White House Conference Listening Sessions, including one co-sponsored by MLRI, designed for people with lived experience with hunger and nutrition-related health disparities. She’ll continue to advocate for the needs of low-income people in Washington, DC this week.

We want to extend a special thanks to Congressman Jim McGovern for his hard work to make this event happen. MLRI is proud to be one of the Massachusetts organizations joining him at the second-ever White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health.