Panelists, left to right, Jean McMurray, executive director of the Worcester County Food Bank; Erin McAleer ‘02, CEO and president of Project Bread; Phoebe Wong ’26; Winton Pitcoff, director of the Massachusetts Food System Collaborative; and U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern participate in “Building the Political Will and Moral Courage to End Hunger in America,” moderated by Thomas Landy, director of the College’s Rev. Michael C. McFarland, S.J. Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture. (Photo by Michael Ivins/Holy Cross)
Systemic hunger, which affects nearly 40 million Americans, can be ended, according to experts who gathered at the College of the Holy Cross for the “Building the Political Will and Moral Courage to End Hunger in America” forum on Tuesday.
While possible, it won’t be easy.