Illustration by Ewan White Too many consider debt a moral failing in our individualist and capitalist society. Our society has relied on individual and piecemeal donations to address this issue. But we need to organize to make sure that school lunches are treated as a public right. - Melissa Duvelsdorf, Elizabeth Lester-Abdalla, and Nick Marcil...
We know this lunch debt doesn’t have to exist. In fact, it can be easily abolished. Pennsylvania needs to allocate less than two-tenths of a percent of our state budget to cancel the estimated school lunch debt throughout the commonwealth. - Paul Berlet Read the article on wdiy.org
Photograph: Alberto Mariani/AP While the US offers free sch‘This is one of the scariest and most pervasive forms of debt that we have because it is directly affecting children - Talyn Summers Read the article on The Guardian
“I am pleased to see the largest public sector union in Pennsylvania recognize the necessity of providing proper nutrition in learning environments,” - Rep Emily Kinkead Read the sponsorship memo
We know this lunch debt doesn’t have to exist. In fact, it can be easily abolished. Pennsylvania needs to allocate less than two-tenths of a percent of our state budget to cancel the estimated school lunch debt throughout tNo one is exempt from the call to feed the hungry, no matter the cost. But for...
Students shouldn’t be worrying about whether a parent, family member, or caregiver filled out the correct paperwork for a school meal. Nor should they be wondering whether there is enough money in their account. They should be worrying about their own well-being, learning, making friends, and that they eat a nutritious meal! - Nick Marcil...
We need breakfast. We need lunch. We need the debt that’s on the books canceled so people get a fresh start and never have to worry about it again, - Jason Wozniak Read the article on Bucks County Beacon
