October 14, 2024 • 14 mins
Every fall, Hungerthon is annual radio tradition, organized by Why Hunger to educate listeners across the U.S. and raise critical funds to end hunger in America. WhyHunger’s Amplified concert kicks off Hungerthon 2024 on Tuesday, October 15 at Irving Plaza. Our guest Jenique Jones, Executive Director of Why Hunger, talks about addressing the root causes of hunger and how to support the ongoing work for food justice. For more, visit WhyHunger.org.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Welcome to Get Connected with Nina del Rio, a weekly
conversation about fitness, health and happenings in our community on
one oh six point seven light FM.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Welcome and thanks for listening to get connected with one
of our favorite conversations of the year in our radio family.
We love to share space this time of year with
Why Hunger, host of the annual radio tradition Hunger thom
that educates listeners across the US and raises critical funds
to end hunger in America. Our guest is Janique Jones,
executive director of Why Hunger, to talk about their ongoing
(00:35):
work for food justice and how you can support, especially
with an event this Tuesday in the city. Why Hunger
dot org is the website and Jenick Jones thank you
for being back on Get Connected.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
Thank you guys for having me. I love doing this
every year.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
We love having these conversations. You always have such really
great events and cool stuff. How did you get involved
with wy Hunger in the first place?
Speaker 4 (00:55):
So I'd like to tell people that, you know, growing up,
I wanted to be either a civil's worker, an X men,
or a rock star. And I had no discernible talent,
no time machine, and you know, there's a little thing
called reality. But I always love the idea of doing
work that changed the world or that had an impact.
(01:15):
And so I worked in the public sector for over
twenty years. Fourteen of those years was at a food bank,
and just seeing those lines grow longer and longer and
longer with you know, no matter how much food you
give out, it gets depressing. And I got to a
point where I wanted to work to end hunger. I
(01:36):
wanted basically to put my old organization out of business.
And so, you know why, Hunger believes that hunger is solvable.
We believe that nutritious food is a human right, and
we believe that if we work on fighting the causes
of hunger that we can actually end it. So that's
that's kind of how I came to this work.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
It's work that I think people don't even realize how
important it is, how many New Yorkers actually depend on
food assistance and who are they sure?
Speaker 4 (02:06):
So, I mean, in New York City, we're talking about
one in four families that are essentially food insecure. You know, globally,
forget about it. But it's not even that people are poor,
right New York City is a really expensive city. So
we have working class and folks who would probably even
(02:26):
be considered middle class who are going to food pantries
and soup kitchens, or if they're not going to food
pantries and soup kitchens, you.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
Know what they're doing there? Do I pay this bill
or that bill?
Speaker 4 (02:36):
You know what can I where can I take some
money to basically meet ends meet? And often your food
budget is your most elastic budget. So yeah, one in
four New Yorkers are struggling with food insecurity, and you
know many of those are our children.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
So why Hunger has been working on this issue since
nineteen seventy five. It's an organization that again leaves that
hunger is solvable. Why haven't we been able to solve
this problem in these last almost fifty years? Now? What
are the core issues that keep us stuck here? And
if we can talk about the city specifically, also the
global thing.
Speaker 3 (03:13):
Yeah, I mean so it's kind of a two part question, right.
Speaker 4 (03:16):
I think one of the reasons we haven't been able
to solve this is because people there is a belief
that hunger and poverty are inevitable, that people, you know how,
you can't fix it it's just it's a fact of life.
And so often what people do to try to fight
that is create food pantries and soup kitchens and try
to tackle it in the immediate right, because it's impossible
(03:38):
to think of a world where this doesn't exist. I
always say, if you can carry a computer in your
pocket and people can live on in you know, space
station for months, we can also end hunger. But then
it's also about we have to be willing to address
some of the really ugly things in our society, whether
it's racial injustice, economic injustice, you know, environmental injustice. Those
are the factors that are really going in to creating.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
A world with hunger. Because what we know is there's
enough food on.
Speaker 4 (04:05):
The planet for everybody, so there has to be something
in the system that's stopping that food from getting folks.
And so that's why a lot of the work why
hunger is doing is really about, you know, how do
we combat that. So that's why we do a lot
of work around sustainable farming, because we know that that
helps the environment, right, and so if we're producing food
in a way that doesn't harm our planet, we help
(04:28):
with around that environmental justice piece, right, or helping, you know,
marginalize communities gain access to farmland and really be in
control of their.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
Own food systems. And I think if we can do
more of that, we can get to a world where
there's no hunger.
Speaker 2 (04:44):
So Why Hunger has a huge connection between music and activism.
Why is that so important?
Speaker 3 (04:50):
I mean, well, for one, we were founded by the
late great Harry Chapin. And what was so amazing about
Harry Chapin was when Cats in the Cradle was released
almost fifty years ago, he suddenly had this new platform.
Everyone knew who to heck, Harry Chapin was, and he
wanted to do something with that voice. And so he
(05:12):
started quite a few hunger relief organizations and Why Hunger
was one of them. And so that tells you the
power of music someone who can use their voice to advocate.
But also we can think about artists like Bob Dylan
and Marvin Gay and Billy Holliday and folks who really
use their music as a way to advance us forward,
(05:32):
the way to tell the stories of you know, people
who sometimes their stories didn't get told right. Strange Fruit
pretty much got ended Billie Holliday's career, but a lot
of people learned about a really despicable practice that was
happening at the time. So music it's also the thing
that brings people together. It's the thing that can be
(05:53):
a common denominator among folks who, if you look at
them on paper, have nothing else in common.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
So Why Hunger has a huge concert Tuesday at Irving Plaza.
Going to talk about it in a moment, but let
me remind everybody who we're speaking with, Jennick Jones, executive
director of Why Hunger. We're about to enter the month
of Hunger than You can find out more at why
Hunger dot org. You're listening to get connected on one
O six point seven Light FM. I'm Nina del Rio.
The Amplified Concert is Tuesday at Irving Plaza. What is
(06:22):
going on, Janique?
Speaker 4 (06:23):
Oh, I'm so excited. This is our second annual concert.
It's being headlined by the Roots. Grace Bowers is a
featured guest. We also have some other guests that I
can't talk about. They're special guests. We also are going
to be announcing our host, which you know, once the
contract is signed, I will let everyone know that too.
But it's going to be a really great event and
(06:45):
you know, just in that keeping of the way that
music can change the world, and also, like I said,
bring us together. You know, we do hard work here
at Why Hunger, but we also want to take the
time to celebrate, and we can think of no better
way to celebrate than having some really amazing musicians play
and support of our cause.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
Why Hunger has deep connections. It's going to be an
amazing show. I'm sure you can find out more about
it at Why Hunger dot org. It's the amplified concert.
How does it support the organization?
Speaker 3 (07:14):
You know, Hunger Thought is really about our even though
we're a global organization, Hunger Thought is really about our
work here in the US. So you know, the money
that is going to come from this concert will help
us with our work with like the Black Food Sovereignty
Network and throughout the South. It's going to help us
with our partners right here in New York City and
the Bronx. It's going to help us with you know,
(07:38):
our hotline which connects people who need food all across
the country. Right now, because of all the things happening
with the hurricanes, our hot line is on fire, so
you know, it really helps to support both getting people
food for today, but also working with those partners who
are seeking to you know, end hunger permit.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
Let's talk a little bit about the hotline two, which
I will mention it is one eight hundred to five Hungry.
It is a phone hotline that is a crucial lifeline
for people who are looking for food, people who are
trying to help get food to other people. How do
most people use it?
Speaker 4 (08:14):
Actually, I mean that they sometimes they call. That's that's
becoming wearer. But people, you know, we do have some
folks who still call. They can text. You know, there's
zip code to one eight hundred and five four eight six,
four seventy nine and someone can get in contact with them.
And then we still have some folks who even go
to the website and go to y hunger dot org,
slash fine Food. It's a little bit of a mix.
(08:35):
I think texting is kind of becoming the thing that's
taking over, but really we people contact us in all
kinds of ways.
Speaker 2 (08:43):
Can you talk a little bit since we're sort of
having this conversation with the in this this moment where
we have these crazy hurricanes going on, It's like an
emergency lifeline for people who didn't think they would ever
need it, you mentioned, you know, it's not necessarily someone
who doesn't have a job, who's hungry, and also people
who have an emergency situation.
Speaker 3 (09:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (09:02):
Absolutely, you know, it's really good because we keep our
information up to date, because even for someone who maybe
has been accessing these things, that pantry might not be
in operation anymore, you know, so all of these things
are happening, and so it's a really great way for people.
Speaker 3 (09:17):
Whether you are new to.
Speaker 4 (09:19):
Needing support or you've been using things for years, it's
really important that you have the most up to date
information in terms of where to go and how to
how to access support, and that includes you know, sometimes
people are calling us and they want to know how
they go about getting information on FEMA. So it's really
you know, and when people are in dire straits, they
(09:40):
go to where they know they can find support. And thankfully,
I'm really grateful that why hunger is one of those places.
Speaker 2 (09:46):
What do you want listeners to take away from from
Hunger Thon? I mean, Hungerthon is an event where you
have the auction, you have these great events. What do
you want people to think about when they sort of
think about food justice? And food in security.
Speaker 4 (10:04):
I want them to think two things. I want them
to think that doesn't have to be this way, right.
I think the first step to making hunger solvable is
for us all to believe that it is. So that's
the first thing.
Speaker 3 (10:16):
I think.
Speaker 4 (10:16):
The second thing is to understand that hunger does not discriminate.
And you know, and I think we all found this
out at the beginning of the pandemic when people were
losing their jobs and folks who never had to rely
on the support of like a food pantry or a
soup kitchen suddenly found themselves in that space.
Speaker 3 (10:33):
Right.
Speaker 4 (10:34):
So I think it's really important that folks even understand
that the reason we need to solve this is because
it does not discriminate. And as costs go up, we're
all in that space of potentially needing help. And the
last thing is is probably in New York City alone,
one in four kids are facing hunger. I don't think
that any child in the world should be hungry, none
(10:55):
of us should. And so in order to feed that child,
we got to feed the family.
Speaker 2 (10:59):
It's an interesting thing too, because in the last year
we've had not only prices go up, you know, housing
is so expensive if you can find housing to begin with.
We have a lot of migrants that don't have any work.
They're coming in and they're kind of probably on a tether,
you know, there's not enough to go around for the
concert for hungerth on how much of the proceeds go
to help people right here in our area.
Speaker 3 (11:20):
Well, it's split.
Speaker 4 (11:21):
It's really split up between partners across the US. I
couldn't give you an exact number because it really also
depends on where the need is. Right right now, we're
talking about one hurricane that just passed, another one that's coming,
and so some of these funds will also be going
to support those areas. So it's hard to say, Okay,
(11:42):
thirty percent is going to go to New York City,
twenty percent is going to go here. But we really
try to work to send the money where it's most
needed at any particular time.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
It's a deep need all over it is. So let's
recap the Amplified concert that is coming up on Tuesday.
What should people expect? How do you get tickets? What
are the ticket prices, by the way, around.
Speaker 4 (12:02):
Seventy five dollars plus venue fees, and you can get
those tickets if you go to y Hunger dot org
slash amplified and what they should expect is a really
fun time. We have an amazing comedian who's going to
be our host. You have to keep checking us out
to find out who that is. We also, you know,
we have the Roots, who you know I know because
(12:22):
they're their first.
Speaker 3 (12:22):
Album was released when I was in high school.
Speaker 4 (12:24):
But for others you might know them from you know,
the Foul and Show uh and they're just an amazing band,
just ridiculously talented folks. You know Grace Bowers, who you
know is a really amazing young up and coming artist.
I don't know if she's really up and coming, but
anyone young to me is up and coming.
Speaker 3 (12:42):
And we're gonna have fun.
Speaker 4 (12:44):
I do not think that we should look at this
work and always think it's gonna be a drag.
Speaker 3 (12:49):
It's gonna be a lot of fun.
Speaker 4 (12:51):
We're gonna celebrate and we're gonna raise money to make
sure that we can help as many people across this
country as we can, and we're gonna kick off our
Hunger Throng.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
And hungerth On this year. What are you looking forward to?
Speaker 4 (13:03):
I'm looking forward for the auctions you know, every year
we have these auctions. We're amazing you know, musicians give
us items or sometimes.
Speaker 3 (13:11):
You know, sport.
Speaker 4 (13:11):
We've had a few sports folks come out and it's
just really exciting to see people get excited about things
like a Bruce Springsteen guitar, or you know, something from
Ded and Co. Or just you know, a trip somewhere
to where you get your own private villa in you know,
the Caribbean. It's always really exciting and a lot of fun.
So I'm really excited to see what we're going to
(13:33):
have up for auction this year.
Speaker 2 (13:34):
Hungerth On is always really cool just to kind of
scroll through and see what you could take a you know,
get a bit on and of course it goes to
a great cause. There is also this amazing event which
is Tuesday at Irving Plaza, the Amplified Concert. As Jenique said,
the Roots are headlining. You can find out more about
all of it at why Hunger dot org. Jenik Jones
is executive director of Why Hunger. Thank you for being
(13:56):
on the show.
Speaker 3 (13:57):
Thank you again for having us. Look forward seeing you
again next year.
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Speaker 2 (00:13):
Welcome and thanks for listening to get connected with one
of our favorite conversations of the year in our radio family.
We love to share space this time of year with
Why Hunger, host of the annual radio tradition Hunger thom
that educates listeners across the US and raises critical funds
to end hunger in America. Our guest is Janique Jones,
executive director of Why Hunger, to talk about their ongoing
(00:35):
work for food justice and how you can support, especially
with an event this Tuesday in the city. Why Hunger
dot org is the website and Jenick Jones thank you
for being back on Get Connected.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
Thank you guys for having me. I love doing this
every year.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
We love having these conversations. You always have such really
great events and cool stuff. How did you get involved
with wy Hunger in the first place?
Speaker 4 (00:55):
So I'd like to tell people that, you know, growing up,
I wanted to be either a civil's worker, an X men,
or a rock star. And I had no discernible talent,
no time machine, and you know, there's a little thing
called reality. But I always love the idea of doing
work that changed the world or that had an impact.
(01:15):
And so I worked in the public sector for over
twenty years. Fourteen of those years was at a food bank,
and just seeing those lines grow longer and longer and
longer with you know, no matter how much food you
give out, it gets depressing. And I got to a
point where I wanted to work to end hunger. I
(01:36):
wanted basically to put my old organization out of business.
And so, you know why, Hunger believes that hunger is solvable.
We believe that nutritious food is a human right, and
we believe that if we work on fighting the causes
of hunger that we can actually end it. So that's
that's kind of how I came to this work.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
It's work that I think people don't even realize how
important it is, how many New Yorkers actually depend on
food assistance and who are they sure?
Speaker 4 (02:06):
So, I mean, in New York City, we're talking about
one in four families that are essentially food insecure. You know, globally,
forget about it. But it's not even that people are poor,
right New York City is a really expensive city. So
we have working class and folks who would probably even
(02:26):
be considered middle class who are going to food pantries
and soup kitchens, or if they're not going to food
pantries and soup kitchens, you.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
Know what they're doing there? Do I pay this bill
or that bill?
Speaker 4 (02:36):
You know what can I where can I take some
money to basically meet ends meet? And often your food
budget is your most elastic budget. So yeah, one in
four New Yorkers are struggling with food insecurity, and you
know many of those are our children.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
So why Hunger has been working on this issue since
nineteen seventy five. It's an organization that again leaves that
hunger is solvable. Why haven't we been able to solve
this problem in these last almost fifty years? Now? What
are the core issues that keep us stuck here? And
if we can talk about the city specifically, also the
global thing.
Speaker 3 (03:13):
Yeah, I mean so it's kind of a two part question, right.
Speaker 4 (03:16):
I think one of the reasons we haven't been able
to solve this is because people there is a belief
that hunger and poverty are inevitable, that people, you know how,
you can't fix it it's just it's a fact of life.
And so often what people do to try to fight
that is create food pantries and soup kitchens and try
to tackle it in the immediate right, because it's impossible
(03:38):
to think of a world where this doesn't exist. I
always say, if you can carry a computer in your
pocket and people can live on in you know, space
station for months, we can also end hunger. But then
it's also about we have to be willing to address
some of the really ugly things in our society, whether
it's racial injustice, economic injustice, you know, environmental injustice. Those
are the factors that are really going in to creating.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
A world with hunger. Because what we know is there's
enough food on.
Speaker 4 (04:05):
The planet for everybody, so there has to be something
in the system that's stopping that food from getting folks.
And so that's why a lot of the work why
hunger is doing is really about, you know, how do
we combat that. So that's why we do a lot
of work around sustainable farming, because we know that that
helps the environment, right, and so if we're producing food
in a way that doesn't harm our planet, we help
(04:28):
with around that environmental justice piece, right, or helping, you know,
marginalize communities gain access to farmland and really be in
control of their.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
Own food systems. And I think if we can do
more of that, we can get to a world where
there's no hunger.
Speaker 2 (04:44):
So Why Hunger has a huge connection between music and activism.
Why is that so important?
Speaker 3 (04:50):
I mean, well, for one, we were founded by the
late great Harry Chapin. And what was so amazing about
Harry Chapin was when Cats in the Cradle was released
almost fifty years ago, he suddenly had this new platform.
Everyone knew who to heck, Harry Chapin was, and he
wanted to do something with that voice. And so he
(05:12):
started quite a few hunger relief organizations and Why Hunger
was one of them. And so that tells you the
power of music someone who can use their voice to advocate.
But also we can think about artists like Bob Dylan
and Marvin Gay and Billy Holliday and folks who really
use their music as a way to advance us forward,
(05:32):
the way to tell the stories of you know, people
who sometimes their stories didn't get told right. Strange Fruit
pretty much got ended Billie Holliday's career, but a lot
of people learned about a really despicable practice that was
happening at the time. So music it's also the thing
that brings people together. It's the thing that can be
(05:53):
a common denominator among folks who, if you look at
them on paper, have nothing else in common.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
So Why Hunger has a huge concert Tuesday at Irving Plaza.
Going to talk about it in a moment, but let
me remind everybody who we're speaking with, Jennick Jones, executive
director of Why Hunger. We're about to enter the month
of Hunger than You can find out more at why
Hunger dot org. You're listening to get connected on one
O six point seven Light FM. I'm Nina del Rio.
The Amplified Concert is Tuesday at Irving Plaza. What is
(06:22):
going on, Janique?
Speaker 4 (06:23):
Oh, I'm so excited. This is our second annual concert.
It's being headlined by the Roots. Grace Bowers is a
featured guest. We also have some other guests that I
can't talk about. They're special guests. We also are going
to be announcing our host, which you know, once the
contract is signed, I will let everyone know that too.
But it's going to be a really great event and
(06:45):
you know, just in that keeping of the way that
music can change the world, and also, like I said,
bring us together. You know, we do hard work here
at Why Hunger, but we also want to take the
time to celebrate, and we can think of no better
way to celebrate than having some really amazing musicians play
and support of our cause.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
Why Hunger has deep connections. It's going to be an
amazing show. I'm sure you can find out more about
it at Why Hunger dot org. It's the amplified concert.
How does it support the organization?
Speaker 3 (07:14):
You know, Hunger Thought is really about our even though
we're a global organization, Hunger Thought is really about our
work here in the US. So you know, the money
that is going to come from this concert will help
us with our work with like the Black Food Sovereignty
Network and throughout the South. It's going to help us
with our partners right here in New York City and
the Bronx. It's going to help us with you know,
(07:38):
our hotline which connects people who need food all across
the country. Right now, because of all the things happening
with the hurricanes, our hot line is on fire, so
you know, it really helps to support both getting people
food for today, but also working with those partners who
are seeking to you know, end hunger permit.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
Let's talk a little bit about the hotline two, which
I will mention it is one eight hundred to five Hungry.
It is a phone hotline that is a crucial lifeline
for people who are looking for food, people who are
trying to help get food to other people. How do
most people use it?
Speaker 4 (08:14):
Actually, I mean that they sometimes they call. That's that's
becoming wearer. But people, you know, we do have some
folks who still call. They can text. You know, there's
zip code to one eight hundred and five four eight six,
four seventy nine and someone can get in contact with them.
And then we still have some folks who even go
to the website and go to y hunger dot org,
slash fine Food. It's a little bit of a mix.
(08:35):
I think texting is kind of becoming the thing that's
taking over, but really we people contact us in all
kinds of ways.
Speaker 2 (08:43):
Can you talk a little bit since we're sort of
having this conversation with the in this this moment where
we have these crazy hurricanes going on, It's like an
emergency lifeline for people who didn't think they would ever
need it, you mentioned, you know, it's not necessarily someone
who doesn't have a job, who's hungry, and also people
who have an emergency situation.
Speaker 3 (09:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (09:02):
Absolutely, you know, it's really good because we keep our
information up to date, because even for someone who maybe
has been accessing these things, that pantry might not be
in operation anymore, you know, so all of these things
are happening, and so it's a really great way for people.
Speaker 3 (09:17):
Whether you are new to.
Speaker 4 (09:19):
Needing support or you've been using things for years, it's
really important that you have the most up to date
information in terms of where to go and how to
how to access support, and that includes you know, sometimes
people are calling us and they want to know how
they go about getting information on FEMA. So it's really
you know, and when people are in dire straits, they
(09:40):
go to where they know they can find support. And thankfully,
I'm really grateful that why hunger is one of those places.
Speaker 2 (09:46):
What do you want listeners to take away from from
Hunger Thon? I mean, Hungerthon is an event where you
have the auction, you have these great events. What do
you want people to think about when they sort of
think about food justice? And food in security.
Speaker 4 (10:04):
I want them to think two things. I want them
to think that doesn't have to be this way, right.
I think the first step to making hunger solvable is
for us all to believe that it is. So that's
the first thing.
Speaker 3 (10:16):
I think.
Speaker 4 (10:16):
The second thing is to understand that hunger does not discriminate.
And you know, and I think we all found this
out at the beginning of the pandemic when people were
losing their jobs and folks who never had to rely
on the support of like a food pantry or a
soup kitchen suddenly found themselves in that space.
Speaker 3 (10:33):
Right.
Speaker 4 (10:34):
So I think it's really important that folks even understand
that the reason we need to solve this is because
it does not discriminate. And as costs go up, we're
all in that space of potentially needing help. And the
last thing is is probably in New York City alone,
one in four kids are facing hunger. I don't think
that any child in the world should be hungry, none
(10:55):
of us should. And so in order to feed that child,
we got to feed the family.
Speaker 2 (10:59):
It's an interesting thing too, because in the last year
we've had not only prices go up, you know, housing
is so expensive if you can find housing to begin with.
We have a lot of migrants that don't have any work.
They're coming in and they're kind of probably on a tether,
you know, there's not enough to go around for the
concert for hungerth on how much of the proceeds go
to help people right here in our area.
Speaker 3 (11:20):
Well, it's split.
Speaker 4 (11:21):
It's really split up between partners across the US. I
couldn't give you an exact number because it really also
depends on where the need is. Right right now, we're
talking about one hurricane that just passed, another one that's coming,
and so some of these funds will also be going
to support those areas. So it's hard to say, Okay,
(11:42):
thirty percent is going to go to New York City,
twenty percent is going to go here. But we really
try to work to send the money where it's most
needed at any particular time.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
It's a deep need all over it is. So let's
recap the Amplified concert that is coming up on Tuesday.
What should people expect? How do you get tickets? What
are the ticket prices, by the way, around.
Speaker 4 (12:02):
Seventy five dollars plus venue fees, and you can get
those tickets if you go to y Hunger dot org
slash amplified and what they should expect is a really
fun time. We have an amazing comedian who's going to
be our host. You have to keep checking us out
to find out who that is. We also, you know,
we have the Roots, who you know I know because
(12:22):
they're their first.
Speaker 3 (12:22):
Album was released when I was in high school.
Speaker 4 (12:24):
But for others you might know them from you know,
the Foul and Show uh and they're just an amazing band,
just ridiculously talented folks. You know Grace Bowers, who you
know is a really amazing young up and coming artist.
I don't know if she's really up and coming, but
anyone young to me is up and coming.
Speaker 3 (12:42):
And we're gonna have fun.
Speaker 4 (12:44):
I do not think that we should look at this
work and always think it's gonna be a drag.
Speaker 3 (12:49):
It's gonna be a lot of fun.
Speaker 4 (12:51):
We're gonna celebrate and we're gonna raise money to make
sure that we can help as many people across this
country as we can, and we're gonna kick off our
Hunger Throng.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
And hungerth On this year. What are you looking forward to?
Speaker 4 (13:03):
I'm looking forward for the auctions you know, every year
we have these auctions. We're amazing you know, musicians give
us items or sometimes.
Speaker 3 (13:11):
You know, sport.
Speaker 4 (13:11):
We've had a few sports folks come out and it's
just really exciting to see people get excited about things
like a Bruce Springsteen guitar, or you know, something from
Ded and Co. Or just you know, a trip somewhere
to where you get your own private villa in you know,
the Caribbean. It's always really exciting and a lot of fun.
So I'm really excited to see what we're going to
(13:33):
have up for auction this year.
Speaker 2 (13:34):
Hungerth On is always really cool just to kind of
scroll through and see what you could take a you know,
get a bit on and of course it goes to
a great cause. There is also this amazing event which
is Tuesday at Irving Plaza, the Amplified Concert. As Jenique said,
the Roots are headlining. You can find out more about
all of it at why Hunger dot org. Jenik Jones
is executive director of Why Hunger. Thank you for being
(13:56):
on the show.
Speaker 3 (13:57):
Thank you again for having us. Look forward seeing you
again next year.
Speaker 1 (14:01):
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