Lobby Day

The 2023 National Anti-Hunger Policy Conference is coming soon, which means Lobby Day is coming, too! We’ll be updating this page soon with information about scheduling Hill visits in-person and virtual lobbying opportunities.

Last year’s conference featured a virtual lobby day. Attendees scheduled virtual meetings with their Members of Congress and staff advocating for policy priorities detailed throughout the conference. Some state groups chose to schedule additional meetings in the days following the conference.

Looking for tips for virtual lobbying? Check out a recording of our pre-conference webinar, Virtual Lobbying is Here to Stay. Organizing meetings with others from your state elevates the likelihood that your Member of Congress will attend your meeting.

Leave behinds, or one-pagers outlining our legislative asks, ensure that elected officials and their staff remember the important anti-hunger policies discussed during your meeting. Updated resources will be available in the weeks before the 2023 conference.

2022 “Leave Behinds” (one-pagers outlining our legislative “asks”):

Child Nutrition Reauthorization Primer
Child Nutrition Reauthorization Priorities
Urgent Child Nutrition Priorities: Waivers, CEP, Summer EBT

Farm Bill Primer
Farm Bill Priorities: Congress Must Protect and Strengthen SNAP and Other Anti-Hunger Programs

Fiscal Year 2023 Budget and Appropriations Priorities

Other resources:

Questions? Contact Vijay Das at FRAC or Mike Glymph at Feeding America.

“This is ‘the big show’ for anyone working to end hunger in America. I’ve been attending for a decade, and I’m still learning something new every time. It’s easy to develop tunnel vision in our work; the policy conference opens up my thinking, and reminds me that I am part of a national movement. It can be frustrating building progress in what feel like regressive times. The policy conference renews my commitment, and reminds me how many others share it.”
JC Dwyer, Chief Strategy Officer, Feeding Texas