Community Engagement

Paloma Perez Bertrand (middle) represents SDHC at the Childhood Obesity Initiative’s Building Healthy Habits in Our Children. Here she talks about the link between child hunger and obesity.

Discussing highlights from A Place at the Table during the Building Health Habits in Our Children panel. SDHC was represented by Paloma Perez Bertrand.

Anahid Brakke, Executive Director of San Diego Hunger Coalition, speaks about hunger relief at the 2019 Community Information Exchange.

Heidi Gjertsen, Director of Research, and Paloma Perez Bertrand, Hunger Free Kids Director, present the 2018 Hunger Free Kids Report at an education fair.

Anahid Brakke, Executive Director, accepted a proclamation from the City of Escondido in recognition of San Diego County and Hunger Awareness Month 2019.

In September 2019, San Diego Hunger Coalition worked with KUSI to coordinate a San Diego People segment.

Anahid Brakke addresses the San Diego press at a joint press conference with San Diego Unified School District. She speaks about safe food assistance in the face of the changes to Public Charge in 2019.

Amand Schultz Brochu, Senior Director of Programs, was interviewed on KUSI News in September 2019 about public charge and keeping kids enrolled in food assistance.

Anahid Brakke (left) celebrates the San Diego Food Bank’s successes at their 2019 Gala.

Anahid Brakke and Paloma Perez Betrand meet with Gail Gousha, Director of Nutrition Services for Escondido Unified School District, to talk about how to feed more kids.

Anahid Brakke, Executive Director of San Diego Hunger Coalition, and Norma Chavez-Peterson with ACLU celebrate Feeding San Diego’s successes at their 2018 Gala.