With unprecedented focus on social change and more dollars floating into philanthropy than ever before, there are extraordinary opportunities to create lasting solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges. And yet, despite dramatic advances in the scale and sophistication of philanthropy, many of society’s biggest problems—climate change, poverty, and food security—have persisted or, in some cases, gotten worse. In this conversation, we’ll explore what philanthropy gets right and wrong when it comes to addressing hunger and poverty; how the public, private, and philanthropic sectors can work together to achieve results; and how we can think differently about philanthropy to build more equitable and sustainable food systems for all.

Meet Our Panelists

Caesaré Assad, Vice President of Impact at Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders and Food Leaders Fellow

Christina Chauvenet, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Officer at Newman’s Own Foundation

Mel Jackson, Executive Director at The Josh Howard Foundation

Chuck Scofield, Executive Vice President at Share Our Strength (MODERATOR)

More Conversations on Food Justice

  • Four square portraits of the three panelists and one moderator who spoke about philanthropy and food justice as part of a regular series, Conversations on Food Justice. From left to right, Caesare Assad (brunette, smiling at the viewer, and wearing a dark blue shirt), Christina Chauvenet (short light brown hair, smiling at the viewer), Mel Jackson (a smiling black women with shoulder length hair, arms crossed wearing a white suit coat) and Chuck Scofield (a smiling man wearing a dark sport coat). The image is outlined in orange and blue. The logos for Share Our Strength (in bold black) and Food & Society at the Aspen Institute (bold blue underlined in red, light blue, yellow, and turquoise blue) are placed in the lower left corner.