NDSU Public Health presents, Dr. Mariana Chilton's presentation on how women can take the lead on improving hunger and poverty in the U.S.

03/17/2025

This talk describes the creative ways in which women can take the lead on changing the dialogue on hunger and poverty in the United States. Dr. Chilton will describe her collaborative public health research, action, and programming that she writes about in her new book The Painful Truth about Hunger in America. She invites us to transgress the usual boundaries of academia to engage in advocacy that seeks to transform our society through public policy, personal work, and spiritual courage.

When:

Friday, March 28th from 10:30 am - 12:00 pm CT

Where*:

NDSU Memorial Union

Room of Nations

1401 Administration Avenue

Fargo, ND 58102

For directions see here.

For details on parking click here.

Who’s Invited:

Everyone is welcome to this event!

Can’t join us in person?

That’s ok! We have arranged a virtual option. Please join us via Zoom at: https://ndsu.zoom.us/j/92732271722

*For those joining us in person, you will have the chance to enter and win one of five copies of Dr. Chilton's book, The Painful Truth about Hunger in America.

Meet Our Speaker:

Mariana Chilton, PhD, MPH, is professor of Health Management and Policy at Dornsife School of Public Health at Drexel University. She founded the Center for Hunger-Free Communities in 2004. Dr. Chilton served as the Co-Chair of the Bi-partisan National Commission on Hunger. The commission was tasked with advising Congress and the United States Department of Agriculture about how to end hunger in America. She has testified before the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives and has served as an advisor to Sesame Street and to the Institute of Medicine. She is author of The Painful Truth about Hunger in America (The MIT Press). She has informed and appeared in documentaries such as the feature-length Place at the Table about hunger in the US. and Crowd and the Cloud citizen science with Members of Witnesses to document water quality in Philadelphia. Her awards include the 40 Under 40 Award in Philadelphia, the Nourish Award from MANNA, Unsung Hero Award from Women’s Way, and the Hod Ogden Award for Public Health Practice.