Alison M. Cohen

Co-Founder and Director · National Right to Food Community of Practice

Alison M. Cohen is the co-Founder and Director of the National Right to Food Community of Practice, a growing network of folks from across the country focused on shared learning and capacity building among those advocating for the Right to Food at a local, state or regional level. Previously Alison served as the Senior Director of Programs for WhyHunger for 13 years and before that as the Director of the Northeast and Midwest Programs for Heifer International. Alison has thirty years’ experience supporting grassroots-led organizations addressing the root causes of hunger and poverty at the intersection of food insecurity, agriculture, racism, health, human rights, and climate change. Alison believes in the transformative potential of collective power through strengthening formations of people and communities working for food and farm justice. Alison has been living, biking and gardening with her family in Brooklyn, NY for more than two decades.

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