Hunger Project at UCLA

09/23/2021

Our application is open! Apply today to join the fight against houselessness and food insecurity!

01/17/2021

📢 LET’S TALK ABOUT: Houselessness and Healthcare 📢

Today we’re discussing the links between health and houselessness, and how houselessness is a public health issue. Swipe through to learn more!

Our next episode will be on Rent Control, which will be posted next month. Feel free to let us know any questions you have pertaining to that topic!

10/11/2020

📢 LET’S TALK ABOUT: Incarceration and Houselessness 📢

The experiences of incarceration and houselessness are intimately linked. Swipe through to learn more about these overlapping issues, solutions, and ways to help.

Our next episode will be on Veterans Experiencing Houselessness - feel free to let us know any questions you have pertaining to that topic!

10/06/2020

🌟SITE FOCUS: ADVOCACY🌟

To dig a little deeper on our volunteer sites, we’re introducing a new Site Focus series where we detail the exact functions of each of our sites, as well as how our members (and beyond!) can get involved! 🤩

Starting off strong, our Advocacy Committee focuses on spreading public awareness about issues concerning houselessness and engaging in advocacy opportunities through community events, educational activities, and more. 👊Swipe to see what our wonderful committee is planning for this Fall Quarter, as well as how members can participate! 🙌 We will post about all public events on our social media accounts that Advocacy is planning this quarter, so stay tuned!

09/28/2020

🔦 VOLUNTEER SITE HIGHLIGHTS 🔦

Introducing our volunteer sites and partner community organizations for the 2020-2021 academic year! Our volunteer sites are the biggest focus of our organization, and we are so happy to have these meaningful partnerships with amazing community organizations 😇

Of course, things look a bit different this quarter with UCLA being online and not being able to host in-person volunteer activities. However, we are still committed to fighting houselessness in all (virtual) ways possible, and our board is working hard to think of new volunteer opportunities in a virtual environment! 💻 We will post any updates on our plans for fall quarter on our social media channels.

As always, please comment or DM is with any questions! Stay safe! 💜

09/28/2020

Our 2020-2021 membership applications are LIVE at bit.ly/joinHP! 🤩💻 Apply to join an AMAZING community of student volunteers all passionate about one thing: fighting houselessness in Los Angeles 👊🏼

Applications will close on Sunday, October 11 at 8 PM PDT. We are also holding information sessions so you can learn more about our org from our current board members on Tuesday and Thursday during Week 1 from 6-7 PDT! The Zoom link for these info sessions is bit.ly/HPinfo20.

If you have any questions about our application or our org, feel free to comment below, and our DMs are always open as well! 🥰

Our application for the 2020-2021 academic year is now open! The form will stop accepting submissions on Sunday, October 11th at 5pm PDT. Information sessions will be held Tuesday, October 6th and...

09/28/2020

Our 2020-2021 applications are LIVE at bit.ly/joinHP, also available at the link in our bio! 🤩💻 Apply to join an AMAZING community of student volunteers all passionate about one thing: fighting houselessness in Los Angeles 👊🏼 If you have any questions about our application or our org, feel free to comment below, and our DMs are always open as well! 🥰

Also, stay tuned because we are releasing our 2020-2021 site highlights later today! You will be able to learn more about the volunteer sites we are offering this upcoming academic year 😇

09/24/2020

Hello to all our new followers! 🥰👋🏼 We are Hunger Project, a community service organization dedicated to fighting houselessness through direct service and advocacy. We put together a club overview to give y’all a better sense of our org and what we do! Our DMs are always open so feel free to reach out if you have any questions! 🤍

09/20/2020

We’re so excited to announce that we will be posting our “Let’s Talk About...” episodes as IG posts along with our weekly IG stories! 🥳 Now as posts, it would be so helpful if y’all could share this important information to your communities so we can all contribute to spreading awareness and advocacy about intersectional issues concerning houselessness 👊🏼

Today our episode discusses the housing crisis in America and provides a brief overview of prominent housing policies / programs. Learning about housing and housing policies is a difficult topic to grasp, but we hope this clears up some questions you might’ve had or taught you information you didn’t know before 🧠

08/09/2020

Introducing our first-ever IG story series: Let’s Talk About...! 🗣 We will be discussing topics related to houselessness, housing insecurity, food insecurity, and more. The series will be posted on our stories every week or so and will be kept in a highlight so y’all can view them after 24 hours 🙌

No topic is off limits so please feel free to comment, DM, or respond to our IG story with suggestions and requests for topics you’d like to see in this series! Our first episode will be a lesson on Houselessness 101 and will be live next Sunday 👏

We hope this series will serve as an educational resource for the intersectional issues that concern houselessness for the UCLA community and beyond. There’s ALWAYS more to learn! 🤓 Stay tuned for our first episode next week!