Agenda
Two-Day Hybrid Event
Action Against Hunger’s social movement features an inaugural two-day hybrid event, convening an audience of practitioners, policymakers, activists, and the next generation of leaders in the fight to end hunger.
This event was held in person in Washington, D.C, and streamed live to a virtual audience. While in-person participation was limited, the livestream remained free and open to the public.
Virtual Livestream
Audiences were able to join us via virtual livestream and tune into the sessions happening throughout the day.
Washington, D.C.
The Summit was streamed live from The REACH at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
Program Agenda
Day 1
Wednesday, October 12, 2022, 9:00am – 4:30pm EDT
Welcome Reception
Skylight Pavilion – 4:30 – 6:00pm EDT
8:15 – 8:45am
Registration
Skylight Pavilion
(In-Person Attendees Only)
Registration Opens (8:15am)
Coffee & Breakfast Bites (Skylight Pavilion)
Studio K Doors Open (8:45am)
9:00 – 10:20am
Opening Plenary Session: Coming Together
Studio K
(In-Person + Virtual Livestream)
Welcome
Dr. Charles Owubah, CEO, Action Against Hunger – USA
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Opening remarks and welcome from Action Against Hunger CEO, Charles Owubah
Coming Together: Purpose
Ashwini Kakkar, Chairman, Action Against Hunger International Network
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Now more than ever, the anti-hunger community needs to come together to transform our approaches. Bold partnerships, new connections, and new ways of working that support collective problem-solving, learning, and fearless self-criticism will lay a foundation for this transformation. Success will come from building on our collective strengths.
Reset The Table: Why addressing only hunger is not enough
Moderator:
Kate Warren, Executive Vice President, Devex
Speaker:
Roy Steiner, Senior Vice President, Food Initiative, Rockefeller Foundation
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What do we do to reset the way we address hunger? Rockefeller Foundation’s Roy Steiner will share about the trifecta of why Good Food can benefit human health, protect the planet and create equitable opportunity around the globe.
Better Together: Shifting from Silos to cross-sector collaboration
Moderator:
Joe Kawly, Anchor/Journalist, Middle East Broadcasting Networks
Panelists:
- Gloria D. Steele, COO, CARE USA
- Marielle Amani Thete, Director, US Government Relations, ONE Campaign
- Rev. Dr. Gobezayehu Getachew Yilma, Diocesan Director and Vicar General, Meki Catholic Secretariat (MCS), Ethiopia
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There are many stakeholders across global health, agriculture, nutrition, and public/private sectors working toward Sustainable Development Goal 2: Zero Hunger by 2030. This panel will discuss how we can shift from the silos we are in to bolster our cross-sector collaboration and achieve greater impact.
What Will it Take to End Hunger?
Moderator:
Kate Warren, Executive Vice President, Devex
Speaker:
Isobel Coleman, Deputy Administrator, Policy and Programming, United States Agency for International Development
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There may never be a moment when so much of the world’s attention is galvanized on global food security and preventing a truly devastating global food crisis. USAID is ensuring food systems deliver for nutrition as well as create good jobs and greater food security. This conversation will highlight how we can devise new ways to overcome today’s crisis and work to prevent and end global hunger and malnutrition.
Networking Break (Skylight Pavilion - 10:20 - 10:45am)
10:45am – 12:00pm
Expanding The Possible
Studio K
(In-Person + Virtual Livestream)
Radicalizing Data: The Confluence of food security, national security, and global stability
Moderator:
Kate Warren, Executive Vice President, Devex
Speaker:
Sara Menker, Founder and CEO, Gro Intelligence
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How can we use data to predict the future? Learn from CEO Sara Menker how Gro Intelligence
is predicting supply chain disruption using AI and machine learning to create models that predict the future of global food security, national security, and global stability.
Everyone is a changemaker
Bill Drayton, Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Ashoka
Creating Change Starts Locally
Moderator:
Sean Callahan, President and CEO, Catholic Relief Services
- Dr. Heber M. Brown, III, Executive Director, Black Church Food Security Network
- Mwandwe Chileshe, Global Policy Lead, Food Security and Agriculture, Global Citizen
- Kate Musimwa, Vice President of Program Delivery, Food for the Hungry
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Decision-making often is not in the hands of the people directly impacted by aid and development programs. How can we affect change at the local level to ensure that people inside communities in which resources are meant to serve, have a voice too? This panel will highlight ways we can ignite change both domestically and globally and what makes someone a changemaker.
Lunch (skylight pavilion & outdoors - 12:00 - 1:15pm)
1:30 – 2:30pm
Concurrent Programming
PT 109, Justice Forum, Studio K
(In-Person Attendees Only)
More Than Commitment (PT 109 - 1:30 - 2:30pm)
Co-facilitators:
- Mwandwe Chileshe, Global Policy Lead, Food Security and Agriculture, Global Citizen
- Asma Lateef, Policy and Advocacy Lead (Agriculture), SDG2 Advocacy Hub
Read More
Ending hunger demands that we move beyond words and challenge a status quo that has resulted in the highest rates of hunger in recent history. The problem is daunting, but each of us is part of the solution–and can commit to concrete actions and approaches that can support a transformation to a world without hunger. Come away with succinct and compelling narratives for support.
Human Power (Justice Forum - 1:30 - 2:30pm)
Moderator:
Marshall Stowell, President and Founder, Intentional
Speakers:
- Mariam Akiror, Advocacy and Communications Coordinator, Action Against Hunger USA-Uganda Mission
- Dr. Heber M. Brown, III, Executive Director, Black Church Food Security Network
- Yusuf Omar, Co-Founder, Seen
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Intentional Disruption to Drive Change
Covid and racism have exposed the consequences of inequity like no time in recent history. As a result, the social change sector is grappling with how to foster greater diversity and equity in staffing, programming, and impact. But there's something standing in our way - and maybe it's us. This session will ask us to consider this question: Do the ways we - nonprofits, foundations, and mission-driven organizations - represent “beneficiaries” or “people with lived experience” have negative, or unintended consequences that limit our chances of ending hunger by 2030?
Scalable Solutions: (Studio K - 1:30 - 2:30pm)
Introduction:
Lawrence Haddad, Executive Director, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
Panel Discussion:
Has the Status Quo Changed? Evaluating Our Progress Towards Realizing Anticipatory Action in Practice
Moderator:
Amy Guterman, Senior Director, Community Innovation, Salesforce
Panelists:
- Imelda Awino, Deputy Hub Director, Program Development and Quality Assurance, Action Against Hunger
- Shawn K. Baker, Chief Nutritionist, U.S. Agency for International Development
- Juan Echanove, Associate Vice President, Food and Water Systems, CARE
- Daniel Maxwell, Henry J. Leir Professor in Food Security at the Friedman School of Nutrition, and the Fletcher School of International Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University; Research Director at the Feinstein International Center at Tufts University
Table Facilitators:
- Amador Gomez Arriba, Director of Research, Action Against Hunger, ACF – Spain
- Jessica Hood, VP Strategic Engagement + Digital Transformation, Salesforce
- Greg Perlstein, Digital Transformation Lead, Salesforce
- Pascal Revault, Expertise and Advocacy Director, ACF – France
- Ellyn Yakowenko, Associate Director of Research, Innovation and Learning, ACF – USA
- Stephanie Zeitz, Senior Product and Solution Manager, Impact Labs, Salesforce
Read More
Over the past few years, anticipatory action has moved from a niche technical area into the mainstream. Although earlier actions – i.e., those planned and implemented before a disaster hits – are expected to save more lives and money, anticipatory action marks a paradigm shift in humanitarian response.
Transformation of the current system, particularly from one centered around crisis response to one based upon forward-looking risk management and crisis mitigation, will not be quick or easy but the growing momentum behind anticipatory action brings hope for lasting change.
Together, during the Scalable Solutions Facilitated Sessions, we will evaluate our collective progress towards realizing anticipatory action in practice, most especially in light of the unprecedented famine conditions now gripping parts of Africa. Each session will begin with an expert-led discussion exploring:
- With the growing momentum behind anticipatory action, has the status quo changed? If so, for whom and to what extent? If not, why not?
- What barriers have we observed within the past year (e.g., the Horn of Africa crisis) that have prevented an anticipatory response? What learning can we extract from this experience?
- What does scale look like in the context of anticipatory action? How would we know if we had successfully achieved scale?
Next, session participants will engage in interactive, facilitated small-group discussions. Please anticipate a rigorous, evidence-based debate and a collective decision-making process to identify “best bet” solutions to achieving anticipatory action at scale.
Networking Break (Skylight Pavilion - 2:30 - 2:45pm)
3:00 – 3:55pm
Concurrent Programming
PT 109, Justice Forum, Studio K
(In-Person Attendees Only)
More Than Commitment (PT 109 - 3:00 - 3:55pm)
Co-facilitators:
- Mwandwe Chileshe, Global Policy Lead, Food Security and Agriculture, Global Citizen
- Asma Lateef, Policy and Advocacy Lead (Agriculture), SDG2 Advocacy Hub
Read More
Ending hunger demands that we move beyond words and challenge a status quo that has resulted in the highest rates of hunger in recent history. The problem is daunting, but each of us is part of the solution–and can commit to concrete actions and approaches that can support a transformation to a world without hunger. Come away with succinct and compelling narratives for support.
Human Power (Justice Forum - 3:00 - 3:55pm)
Moderator:
Marshall Stowell, President and Founder, Intentional
Speakers:
- Mariam Akiror, Advocacy and Communications Coordinator, Action Against Hunger USA-Uganda Mission
- Yusuf Omar, Co-Founder, Seen
Read More
Intentional Disruption to Drive Change
Covid and racism have exposed the consequences of inequity like no time in recent history. As a result, the social change sector is grappling with how to foster greater diversity and equity in staffing, programming, and impact. But there's something standing in our way - and maybe it's us. This session will ask us to consider this question: Do the ways we - nonprofits, foundations, and mission-driven organizations - represent “beneficiaries” or “people with lived experience” have negative, or unintended consequences that limit our chances of ending hunger by 2030?
Scalable Solutions: Advancing The Effort (Studio K - 3:00 - 3:55pm)
Introduction:
Lawrence Haddad, Executive Director, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
Panel Discussion:
Has the Status Quo Changed? Evaluating Our Progress Towards Realizing Anticipatory Action in Practice
Moderator:
Amy Guterman, Senior Director, Community Innovation, Salesforce
Panelists:
- Nicolas Metro, Founder and CEO, Kinomé
- Nhlanhla Ndlovu “NN”, Executive Director, Centre for Economic Governance and Accountability in Africa (CEGAA)
- Blythe Thomas, Initiative Director, 1,000 Days
Table Facilitators:
- Amador Gomez Arriba, Director of Research, Action Against Hunger, ACF – Spain
- Jessica Hood, VP Strategic Engagement + Digital Transformation, Salesforce
- Greg Perlstein, Digital Transformation Lead, Salesforce
- Pascal Revault, Expertise and Advocacy Director, ACF – France
- Ellyn Yakowenko, Associate Director of Research, Innovation and Learning, ACF – USA
- Stephanie Zeitz, Senior Product and Solution Manager, Impact Labs, Salesforce
Read More
Over the past few years, anticipatory action has moved from a niche technical area into the mainstream. Although earlier actions – i.e., those planned and implemented before a disaster hits – are expected to save more lives and money, anticipatory action marks a paradigm shift in humanitarian response.
Transformation of the current system, particularly from one centered around crisis response to one based upon forward-looking risk management and crisis mitigation, will not be quick or easy but the growing momentum behind anticipatory action brings hope for lasting change.
Together, during the Scalable Solutions Facilitated Sessions, we will evaluate our collective progress towards realizing anticipatory action in practice, most especially in light of the unprecedented famine conditions now gripping parts of Africa. Each session will begin with an expert-led discussion exploring:
- With the growing momentum behind anticipatory action, has the status quo changed? If so, for whom and to what extent? If not, why not?
- What barriers have we observed within the past year (e.g., the Horn of Africa crisis) that have prevented an anticipatory response? What learning can we extract from this experience?
- What does scale look like in the context of anticipatory action? How would we know if we had successfully achieved scale?
Next, session participants will engage in interactive, facilitated small-group discussions. Please anticipate a rigorous, evidence-based debate and a collective decision-making process to identify “best bet” solutions to achieving anticipatory action at scale.
4:00 – 4:30pm
Closing Plenary Session: Taking Action
Studio K
(In-Person + Virtual Livestream)
Mobile Storytelling for Action
Yusuf Omar, Co-Founder, Seen
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Seen Co-founder and journalist Yusuf Omar unpacks scalable storytelling solutions to empower communities to tell their own stories in a factually accurate and safe way. Using mobile phones and augmented reality, we learn how the ‘metaverse’ of tomorrow impacts our communications today.
4:30 – 6:00pm
Welcome Reception
Skylight Pavilion
(In-person Attendees Only)
Remarks
Ashwini Kakkar, Chairperson, Action Against Hunger International Network
Hors d'oeuvres, Cocktails, and Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream
KBPC Jazz Quartet
Day 2
Thursday, October 13, 2022, 9:00am – 4:30pm EDT
8:15 – 8:45am
Registration
Skylight Pavilion
(In-person Attendees Only)
Registration Opens (8:15am)
Coffee & Breakfast Bites (Skylight Pavilion)
Studio K Doors Open (8:45am)
9:00 – 10:15am
Opening Plenary Session: Coming Together
Studio K
(In-Person + Virtual Livestream)
Introduction
Jan Sebastian Friedrich-Rust, CEO, Action Against Hunger, Germany
Reflections and How to Get The Most Out of Your Day
Suzanne Rexing, Senior Director, Action Against Hunger – USA
A Conversation with Jerry Greenfield: Business for Good and Why It Matters
Moderator:
Raj Kumar, President and Editor-in-Chief, Devex
Speaker:
Jerry Greenfield, Co-Founder of Ben & Jerry’s Homemade, Inc.
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Why is corporate social responsibility so important to addressing global issues? While other companies struggle to convince customers of their commitment to combating the pressing issues of the time, Ben & Jerry's long history has built an unspoken trust. In this candid fireside chat, we will hear from Jerry Greenfield on why doing good business matters.
Rethinking Aid: The Global Food Crisis and Navigating New Constraints
Moderator:
Raj Kumar, President and Editor-in-Chief, Devex
Speakers:
- Sarah Charles, Assistant to the Administrator, USAID Bureau for Humanitarian Assistant U.S. Government Lead for International Disaster Response
- Terri Sarch, Nutrition Team Leader, United Kingdom, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
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As we face a historic global hunger crisis, how can we rethink business as usual as we navigate new constraints while working to deliver critically-needed and lifesaving assistance, and also keep an eye on opportunities to maximize that assistance?
Networking Break (Skylight Pavilion - 10:15 - 10:45am)
10:45am – 12:00pm
Expanding The Possible
Studio K
(In-Person + Virtual Livestream)
Changing How We Collaborate to End Global Hunger
Moderator:
Teresa Welsh, Senior Reporter, Devex
Panelists:
- Rev. Eugene Cho, President/CEO, Bread for the World
- Meera Shekar, Global Lead, Health, Nutrition & Population, World Bank
- Kathy Spahn, President and CEO, Helen Keller International
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How can we avoid an ‘action gap’ in the push for transformational change to end hunger globally? Some argue that the current mix of bigger intermediaries and smaller actors doing the real work on the ground is the wrong division of labor and that organizational and financial interests disincentivize the true transfer of power to those who need it most. This panel will examine the ongoing discourse on what localization means for eradicating hunger, where we fall short, and how we can recommit to collaboration in order to drive to more solutions.
Big Think: Expanding The Possible
Moderator:
Teresa Welsh, Senior Reporter, Devex
Panelists:
- Cathryn L. Dhanatya, President & Co-Founder, Growing Good
- Gokul Sundar, Growth & Strategy at airSlate, VC at Alumni Ventures
- Noam Unger, Vice President, Development Policy, Advocacy and Learning, InterAction
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The COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain pressure, climatic and conflict events, and conflict are all affecting global food insecurity. Data and funding are part of the equation to create multi-generational and radical change in our world. This panel will discuss how disruptive thinking, technology, and the way we view how we make investments can act as engines of economic growth to directly address the root cause of acute hunger and malnutrition.
Lunch (Skylight Pavilion & Outdoors - 12:00 - 1:15pm)
1:30 – 2:30pm
Concurrent Programming
PT 109, Justice Forum, Studio K
(In-Person Attendees Only)
More Than Commitment (Pt 109 - 1:30 - 2:30pm)
Co-facilitators:
- Mwandwe Chileshe, Global Policy Lead, Food Security and Agriculture, Global Citizen
- Asma Lateef, Policy and Advocacy Lead (Agriculture), SDG2 Advocacy Hub
Read More
Ending hunger demands that we move beyond words and challenge a status quo that has resulted in the highest rates of hunger in recent history. The problem is daunting, but each of us is part of the solution–and can commit to concrete actions and approaches that can support a transformation to a world without hunger. Come away with succinct and compelling narratives for support.
Human Power (Justice Forum - 1:30 - 2:30pm)
Moderator:
Marshall Stowell, President and Founder, Intentional
Speakers:
- Mariam Akiror, Advocacy and Communications Coordinator, Action Against Hunger USA-Uganda Mission
- Yusuf Omar, Co-Founder, Seen
Read More
Intentional Disruption to Drive Change
Covid and racism have exposed the consequences of inequity like no time in recent history. As a result, the social change sector is grappling with how to foster greater diversity and equity in staffing, programming, and impact. But there's something standing in our way - and maybe it's us. This session will ask us to consider this question: Do the ways we - nonprofits, foundations, and mission-driven organizations - represent “beneficiaries” or “people with lived experience” have negative, or unintended consequences that limit our chances of ending hunger by 2030?
Scalable Solutions (Studio K - 1:30 -2:30pm)
Introduction:
Lawrence Haddad, Executive Director, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
Moderator:
Amy Guterman, Senior Director, Community Innovation, Salesforce
Panel Discussion:
Has the Status Quo Changed? Evaluating Our Progress Towards Realizing Anticipatory Action in Practice
Panelists:
- Imelda Awino, Deputy Hub Director, Program Development and Quality Assurance, Action Against Hunger
- Juan Echanove, Associate Vice President, Food and Water Systems, CARE
- Nhlanhla Ndlovu “NN”, Executive Director, Centre for Economic Governance and Accountability in Africa (CEGAA)
Table Facilitators:
- Amador Gomez Arriba, Director of Research, Action Against Hunger, ACF – Spain
- Jessica Hood, VP Strategic Engagement + Digital Transformation, Salesforce
- Greg Perlstein, Digital Transformation Lead, Salesforce
- Pascal Revault, Expertise and Advocacy Director, ACF – France
- Ellyn Yakowenko, Associate Director of Research, Innovation and Learning, ACF – USA
- Stephanie Zeitz, Senior Product and Solution Manager, Impact Labs, Salesforce
Read More
Over the past few years, anticipatory action has moved from a niche technical area into the mainstream. Although earlier actions – i.e., those planned and implemented before a disaster hits – are expected to save more lives and money, anticipatory action marks a paradigm shift in humanitarian response.
Transformation of the current system, particularly from one centered around crisis response to one based upon forward-looking risk management and crisis mitigation, will not be quick or easy but the growing momentum behind anticipatory action brings hope for lasting change.
Together, during the Scalable Solutions Facilitated Sessions, we will evaluate our collective progress towards realizing anticipatory action in practice, most especially in light of the unprecedented famine conditions now gripping parts of Africa. Each session will begin with an expert-led discussion exploring:
- With the growing momentum behind anticipatory action, has the status quo changed? If so, for whom and to what extent? If not, why not?
- What barriers have we observed within the past year (e.g., the Horn of Africa crisis) that have prevented an anticipatory response? What learning can we extract from this experience?
- What does scale look like in the context of anticipatory action? How would we know if we had successfully achieved scale?
Next, session participants will engage in interactive, facilitated small-group discussions. Please anticipate a rigorous, evidence-based debate and a collective decision-making process to identify “best bet” solutions to achieving anticipatory action at scale.
Networking Break (Skylight Pavilion - 2:30 - 3:00pm)
3:00 – 4:30pm
Closing Plenary Session: More Than Hope
Studio K
(In-Person + Virtual Livestream)
Declaration of Action Reading
Mwandwe Chileshe, Global Policy Lead, Food Security and Agriculture, Global Citizen
Asma Lateef, Policy and Advocacy Lead (Agriculture), SDG2 Advocacy Hub
More Than Hope
Marjan Naderi, D.C. Youth Poet Laureate
More Than Hope: Collective Declaration of Action
Dr. Charles Owubah, CEO, Action Against Hunger – USA
Salesforce + Together Against Hunger Impact Lab
Amy Guterman, Senior Director, Community Innovation, Salesforce
Knowledge and Innovation Hub
Oscar Cordon, Technical Services and Innovation Director, Action Against Hunger
Launching Into Collective Action
Dr. Charles Owubah, CEO, Action Against Hunger – USA