Contents

1. Series Foreword
2. Notes on Reading This Book
3. Prologue
4. INTRODUCTION
5.   I   THE TRAUMA OF HUNGER
6. 1   WHEN YOU CAN’T LAY WITH YOURSELF COMFORTABLE
7. 2   HUNGER IN MIND AND BODY
8. 3   KNOWING AND NOT KNOWING
9. 4   BREAKING THE CHAIN
10.  II   RECONSIDER EVERYTHING
11. 5   PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AS DIVIDE AND CONQUER
12. 6   WELFARE TO WORK MAKES YOU FREE?
13. 7   NUTRITION ASSISTANCE AS CORPORATE WELFARE
14. 8   POUNDS OF FOOD DO NOT FEED AMERICA
15. III   NOURISHING OUR WORLD
16. 9   THE PERSONAL: UNDOING RACISM AND SEXISM
17. 10 THE POLITICAL: SOLUTIONS FROM REPARATIONS TO ABOLITION
18. 11 THE POLITICAL: HUMAN RIGHTS AND RIGHTS OF NATURE
19. 12 THE SPIRITUAL: ON BECOMING A LOVING LIVING ANCESTOR
20. Acknowledgments
21. Appendix 1: USDA/ERS Definitions of Food Security for Households with Children, as Measured by the HFSSM
22. Appendix 2: ACEs’ Questions and Scoring
23. Appendix 3: Example of Adversity over Multiple Generations as Explained by Keisha (Interviewed for Child Hunger Study)
24. Appendix 4: Index of Acronyms
25. Index

List of Figures

Figure 1.1 Juleen’s painting of when she had nothing, and even the nothing she had was falling apart. Reprinted by permission.

Figure 1.2 Joanna’s kitchen. “When things get this bad, your kids can go hungry.” (The feet to the left are part of a doll.) Reprinted by permission.

Figure 3.1 Prevalence of ACEs by food security status (n = 1,255). Data drawn from Jing Sun et al., “Childhood Adversity and Adult Reports of Food Insecurity among Households with Children,” American Journal of Preventive Medicine 50, no. 5 (May 2016): 566, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2015.09.024.