Global problems have been amplified during the Covid-19 pandemic. Some are readily solvable, some will take time. Others have no immediate or foreseeable solution.  There is one issue that can be solved right now: Hunger. A widespread disease that’s easily treatable, and totally curable.Embark speaks with Catherine Drennan Lynn, Senior Director of Communications and Public Affairs at the Greater Boston Food Bank, which works with Feeding America.  Their mission is to end hunger through public policy and awareness.  GBFB works with state and federal government, and 600 partners to find ways to safely reach and feed our most vulnerable.Catherine most recently led a successful state legislative campaign on school breakfast and built a statewide coalition to support this effort called Rise and Shine Massachusetts. The Breakfast After the Bell bill, which will expand access to school breakfast for more than 150,000 low-income students in Massachusetts.  At the federal level, she is actively engaged in the national dialogue on the COVID-19 response, Child Nutrition Reauthorization, healthcare and tax reform and the recent 2018 Farm Bill. Her work advances the mission to end hunger in eastern Massachusetts and position GBFB as a national thought leader on hunger and poverty.We can all help end this epidemic. Donate your time, write a check, call your legislators. It will take all of us to end this widespread public health issue. Find resources on my most recent blog at lizsolar.com.

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