Reel Progress is the progressive film series sponsored by the Center for American Progress. Since March of 2005, the Center has hosted free screenings open to the public in DC and around the country. These screenings are followed by provocative panel discussions with leading policy experts, actors and filmmakers. We aim to advance a progressive agenda through innovative films that connect the arts to campaigns for social change and progressive public policy.
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On April 11, 2012, the Center for American Progress, in partnership with Food Network, Share Our Strength, and the Half in Ten campaign, held a special screening of the documentary “Hunger Hits Home”. The screening, with introductory remarks by Center for American Progress Action Fund President Tom Perriello and keynote remarks by Kevin Concannon, USDA Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, was followed by a panel discussion and Q&A; session featuring Center for American Progress Senior Fellow and author of All You Can Eat: How Hungry is America? Joel Berg, Share our Strength’s Chief Strategy Officer Josh Wachs, and Melissa Boteach, Director of the Half in Ten campaign.
"Hunger Hits Home" takes a first-hand look at the crisis of childhood hunger in America through the eyes of the parents, children, anti-hunger activists, educators and politicians on the frontlines of the battle. The film is part of an ongoing partnership between Food Network and Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry Campaign to end childhood hunger in America by 2015.
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