Author: Nourishing Hope
Perspectives on Pride Month amid attacks on LGBTQ+ rights
At Nourishing Hope, we’ve long been proud to serve the LGBTQ+ community in Chicago. Nationally, people who identify as LGBTQ+ are disproportionately affected by food insecurity, and also by mental health struggles, according to national data. We know that transgender people, in particular, are also far more likely to experience homelessness than cisgender people. Simply […]
The Nourishing Hope Gala 2023
Join us for this year’s Nourishing Hope Gala! The Nourishing Hope Gala is our largest annual fundraiser. This year, we are hosting the event in person at The Geraghty on Friday, September 29, 2023 at 6pm. Join us to honor the impact of Nourishing Hope and our partners over the past year. Fabulous silent auction prizes, right […]
How global events reverberate in a local food pantry: ‘I’m beginning again here in Chicago.’
(All photos taken by Nancy Stone for Nourishing Hope.) Anatoliy Plotskiy left his native country of Russia earlier this year because he feared imprisonment under the Putin regime. Like many other Russians, he is opposed to the ongoing war in Ukraine. “My political views are not supported in Russia,” said Plotskiy, 31, in a recent […]