🥕⚡ Food Justice League: Teens Tackling Hunger
🎒 An Afterschool Action Lab for Ages 12–14
🌍 Aware Minds. Strong Voices. Real Solutions.
Middle schoolers are ready to look deeper, think critically, and take real action.
They don’t just want to “help”—they want to understand the problem and lead change.
Food Justice League is a powerful afterschool program where young teens explore the roots of food insecurity, how it affects their community, and what they can do to fight hunger with creativity, teamwork, and leadership.
🧭 How It Works
Each session combines learning, designing, and doing through:
🧠 Systems Thinking: Understanding how food systems work—and where they break down.
💬 Equity + Empathy: Exploring the link between hunger, housing, race, economics, and health.
🎨 Creative Problem-Solving: Using storytelling, art, and digital media to raise awareness and inspire action.
🌀 Design Thinking for Teens: Empathize → Define → Ideate → Prototype → Test → Reflect
🌱 Real-World Impact: Student-led missions that create tangible change in their school or neighborhood.
🛠️ Sample Missions
Teens explore real challenges and create solutions like:
🥗 Pop-Up Meal Boxes: Design healthy, low-cost meal kits with recipe cards, ingredient lists, and food pantry-friendly items.
📦 Zero Hunger Campaigns: Lead awareness campaigns using posters, video PSAs, or school-wide challenges around hunger and waste.
🌽 School Garden + Share: Build or expand a school garden with a “Grow & Give” model—some for learning, some for donating.
♻️ Waste Not Projects: Investigate food waste in the school cafeteria and pitch solutions to reduce it.
🗣️ Student Stories & Solutions: Interview community members or write and perform monologues based on real hunger experiences—turn empathy into art.
🎉 Food Justice League Summit
At the end of the program, students host a Food Justice League Summit, where they:
🎤 Present their projects and pitch solutions to peers, parents, and local leaders
🎨 Exhibit their campaign materials, art, or garden plans
📦 Distribute meal kits, snack bags, or donations
🎓 Earn service hours, badges, and Food Justice Certificates
It’s not just a celebration—it’s a call to action.
🎁 Tools for Change
Each student receives a Food Justice Action Kit including:
📒 Project planning templates + reflection journal
🍎 Healthy meal idea cards (kid-designed!)
📢 Mini media kit for campaigns and storytelling
📚 Reading list on food access, equity, and activism
🧾 Service hours log + certificate of impact
Perfect for continuing the mission at home, in school, or online.
🌟 What Youth Walk Away With
🌍 Awareness: A clear understanding of food insecurity and its root causes.
💡 Agency: The belief that their voices and ideas matter—and can lead change.
🤝 Empathy: A heart-level connection to people in their own community.
🧠 Skills: Teamwork, leadership, creative thinking, and public speaking.
🍽️ Impact: Knowing they made a real difference—and are just getting started.
✨ Because Hunger Isn’t Just a Problem—It’s a Challenge This Generation Can Solve
Food Justice League shows teens that hunger isn’t just about food—it’s about justice. And they have the courage, creativity, and drive to lead the fight.
🥕 Their mission.
🗣️ Their voice.
🌍 Their chance to change the system.
Let the League assemble.