Students at UMass Dartmouth worked to organize an emergency food drive in response to the Trump Administration’s decision to withhold funding for SNAP (formerly known as food stamps) at the beginning of November amidst the government shutdown. 

Beginning on November 1st, it was unclear whether Massachusetts would be receiving all, some, or none of the nearly $240 Million/Month that our state needs to feed its families. Half of our neighboring families in New Bedford depend on these benefits, as well as a significant portion of our Fall River families.

In collaboration with Law, Politics, and Economics (another organization at UMass Law), the NLG Chapter held a food drive from November 3 until November 7 to support those in need in both Fall River and New Bedford, working to ensure the community stays healthy, not hungry. They were able to raise a number of donations and hope to help feed many of the families in their community impacted this month.