Carleton Alumnus, Anti-Hunger Movement Leader to Deliver Convocation
Susannah Morgan, Carleton Class of ’91 and Executive Director of the Food Bank of Alaska, will deliver the College’s weekly convocation address on Friday, May 15 at 10:50 a.m. in the Skinner Memorial Chapel. Her presentation, titled “Fighting Hunger in America,” addresses the faces and facts of the puzzling hunger crisis ravaging America, one of the richest countries in the world. This event is free and open to the public.
Susannah Morgan, Carleton Class of ’91 and Executive Director of the Food Bank of Alaska, will deliver the College’s weekly convocation address on Friday, May 15 at 10:50 a.m. in the Skinner Memorial Chapel. Her presentation, titled “Fighting Hunger in America,” addresses the faces and facts of the puzzling hunger crisis ravaging America, one of the richest countries in the world. This event is free and open to the public.
Morgan jumpstarted her interest in the nonprofit sector as a student at Carleton, where she cultivated a passion for social justice and analysis of the social issues that currently plague the nation. With food prices rising around the world, Morgan quickly recognized the hunger crisis and its escalating threat. After graduation, she became the Executive Director of the Food Bank of Alaska, a nonprofit agency that strives to eliminate hunger in the state.
Established in 1979, the Food Bank of Alaska (FBA) reaches out to an estimated 83,174 people annually through its food distributions and work with partner agencies. The FBA has also established an anti-hunger advocacy network that strives to shape public policy and amend federal nutrition programs.
As the Executive Director of FBA, Morgan has doubled its annual food distribution, and founded numerous projects including Alaska’s first Mobile Food Pantry. Her leadership in collaborative anti-hunger projects on a state and national level is driven by a passion to see no American go hungry. In the wake of one of the nation’s hardest economic years in history, Morgan is optimistic about the future. In her online diary she states, “The number of people seeking food assistance hasn’t decreased, not yet. But even if the need for food assistance remains high, I am hopeful that we will be better able to meet the need in 2009.”
For more information regarding the convocation, including disability accommodations, please contact the Carleton Office of College Relations at (507) 222-4309.