A Conversation on the Hunger Crisis and Policy Decisions with Bread for the World
Be the Bridge Podcast with Latasha Morrison
Be the Bridge
4.9 • 774 Ratings
🗓️ 4 July 2025
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
In this week's episode of the Be the Bridge Podcast, Reverend Heather Taylor, Managing Director of Bread for the World, joins Tange Johnson, Be the Bridge's Chief Transformation Officer, to discuss Breads's mission to advocate for a world without hunger. She shares insights on the successes and challenges faced in advocacy, the role of government in addressing the crisis, and the need for a multi-faceted approach to solving hunger. Heather and Tange both reflect on their personal experiences with food insecurity and what the faces of hunger looks like.
This conversation was recorded on Thursday, July 3, as the Big, Beautiful Bill was headed to the House of Representatives. So the discussion touches on legislative changes affecting food assistance programs, the global hunger crisis, and the intersection of faith and justice in advocacy work. Listen to the end because even in the midst of everything going on, Heather expresses hope for ending hunger and encourages listeners to get involved.
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Executive Producer - Latasha Morrison
Producer - Sarah Connatser
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Be the Bridge podcast. Be The Bridge exists to empower people and culture toward racial healing, equity, and reconciliation. |
| 0:12.8 | LaTasha Morrison founded Be The Bridge in 2016 to foster needed dialogue and brave spaces, and to give people the tools to pursue racial |
| 0:21.8 | justice. |
| 0:23.0 | We provide resources and community to do just that. |
| 0:26.1 | And this podcast is one of those resources. |
| 0:28.7 | You'll hear interviews hosted by Latasha and our team, conversations about current events, |
| 0:34.2 | and encouragement for your racial literacy journey. |
| 0:37.2 | Thank you for listening, subscribing, and engaging in this important work. |
| 0:42.7 | Hello, Be the Bridge community. |
| 0:44.6 | This is Tangey Johnson, the chief transformation officer with Be The Bridge, and I'm excited |
| 0:50.5 | about a special guest that we have here today. |
| 0:53.5 | We have Reverend Heather Taylor. She's the |
| 0:56.0 | managing director for Bread for the World. Hi, Heather. How are you doing this morning? Good morning. |
| 1:03.2 | I am here, present and healthy and feeling blessed for that fact. At the same time, I'll also be |
| 1:10.5 | open and honest that at this very |
| 1:13.0 | moment, some very critical conversations are happening among Congress that have been anxiety-inducing |
| 1:22.8 | given our line of work at Bread for the World. |
| 1:29.7 | I can imagine. |
| 1:31.2 | I know that it be the bridge. |
| 1:38.0 | We're feeling a lot of the intensity and the heaviness of what's happening in our world. |
| 1:42.2 | And, you know, just for the sake of our listeners who have not heard of bread, |
| 1:45.0 | would you please let us know what it is that you do there? |
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