by Lorenzo Segovia | Mar 18, 2024 | 50th Anniversary, Community Organizing, Uncategorized
Coloradans do not go hungry because of a lack of food. Coloradans go hungry because rent continues to rise while wages lag behind, because SNAP benefits are difficult to get, and because healthcare is out of reach and expensive. Addressing these root causes is...
by Lorenzo Segovia | Feb 22, 2024 | Food Access, Uncategorized
At Metro Caring, our mission is to meet people’s needs for nutritious, culturally relevant foods while building a movement to end hunger at its root. After careful consideration, we will pause emergency bag distribution at the end of February to increase access to our...
by Lorenzo Segovia | Jul 27, 2023 | Uncategorized
By Brandon McKinley Our mission at Metro Caring is two-fold: work with our community to meet people’s immediate needs for nutritious, culturally rooted food and build a movement to end hunger at its root. To foster creative and innovative solutions to these systemic...
by Lorenzo Segovia | Jul 12, 2023 | Universal Basic Food
Metro Caring’s Manager of Strategic Initiatives Emily Settlecowski spoke to Beverly Grant, host of KGNU’s On the HEAL Tip, about food justice systems work and Universal Basic Food. KGNU On the HEAL Tip Beverly Grant & Emily Settlecowski...
by Lorenzo Segovia | Apr 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
Guest opinion by Teva Sienicki, published in Food Bank News. Grant applications often ask us: “What’s your sustainability plan?” It’s a realistic question, but the way it’s asked is far too narrow in scope. Funders want to know how the work will continue after the...
by Lorenzo Segovia | Apr 6, 2023 | Community Development
As a Community Connector, Wil Smith says his role at Metro Caring is to be a problem solver. He sits down with community members who want to meet one-on-one to learn about other resources outside of Metro Caring that may help address challenges related to food...
by Lorenzo Segovia | Apr 4, 2023 | Community Organizing
Op-ed by Erik Hicks, published in The Colorado Sun. This month, Coloradans enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program had their benefits slashed. Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, ending SNAP Emergency Allotments for Colorado and...
by Lorenzo Segovia | Dec 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
Metro Caring Community, After a few months’ sabbatical leave to focus on rest and well-being, I am excited to return to work and see all of you. Typical of me, my sabbatical plan consisted of a lengthy to-do list of self-care activities, which I endeavored to...
by Lorenzo Segovia | Nov 15, 2022 | Nutrition
Dear community, December 6 is Colorado Gives Day, and this year, I hope you will consider giving to Metro Caring. My name is Gloria Padilla Sanchez. I’m a graduate of Metro Caring’s Cocina y Nutrición Spanish cooking class and the Spanish Diabetes Self-Management...
