"Why Band-aids Don't Stick"
Jody Vogelzang |
TEDxGVSU
• March 2018
There are over 50 million hungry people in the United States yet, millions of calories of edible food lie in landfills; food pantries exist in the highest numbers ever noted in the United States; and emergency food has become a chronic need. How can this be? I postulate that government policies have not been nimble enough to reflect the cultural and economic changes in the working yet still under resourced families in the US. Community programs have moved in to fill the gaps but have never gotten to the root of addressing the issue of the working poor and serve primarily as temporary band aids staunching the hemorrhage of dignity and hope. A new problem-solving approach is needed for true and lasting reduction of hunger and food insecurity. This talk will provide a working example of how Design Thinking can be used to get closer to dignified safeguards needed by millions of Americans.