universal school lunch
It is National School Lunch Week!
New York City has a lot to celebrate this year during National School Lunch Week — This past spring we had an important victory when the Mayor and City Council announced that they would make school lunch free for middle school students. CCC is proud t …
Fall Brings New Advocacy Opportunities
Fall is here! While New York City’s children and families have kicked off a new school year, we’ve been gearing up here at CCC for another productive year advocating on their behalf. There’s a lot of work ahead of us to make New York City a better plac …
Universal Free School Lunch Gains Momentum
There’s growing support in New York City to ensure that all public school students are well-nourished and ready to learn. A recent New York Times editorial endorsed the Lunch 4 Learning campaign’s efforts to provide free school lunch to all public scho …
CCC Testimony: New York City Council Finance and Education Committee Hearing on Fiscal Year 2015 Preliminary Budget Proposals
CCC testified about the budget proposals in the FY15 Preliminary Budget related to education, as well as offered recommendations for strategies to improve educational outcomes for New York City’s students, at the hearing of the City Council Finance and …
CCC Helps Launch the Lunch 4 Learning Campaign
CCC staff and volunteers joined advocates, elected officials, union members and parents to launch the Lunch 4 Learning Campaign. Lunch 4 Learning is a campaign calling upon the next mayor to make school lunches universally free for all New York City pu …
All NYC Public School Children Should Have Access to Free School Lunch!
Did you know that New York City could make school lunch free for all students? It is true – federal law allows New York City to make healthy school lunches universally free for every public school student. But, New York City is not taking advantage of …
