In this episode, Ashley and Casey speak with Katie Carver Reed – the Director of Network Partners and Programs with Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank – who shares with us the ways in which the foodbank has risen to the challenge of providing food to an increasing number of people and families during the pandemic. Additional information about the foodbank can be found here: https://www.akroncantonfoodbank.org/; the foodbank’s Covid-19 updates can be found here: https://www.akroncantonfoodbank.org/covid19; and reports mentioned by Ms. Carver Reed can be found here: https://map.feedingamerica.org/.

From local elected officials to community organizers—find out how public officials and community activists are responding to COVID-19 on the Growing Democracy Podcast. In this pilot episode, Ashley and Casey talk through the origins of the Growing Democracy project and what they hope to bring to listeners through the podcast.