Women’s Wednesdays: Food Security in a Changing World with Kelli Jolly

In this edition of Women’s Wednesdays that took place November 6, 2024, we were in conversation with Kelli Jolly, Outreach Coordinator at Hands for Hunger about what the organization does and why food rescue is central to its work.

We want know what is being done, and what we all can do, to achieve food security. Crises like Hurricane Dorian and the COVID-19 pandemic showed us how precarious our access to food is here in The Bahamas. Let’s find out if and how it changed operations at Hands for Hunger and how this organization, providing food on a daily basis, balances that work with the structural changes that need to take place countrywide.

Watch the session from November 6, 2024 below.

Women’s Wednesdays was designed by Equality Bahamas as a response to community members’ requests for a space to access resources, experts, and practitioners, share knowledge, and engage in conversation with one another. Officially started in May 2017, Women’s Wednesdays highlights Bahamian women and our experiences in The Bahamas, specific to our identities including gender, race, sexuality, age, and ability. Held once per month at minimum, the events draw women together to have conversations that bring our individual lives into focus while connecting to family, community, and national narratives.

#WW242 intentionally centers and prioritizes women and girls, and is open to the public through in-person events, livestreams, and social media activity. With the support of the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, we create a safe space for knowledge-building, idea-sharing, critical dialogue, and movement-building.