In collaboration with Goalkeepers, we are excited to bring Empty Plates to New York in September on the sidelines of the 79th UN General Assembly! A global movement organised through Hungry for Action, Empty Plates aims to increase awareness of the global food crisis, pressurize G20 leaders to action on a Global Plan to end the food crisis and drive engagement and participation through powerful campaigning activations around the world at key moments.

Already making waves in 2024 in London, Rio and Kigali, NYC offers a unique opportunity to engage with key stakeholders, decision makers, advocates and chefs, to urge leaders to take action on the global food crisis.

Timing:

September 22, 2-5pm
September 23, 11am-4pm

Join us to call for action!

On September 22-23:

1. Take an empty plate and take a picture of yourself holding it.
2. Post the picture on social media on September 23.
3. Use the hashtags #emptyplates, #GoalKeepers2030, #UNGA79 and #G20.
4. Tag @HungryforAct on X and @hungryforaction on Instagram.

The Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty

To accelerate progress towards SDG2, Hungry for Action has been calling for a global plan to drive collective action that would align policy priorities, improve coordination, reduce fragmentation, support country leadership and implementation capacity, mobilise adequate financing and promote greater accountability. A global plan would demonstrate much-needed political leadership to end the food crisis now and break the cycle of crises. This year, President Lula and Brazil’s presidency of the G20 have championed and announced a Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty, embodying the global plan’s key components. This is a necessary step to mobilize the global community around a joint agenda to end hunger and malnutrition in all its forms. 

The SOFI report

The 2024 report, included a thematic focus on financing for SDG2, quantifying how much funding is needed to end food insecurity and all forms of malnutrition and identified innovative financing options to address the major drivers of food insecurity and malnutrition as well as transform food systems. 

We applaud and celebrate Brazil’s leadership and call on other world leaders and the G20 governments to:

1. Join the Alliance
2. Work together on actioning a Global Plan
3. Deliver the financing needed

Together, we can end the global food crisis, now and forever. To call for action from world leaders, sign this open letter.

Follow the campaign on X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram. Full assets and campaign messaging to include in social media posts are uploaded here.