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This week there was a generous amount of buzz on Twitter with organizations coming together for a tweet storm to fight back against the Trump administration’s third attempt this year to gut the nation's most effective anti-hunger program. Here is a roundup of 4 key items that created buzz last week on Twitter under the #HandsOffSNAP and #SavesSNAP hashtags.
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As the country celebrated veterans day, advocates informed us about the impact of cuts to those who have served our country. Almost 1.4 million veterans live in households that participate in SNAP.
#SNAP is a vital safety net program for our nation’s heroes. Submit a comment saying #HandsOffSNAP https://t.co/0vsB9ZkaY2 pic.twitter.com/jOSl2H5iPO
— California Association of Food Banks (@CAFoodBanks) November 11, 2019
When you've fought for our country, you shouldn't have to fight to feed yourself. Over 1.4M US Veterans have used SNAP to put food on the table.
Stand with them now and submit a comment to protect food stamps from proposed cuts: https://t.co/zd1j5FxUpy https://t.co/8M5r4qgwnY— San Francisco-Marin Food Bank (@SFMFoodBank) November 11, 2019
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This Thursday Nov. 14th from 3-4 p.m ET, organizations and advocates joined in solidarity to tell the administration #HandsOffSNAP."
Make no mistake - The administration is set on destroying one of our nation's most effective anti-hunger and anti-poverty programs.
RT and join us TODAY from 3–4 p.m. ET to fight back. #HandsOffSNAP #ProtectSNAP pic.twitter.com/pzdmAJACBN— Coalition on Human Needs (@CoalitionHN) November 14, 2019
TOMORROW: Nov. 14 from 3-4 p.m. ET
Join @CenterOnBudget, @fractweets, @hunger, @TalkPoverty, & more for a #HandsOffSNAP tweetstorm to fight back against the administration’s THIRD attack this year to gut the nation's most effective anti-hunger program. pic.twitter.com/prDZOlYrlT— TalkPoverty.org (@TalkPoverty) November 13, 2019
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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities joined the conversation and shared an article on why #SNAPWORKS. SNAP participation is linked with better self-reported health status, and SNAP participants incur about $1,400 less per year in health care costs than similar non-participants.
.@BrynneKJ explains how #SNAP helps millions of Americans put food on the table *and* how its success can be built on: https://t.co/UC4sHdS1Tb
Want more on why #SNAPWorks & how it can get better? Read our team's essay in @AMJPublicHealth: https://t.co/DyRN1wBNWF— Center on Budget (@CenterOnBudget) November 11, 2019
