Tyler Mac Innis, Author at Rethink Mississippi

Tyler Mac Innis

Originally from North Shore, Massachusetts, Tyler graduated from the University of New Hampshire with a degree in Community Development Policy and Practice and from Salem State University with a degree in Political Science. He currently works in Jackson, Mississippi as a Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellow with the Mississippi Center for Justice. You can contact him at tylermacinnis@hungercenter.org.

Analysis
Mississippi has the worst hunger rate in the country. Why do we make it so hard to get food assistance?

More than 20 percent of Mississippians -- and nearly 30 percent of children -- do not have consistent access to nutritious food. The latest cuts to food assistance programs are a step in the wrong direction.
February 5, 2014

Mississippi has the worst hunger rate in the country. Why do we make it so hard to get food assistance?

More than 20 percent of Mississippians -- and nearly 30 percent of children -- do not have consistent access to nutritious food. The latest cuts to food assistance programs are a step in the wrong direction.