The Gulf Coast Food Project

Dena Yanowski

In 2012, Dena Yanowski was a senior at the University of St. Thomas and a volunteer at the Food Not Bombs organization food share, located at the Houston Public Library. She heard about Food Not Bombs in high school and started attending with one of her friends. She has been involved ever since.

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Dena discusses how she found out about Food Not Bombs and how the organization has changed since she has started. She also talks about the food that is provided to the organization and the food-sharing ban.

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Dena talks about a typical night sharing food and the meetings that the organization holds to make decisions regarding the organization. She talks about the food ban ordinance and the purpose of the ordinance.

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Dena discusses why the organization is vegetarian. She talks about the friends that she has made since being in the group and where the hungry people come from.