Cultivating Agents of Change Within Our Communities

Welcome to Pilot Light’s Library of Food Advocacy Projects! Use these projects as examples when working with your students to determine a food issue for them to study and confront. Confronting these issues in the classroom helps students learn first-hand how they can be agents of change in their own communities!

A man hands potted plants to five smiling children in a vibrant garden. The scene is lively, emphasizing teamwork, learning, and nature.
Food Issues
Advocacy Project Templates
Activity Sheets

Community Advocacy in Action

A diverse group of students is being interviewed by a female reporter in front of elevators. A video camera captures the scene.
Students from Ray Elementary spoke at a press conference discussing their city ordinance on banning styrofoam in Chicago.
Two children in burgundy shirts and blue aprons sit at a table assembling sandwiches with bread. They wear gloves, showing teamwork and focus.
Students at Claremont learned about food insecurity in their neighborhood and worked together to prepare 500 “Love Lunches” for a local food shelter.
Four children engaged in gardening, kneel around a raised garden bed. They are tending the soil with small tools.
Students work together in their school garden to prepare and harvest produce to be sold to their school’s community.

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