Jeremy Everett, B.A., MDiv.

Senior Director of the Texas Hunger Initiative

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The founder and executive director of the Texas Hunger Initiative (THI), a capacity-building, anti-hunger project within Baylor University

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Baylor expert’s new book offers hope for addressing America’s hunger crisis

As the founder and director of Baylor’s Texas Hunger Initiative, Jeremy Everett (MDiv ’01) is literally considered an expert on fighting hunger. Recently, he’s followed in the footsteps of many experts before him — by authoring his first book on his area of expertise.The book, I Was Hungry, offers an assessment of the current hunger crisis in America and a strategy for addressing the problem. Everett focuses on scripture, calling Christians to listen to Matthew 25:35 and work intentionally across ideological divides to effectively end America’s hunger crisis.“Approximately 40 million Americans experience food insecurity,” Everett told Christianity Today last month. “My view is that this particular group bears the weight of all the brokenness in our social systems. Often, we look at Americans experiencing hunger or food insecurity and place them in different categories than Americans who, say, lack access to healthcare, live in poverty, or struggle to find good jobs. But the reality, on the local level, is that these groups are all part of the same family. Their struggles are interconnected.”

Jeremy Everett, B.A., MDiv.

Biography

Jeremy Everett is the founder and executive director of the Texas Hunger Initiative (THI), a capacity-building, anti-hunger project within Baylor University. THI partners with the United States Department of Agriculture, Texas state agencies, and numerous faith- and community-based organizations to develop and implement strategies to alleviate hunger through research, policy analysis, education, and community organizing.

With eight offices in Texas, THI organizes coalitions across the state to ensure access to healthy food for all Texans and facilitate hundreds of millions of additional meals to Texans since 2009. THI consults with more than 25 other states on implementation strategies. In Jeremy’s tenure with THI, he has raised nearly 30 million dollars to support faculty research, programmatic implementation, and policy analysis.

Prior to THI, Jeremy worked for international and community development organizations as a teacher, religious leader, community organizer, and organic farmer. He frequently delivers presentations to churches, non-profit organizations, universities, and the government sector on the subjects of poverty, community development and organizing, hunger, and social entrepreneurship. Jeremy regularly writes for the Huffington Post and has been featured on PBS documentaries and talk shows such as Feeding Minds: Texas Takes on Hunger and Obesity.

Jeremy earned a bachelor’s degree from Samford University and a Master of Divinity from Baylor University. Jeremy is a Next Generation Fellow of the University of Texas LBJ School’s Strauss Center for International Security and Law. Jeremy also serves on the Baptist World Alliance’s Commission on Social and Economic Justice, the Aspen Institute’s dialogue on U.S. Food Security and Healthcare Costs, and was recently appointed by U.S. Congress to serve on the National Commission on Hunger.

Jeremy is married to Amy Miley Everett. They have three sons: Lucas, Sam, and Wyatt.

Areas of Expertise

Poverty
Hunger Policy
National Hunger Issues
Texas Hunger Initiative
Food Insecurity
Food Policy
Community Organizing
Community Development
Systems Theory
Congregational Outreach

Education

Baylor's George W. Truett Theological Seminary

M.Div.

2001

Samford University

B.A.

religion and history

Media Appearances

Ag advocates at Waco Farm Bill session say food security is national security

Waco Tribune-Herald  online

2023-03-15

Jeremy Everett, founder and executive director of the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty, spoke at Wednesday’s Farm Bill listening session, equating food security to national security. Everett said programs providing nourishing food to people lacking it actually helps stimulate the local economy.

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Jeremy Everett

Baylor Connections  online

2022-12-30

AUDIO: Proximity, policy and research play significant roles in the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty’s fight to end food insecurity. In this Baylor Connections, Jeremy Everett, BCHP executive director, conveys the heart behind the call to feed the hungry—both close to home and around the world—and examines how relationships, high-level research and multi-sector partnerships boost the work they do.

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Around the State: Jeremy Everett named Waco Today Person of the Year

Baptist Standard  online

2022-11-30

Waco Today magazine—a publication of the Waco Tribune-Herald—named Jeremy Everett, founding executive director of the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty, as its Person of the Year.

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