As a girl growing up in public housing and homeless shelters from the Bronx to Brooklyn, Tiffiney Davis often didn't have enough to eat. Sometimes a meal was a dry bowl of cereal shared among siblings. So, when the pandemic decimated employment opportunities and food access for many New Yorkers, Ms. Davis, the director and co-founder of the nonprofit Red Hook Art Project, sprang into action.
She used social media and her nonprofit contacts to locate families in need. She called restaurants and supermarkets to ask for donations.
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As a girl growing up in public housing and homeless shelters from the Bronx to Brooklyn, Tiffiney Davis often didn't have enough to eat. Sometimes a meal was a dry bowl of cereal shared among siblings. So, when the pandemic decimated employment opportunities and food access for many New [...]
