October 28, 2025
SNAP Funding Rally
Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 12:00 p.m.
State House Steps, Boston
The Make Hunger History coalition holds a rally to urge state and federal officials to ensure November SNAP benefits are issued despite the ongoing federal shutdown. Advocates warn that more than 655,000 low-income Massachusetts households could lose access to food assistance starting Nov. 1 if federal funding lapses. Speakers from Project Bread, the Greater Boston Food Bank, and other coalition members will call on the Trump administration to release emergency USDA funds and, if federal funding lapses, for Massachusetts lawmakers to tap into the state's $8 billion stabilization fund. The coalition says failure to act could force families to skip meals and overwhelm the state's emergency food network.
