Comic Relief US

talks about why Comic Relief’s mission to make sure every kid gets enough food to eat is such a personal cause for her and her fellow Top Chef judges.

and explain how food insecurity is getting worse for kids across America and why it’s important to keep talking about it.

Over 14 million kids face food insecurity in the U.S.

Being food insecure means not having reliable access to enough food. For kids, that amounts to more than hunger, it’s the chronic stress of uncertainty that follows them home and into the classroom. This is happening every day, in every city and every state in the country, and in communities like yours.

Thank you, , for keeping this critical issue in the conversation.

Today is National Let’s Laugh Day—a great excuse to watch something funny. And also a good reminder of why we do what we do at Comic Relief.

talks about how comedy “disarms” us, and it’s true. You laugh, you drop your guard a little, and suddenly you’re actually listening. That’s where harder conversations can happen–the ones that usually feel too heavy, too awkward, or too easy to scroll past.

This universal connection, the ability to reach a 5-year-old kid *or* an entire crowd of strangers sitting in the dark, is why comedy remains at the forefront of our mission to get more people to care about childhood poverty–and join us in helping to solve it.