{"id":17,"date":"2024-12-17T17:32:21","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T17:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nutritioncarestage.com\/maw\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2025-08-20T20:54:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T20:54:12","slug":"malnutrition-advocacy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nutritioncare.org\/maw\/you-can-help\/malnutrition-advocacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Malnutrition Advocacy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n    <div class=\"interior-header-block \">\n        <div class=\"interior-header\">\n                    <div class=\"header-left\">\n                    <div class=\"content-summary\">Let&rsquo;s raise our voices together to fight malnutrition.<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"header-right \">\n                                    <div class=\"intro-content-content\">\n                        <div class=\"text-block\"><div class=\"f1yzq0lr\">Contact your local legislator to highlight malnutrition as a key issue in your community and request a proclamation for Malnutrition Awareness Week. Proclamations can help shape policy discussions, raise public awareness, and provide opportunities for public and elected officials to engage.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>                    <\/div>\n                                            <a class=\"interior_header_button_1\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/161DT2Tinkj_rU2DEiweZVCjn1eKZtzx5p6_ckJicFcU\/edit?usp=sharing\"><div class=\"button-back\"><\/div><icon><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"13\" height=\"12\" viewbox=\"0 0 13 12\" fill=\"none\">\n  <path d=\"M6.85719 12C6.63791 12 6.41862 11.9164 6.25112 11.7489C5.91647 11.4143 5.91647 10.8714 6.25112 10.5368L9.93079 6.8571H0.857149C0.383931 6.8571 0 6.47317 0 5.99996C0 5.52674 0.383931 5.14281 0.857149 5.14281H9.93079L6.25112 1.46314C5.91647 1.12849 5.91647 0.585629 6.25112 0.250984C6.58576 -0.0836613 7.12862 -0.0836613 7.46327 0.250984L12.6062 5.39388C12.9408 5.72852 12.9408 6.27139 12.6062 6.60603L7.46327 11.7489C7.29577 11.9164 7.07648 12 6.85719 12Z\" fill=\"white\"><\/path>\n<\/svg><\/icon><span>Read Proclamation Instructions<\/span><\/a>\n                                <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div> \n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-submitted-proclamation-requests\">Submitted Proclamation Requests<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Proclamations received for MAW 2025 are hyperlinked below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-a8d2c5f4 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:0rem\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:250px\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nutritioncare.org\/maw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/AL-MAW25-proclamation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alabama<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Arizona<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Arkansas<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Colorado<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Connecticut<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Delaware<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nutritioncare.org\/maw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/DC-MAW25-proclamation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">District of Columbia<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Florida<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nutritioncare.org\/maw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/GA-MAW25-proclamation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Georgia<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nutritioncare.org\/maw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/08\/ID-MAW25-Proclamation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Idaho<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Illinois<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Indiana<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kansas<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kentucky<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nutritioncare.org\/maw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/LA-MAW25-proclamation.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Louisiana<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maine<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maryland<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Massachusetts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Michigan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Minnesota<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nutritioncare.org\/maw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/08\/MS-MAW25-proclamation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mississippi<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:250px\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Montana<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nebraska<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nevada<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>New Hampshire<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>New Jersey<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nutritioncare.org\/maw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/08\/NM-MAW25-proclamation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New Mexico<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">New York<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>North Carolina<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>North Dakota<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ohio<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oklahoma<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oregon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pennsylvania<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nutritioncare.org\/maw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/08\/SC-MAW25-proclamation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">South Carolina<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tennessee<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Texas<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Virginia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Washington<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>West Virginia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wisconsin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wyoming<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted Proclamation Requests Proclamations received for MAW 2025 are hyperlinked below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":6,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-17","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.6 (Yoast SEO v25.6) - 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