The Capital Area Food Bank, the Consortium of University of the Washington Metropolitan Area, and Prince George’s Community College are pleased to invite you to attend the 2025 Regional College Hunger Conference.
Friday, October 17, 2025,
10:00am – 3:30pm
Prince George’s Community College
Largo, Maryland
About Agenda Call for Proposals Registration Directions & Parking Sponsors
About
The Regional College Hunger Conference (RCHC) convenes higher education leaders and subject matter experts to discuss best practices and innovative ways to support college students experiencing food insecurity. First established in 2022, the annual conference offers attendees the opportunity to learn what other institutions in the region are doing to address food insecurity and connect with peers in similar roles. Past conferences have offered sessions about inclusive pantries, fundraising, advocacy, addressing student needs holistically, and more.
This year the conference is hosted by:
Agenda
This Year’s Theme: Building and Scaling Resilient Programming
The landscape of higher education and food access programming naturally experiences systemic changes, some larger than others. This year, college hunger experts are anticipating increased demand for food resources, even while threats to funding for tuition and a range of basic needs loom. Now more than ever, food access programming needs to grow in impact and resiliency to ensure the well-being and success of college students. This year’s conference will focus on empowering case studies and useful insights that will contextualize college hunger in the current moment and examine ways to scale services sustainably by utilizing on-campus champions and community allies.
Session Themes:
- Leveraging external partnerships to augment programming
- Leveraging internal partnerships for program funding
- Centering student voice to increase impact
Schedule & Speakers:
The conference schedule of events is still under development as we finalize speakers and collect proposals for sessions. Check back for more details in September!
Call for Proposals
Now accepting submissions to present at this year’s conference!
The selected presenters will be awarded a $1,000 honorarium for their college/university.
Download the CFP guide and submission form for more information:
RCHC 2025 Call for Proposals and Guide.docx
Session Proposal Form_RCHC 2025.docx
Proposals are due by August 8th.
Registration
The conference will be held at Prince George’s Community College on Friday, October 17, 2025, in Largo, Maryland. The program will run from 10:00am-3:30pm. Registration is free, and lunch is provided. More information and the full agenda will be sent to those who register using the registration link below:
Directions & Parking
The conference will be held at the Prince George’s Community College Center for Performing Arts (CPA).
The CPA building is located at 301 Largo Rd, Largo, MD 20774.
Traveling by Car
Type “Center for Performing Arts” into Google Maps to navigate directly to the front of the building.
Make sure to select the “Center for Performing Arts” location in Maryland, not Minnesota.
Traveling by Public Transit
The closest WMATA metro station is Downtown Largo (Silver / Blue).
From the Downtown Largo Station, you can take either P73 (towards Trade Zone Av), P56 (towards Addison Rd Station), or P5X (towards Motor Vehicle Administration)
Make sure to check the metro rail and metro bus times to factor in your arrival time.
Parking
Parking is free and available directly in front of the Center for Performing Arts Building.
Sponsors
Check back in September to learn more about our conference sponsors!
Interested in becoming a sponsor? Please reach out to Emily Lauer-Bader at elauerbader@capitalareafodbank.org for more information.