People's Table

The People's Table is amongst the largest food distribution centers on the Milwaukee South Side. Our mission is to empower families through nutritionally-sound food, resource connection, and strengthening the social fabric of neighborhoods. Our goal is to be a source of stability for families to support long term sustainability and growth.

Our vision: Neighborhoods that thrive, neighbors that support one another, individuals who have new hope.

Our model creates thriving neighborhoods by both providing relief in the immediate while catalyzing neighborhoods towards long-term stability.

In our People's Pantry, we serve over 6,000 families each year with an emergency short-term supply of food. We make it a priority to provide all families with an abundance of fresh and culturally relevant foods.

Our innovative People's Food Collective program is a proactive approach to hunger and poverty in our city. In cohorts of 20 families, community residents gather together to address their food needs and have a community conversation around resources, things going on in the neighborhood, and supporting one another in their goals. Our model has shown to increase economic security, increase community connection, and give residents a greater sense of purpose and autonomy.