2026-08-16T11:04:30.812Z / reuters.com
美国马萨诸塞州斯普林菲尔德，2026年8月15日——63岁的倡导者莉兹·威尔斯-奥吉尔维（Liz Wills-O’Gilvie）为敦促州长莫拉·希利（Maura Healey）为该州日益缩减的食品券项目增加资金，已近两周未进食，她在自家花园中摆姿势拍照。路透社/阿曼达·萨布加（Amanda Sabga）
华盛顿，8月16日（路透社）——63岁的反饥饿倡导者莉兹·威尔斯-奥吉尔维表示，她已经绝食15天，旨在推动州长莫拉·希利为马萨诸塞州日益缩减的食品券项目提高资金支持。
威尔斯-奥吉尔维仅靠水、电解质补充剂和葡萄糖片维持身体运转，她曾于去年被希利任命为反饥饿专项工作组成员，此次绝食旨在引起人们对《补充营养援助计划》（SNAP）削减导致食品无保障状况加剧的关注。
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“我了解饥饿的模样和滋味，”威尔斯-奥吉尔维说道，她同时担任斯普林菲尔德食品政策委员会以及食品正义组织“社区园艺”的负责人。
根据美国农业部的数据，自唐纳德·特朗普总统在2025年税改和支出法案中对该计划做出全面调整以来，全美已有超过530万人失去了SNAP福利。
在11月中期选举前夕，日益严重的食品无保障问题叠加食品杂货账单上涨，给全美低收入家庭带来了沉重压力。
美国各州已竞相落实相关调整，部分州还收紧了SNAP的申请流程，以避免因福利计算错误而面临新的联邦处罚。
负责管理SNAP的马萨诸塞州过渡援助部表示，该项目的登记人数减少了近18.2万人，其中包括近6.5万名儿童。
威尔斯-奥吉尔维指出，DTA工作人员不堪重负，民众因无法联系到案件经办人而失去了福利。她曾于去年7月特朗普法案通过后被希利任命为州反饥饿专项工作组成员。威尔斯-奥吉尔维称，她上周与希利进行了交谈，希利表示正在着手处理这一问题。
根据DTA的数据，该机构的每日来电量自去年以来上升了9%，约47%的来电无法接通，而这一比例在去年约为37%。
DTA和希利的办公室未回应置评请求。
由于绝食行动，现年63岁且患有狼疮和低血糖症的威尔斯-奥吉尔维目前已无法驾车，她表示自己还在家中会见了州议员。
“我不能让人们失望，”威尔斯-奥吉尔维说道，并补充说她打算无限期继续绝食。
路透社记者莉亚·道格拉斯（Leah Douglas）华盛顿报道；编辑：蒂莫西·加德纳（Timothy Gardner）和亚历山大·史密斯（Alexander Smith）
Massachusetts anti-hunger advocate fasts to protest Trump food stamp cuts
2026-08-16T11:04:30.812Z / reuters.com
Massachusetts advocate Liz Wills-O’Gilvie, 63, who has not eaten for nearly two weeks in an effort to push Governor Maura Healey to increase funding for the state’s shrinking food stamp program, poses for a portrait in her home garden in Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S., August 15, 2026. REUTERS/Amanda Sabga
WASHINGTON, Aug 16 (Reuters) – Anti-hunger advocate Liz Wills-O’Gilvie, 63, said she has not eaten for 15 days in a bid to push Governor Maura Healey to raise funding for Massachusetts’ shrinking food stamp program.
By consuming only water, electrolytes and glucose pills, Wills-O’Gilvie, whom Healey last year appointed to an anti-hunger task force, aims to draw attention to rising food insecurity due to cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
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“I know what (hunger) looks and feels like,” said Wills-O’Gilvie, who directs the Springfield Food Policy Council and the food justice organization Gardening the Community.
More than 5.3 million people across the U.S. have lost SNAP benefits since President Donald Trump made sweeping changes to the program in his 2025 tax and spending law, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data.
Rising food insecurity coupled with higher grocery bills have strained low-income households across the U.S. ahead of the November midterm elections.
U.S. states have raced to implement the changes and some have tightened the SNAP application process to avoid new federal penalties associated with incorrect benefit calculations.
Massachusetts’ Department of Transitional Assistance, which administers SNAP, said enrollment is down by nearly 182,000 people, including nearly 65,000 children.
DTA staff are overwhelmed and people are losing benefits because they cannot reach caseworkers, said Wills-O’Gilvie, who Healey appointed to a state Anti-Hunger Task Force created last July after Trump’s law passed. Wills-O’Gilvie said she spoke last week with Healey, who told her she was working on the issue.
According to DTA data, the agency has seen a 9% rise in daily calls since last year, with about 47% unable to connect, up from about 37%.
The DTA and Healey’s office did not respond to requests for comment.
Now unable to drive due to her fasting, Wills-O’Gilvie, who suffers from lupus and hypoglycemia, said she has also met with state legislators in her home.
“I can’t let people down,” said Wills-O’Gilvie, adding that she intends to forgo food indefinitely.
Reporting by Leah Douglas in Washington; editing by Timothy Gardner and Alexander Smith
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