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((Short description|American economic justice advocate))
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'''Amy Jo Hutchison''' is an American economic justice advocate who campaigns against poverty and hunger in [[West Virginia]].

==Career==
In 2017, Hutchison began working as an organizer for Our Future West Virginia.<ref>((cite news |last1=cafb |title=CLC Behind the Scenes: Learning from Amy Jo Hutchinson |url=https://www.capitalareafoodbank.org/2021/01/21/clc-behind-the-scenes-learning-from-amy-jo-hutchinson/ |access-date=14 March 2021 |work=Capital Area Food Bank |date=January 21, 2021))</ref><ref>((cite web |title=2020 West Virginia Wonder Woman Amy Jo Hutchison |url=https://wvliving.com/wonder-woman/amy-jo-hutchison-2020/ |website=WV Living |date=October 2020 |access-date=21 December 2020))</ref><ref>((cite web |title=Amy Jo Hutchison|work=Soul Tent Stories|url=https://www.soultentstories.org/amy-jo-hutchison))</ref> Hutchison organizes in twenty counties in West Virginia, which includes meetings with members of the community and organizing lobbying campaigns at the state capitol.<ref name="Kaufman 2018">((cite news |last1=Kaufman |first1=Greg |title=The Poor People's Campaign Is Just Getting Started |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/poor-peoples-campaign-just-getting-started/ |access-date=14 March 2021 |work=The Nation |date=June 25, 2018))</ref>

In December 2017, she visited the [[United States Congress]] as part of a lobbying campaign organized by First Focus, a bipartisan children's advocacy organization, to advocate for a reauthorization of the C.H.I.P. health insurance program.<ref>((cite news |last1=King |first1=Jocelyn |title=Wheeling resident to speak on C.H.I.P. |url=https://www.heraldstaronline.com/news/local-news/2017/12/wheeling-resident-to-speak-on-c-h-i-p/ |access-date=14 March 2021 |work=Herald-Star |date=December 20, 2017))</ref><ref>((cite news |last1=Pear |first1=Robert |title=With Children's Health Program Running Dry, Parents Beg Congress: 'Do the Right Thing' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/19/us/politics/chip-childrens-health-insurance-program-congress.html |access-date=14 March 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=December 19, 2017))</ref>

In 2018, Hutchison was one of the leaders of the [[Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for a Moral Revival|Poor People's Campaign]] in West Virginia, during a national effort to conduct forty days of demonstrations and other action to support economic justice.<ref name="Waggoner 2018">((cite news |last1=Waggoner |first1=Martha |title=Poor People's Campaign to begin 40 days of action next month |url=https://apnews.com/article/5e28c7cd26924ac2898e0171be0cb8e3 |access-date=14 March 2021 |work=Associated Press |date=April 10, 2018))</ref>
[[File:Amy Jo Hutchison receiving award.jpg|thumb|Hutchison receiving the [[T. Berry Brazelton]] Friend of Children Award.]]

On February 5, 2020, as part of the Healthy Kids and Families Coalition in West Virginia, Hutchison testified before the [[United States Congress]] in opposition to a Trump administration proposal to change the formula for calculating the poverty rate, using real-life examples.<ref>((cite news |last1=Wright |first1=D.K. |title=Wheeling woman's plea to Congress makes national news |url=https://www.wtrf.com/top-news/wheeling-womans-plea-to-congress-makes-national-news/ |access-date=14 March 2021 |work=WTRF |date=February 13, 2020))</ref><ref>((cite web |title=Hearing: ''A Threat to America's Children? The Trump Administration's Proposed Changes to the Poverty Line Calculation.'' |url=https://docs.house.gov/Committee/Calendar/ByEvent.aspx?EventID=110451 |website=House |access-date=10 January 2021))</ref><ref>[[116th United States Congress]] Hearing, February 5, 2020</ref><ref>((cite web |title=Ms. Hutchison Testimony on Proposed Changes to the Poverty Line Calculation |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ptHavHrDuE |website=YouTube |publisher=United States House Committee on Oversight and Reform))</ref> Her testimony included "nights she went to bed hungry, nights she had to nurse her gallbladder with essential oils and eat ibuprofen "like Tic-Tacs" because she didn't have health insurance."<ref name="Stewart 2020">((cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Chris |title=Woman praised for testimony on poverty stresses importance of census |url=https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/national/women-praised-for-testimony-on-poverty-stresses-importance-of-census |access-date=14 March 2021 |work=ABC Denver 7 |date=March 13, 2020))</ref><ref>((cite news |last1=Guidiano |first1=Nichole |title=House panel examines impact of proposed SNAP changes on children |url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-education/2020/02/06/house-panel-examines-impact-of-proposed-snap-changes-on-children-785111 |access-date=14 March 2021 |work=Politico |date=February 6, 2020))</ref>

Hutchison then focused on the [[United States Census|Census]], because West Virginia is the most reliant on the related funding.<ref name="Stewart 2020"/> In March 2020, Hutchison explained how and why Our Future West Virginia was supporting the U.S. Census to the ''Times West Virginian''.<ref>((cite news |last1=Trizzino |first1=Eddie |title=Fairmont nonprofit becoming hub to aid in 2020 Census |url=https://www.timeswv.com/news/fairmont-nonprofit-becoming-hub-to-aid-in-census/article_a8391964-5e9c-11ea-873c-531453fd475d.html |access-date=14 March 2021 |work=Times West Virginian |date=March 5, 2020))</ref>

In February 2021, at a Poor People's Campaign rally, she said, "If we are going to be a society that insists we have to pull ourselves up by our bootstraps, then we can’t refuse to give people the bootstraps they need to pull themselves up."<ref>((cite news |last1=Dolan |first1=Karen |last2=Nagarajan-Swenson |first2=Uma |title=Opinion: Democrats' relief plan could cut child poverty by 4 million |url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/democrats-relief-plan-could-cut-child-poverty-by-4-million-11614805233 |access-date=14 March 2021 |work=MarketWatch |date=March 3, 2021))</ref> She was speaking in support of a gradual increase of the minimum wage to $15 an hour and in response to opposition from Democratic Sen. [[Joe Manchin]] of West Virginia.<ref>((cite web |last1=Dolan |first1=Karen |last2=Nagarajan-Swenson |first2=Uma |title=Democrats' COVID Relief Plan Could Cut Child Poverty by 4 Million |url=https://ips-dc.org/democrats-covid-relief-plan-could-cut-child-poverty-by-4-million/ |website=Institute for Policy Studies |access-date=14 March 2021 |date=March 3, 2021))</ref> She also co-wrote an opinion article in February 2021 with Indivar Dutta-Gupta, the Co-Executive Director of the Georgetown Center on Poverty & Inequality, advocating for Congress to "go big" on COVID relief.<ref>((cite news |last1=Hutchison |first1=Amy Jo |last2=Dutta-Gupta |first2=Indivar |title=Hutchison, Dutta-Gupta: WV needs Congress to go big on COVID relief |url=https://www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/op_ed_commentaries/hutchison-dutta-gupta-wv-needs-congress-to-go-big-on-covid-relief/article_5ee0e950-4781-58f8-b673-8a5eea1c1594.html |access-date=14 March 2021 |work=Charleston Gazette-Mail |date=February 6, 2021))</ref>

On October 28, 2021, Hutchison appeared on ''[[The Problem with Jon Stewart]]'', and discussed topics relevant to working-class people, including infrastructure and child care.<ref name="Little 10-29-2021">((cite news |last1=Little |first1=Rebecca |title=Wheeling Activist Amy Jo Hutchison talks infrastructure on 'The Problem with Jon Stewart' |url=https://www.wtrf.com/ohio-county/wheeling-activist-amy-jo-hutchison-makes-her-television-debut/ |access-date=10 November 2021 |work=WTRF |date=October 29, 2021))</ref>

On March 8, 2024, Hutchison received the [[T. Berry Brazelton]] Friend of Children Award from the [[Southern Early Childhood Association]]. <ref>((cite document |last= |first= |author-link= |date= March 8, 2024|title= SECA Outstanding Member Award Recipients|location= [[Clarksburg, West Virginia]] |publisher= [[Southern Early Childhood Association]] |page=)) </ref>

==Personal life==
Hutchison has two daughters.<ref name="Waggoner 2018"/> She has described herself as "working poor," because she earns too much to qualify for government assistance but "it’s a struggle to make it check to check."<ref name="Stewart 2020" />

==References==
((Reflist|colwidth=30em))

==External links==
* Official website- [https://www.rattlethewindows.com www.rattlethewindows.com]

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