Darrielle Carter, co-founder of the Barrio Fridge, a community fridge in East Harlem, New York, helps provide food for her neighborhood using an app that she created.
According to data compiled by the Food Bank for New York City, nearly 1.1 million New York City residents—or 12.9 percent of the population—are food insecure, meaning they lack access to adequate food because of money or other resources. Shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic hit, childhood friends Seantell Campbell and Darrielle Carter set about changing …