Helping Hands: The Mississippi Delta Food Community Documentary Screening

On April 14, 2025, Jack Thomas Spears, an Undergraduate Public Health Delta Scholar from the 2023-2024 cohort and a graduating senior from Mississippi College, presented his documentary, “Helping Hands: The Mississippi Delta Food Community” at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The documentary was inspired by his capstone project for the Delta Scholar Program in 2023 and his honors thesis. “Helping Hands” explores food deserts in the Delta, but instead of focusing on the problem, Jack chose to spotlight and lift the voices of the incredible people and organizations working to combat food insecurity in the Delta. Jack’s thoughtful approach to the issue and the high quality of the documentary left a profound impression on the audience.