By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2025-11-03 12:30:02
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2025年1月12日，周日，纽约。在一场对阵纽约尼克斯队的NBA比赛下半场，密尔沃基雄鹿队主教练道格·里弗斯站在场边。
颇有前马刺队主教练、社会正义倡导者格雷格·波波维奇 (Gregg Popovich) 的风范，密尔沃基雄鹿队主教练道格·里弗斯 (Doc Rivers) 于周六发表了一段长达两分钟的激昂声明，呼吁必须继续为SNAP项目提供资金。
“全国范围内的SNAP项目——尤其是在威斯康星州，因为这是我现在所在的地方——的资金发放将要被推迟。这是说给共和党和民主党两党听的：我们谈论的是孩子们吃不上饭的问题，”里弗斯说，“而这是绝不应该发生的事情。”
据美联社报道，在两名法官作出裁决，要求美国最大的粮食援助计划继续运行后，唐纳德·特朗普 (Donald Trump) 总统的政府于周一表示，将为SNAP提供部分资金。
负责监管补充营养援助计划 (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, SNAP) 的美国农业部表示，由于在联邦政府停摆期间已无法继续为其提供资金，该部门已于11月1日冻结了款项支付。
该项目为大约八分之一的美国人提供服务，是国家社会保障体系的重要组成部分。
SNAP项目在全国范围内每月耗资超过80亿美元。政府表示，将动用的一笔紧急基金中有46.5亿美元——这笔钱仅够支付正常福利的一半左右。
里弗斯的这番言论发表于密尔沃基主场对阵萨克拉门托的赛前。
“我不想听到什么‘有人在骗取福利’之类的鬼话，”据《纽约时报》报道，里弗斯说道，“一个六七岁的孩子什么也没骗，如果我们不解决这个问题，那我们才是在欺骗这些孩子。我们的共和党和民主党参议员以及政府没有尽到他们的职责。问题是，代价却要孩子们来承担，这太荒谬了。”
“我认为，我们每个人都可以向食物银行等各种地方捐款。我们应该这样做。我可以告诉你们，我正在这么做。我也在告诉我的球员们这样做。我呼吁所有人也都这样做，而且这不应该是一件政治化的事情。现在，这不应该关乎你是共和党人还是民主党人；这关乎我们的孩子。最后一点，逃学和饥饿确实是影响孩子在校学习的两大问题。”
“事实已经证明，一个孩子即便身处世界上环境最恶劣的地区，只要他能上学、能吃饱饭，他就能学进去。所以，我们必须确保喂饱我们的孩子。我们可以把其他所有事情都先放一放，以后再解决，但我们必须先喂饱我们的孩子。”
和之前的波波维奇一样，现年64岁的里弗斯也经常利用他的新闻发布会平台就社会问题发声。在季前赛期间，他曾谴责美国移民和海关执法局 (ICE) 在其家乡芝加哥进行的大规模逮捕行动。
为应对SNAP资金削减，圣安东尼奥食物银行一直在为贝尔县 (Bexar County) 数千名新增求助者做准备，该县约有28.4万人接受SNAP福利。
这家非营利组织每周为10.5万人提供服务，但食物银行首席执行官埃里克·库珀 (Eric Cooper) 表示，他预计将新增5万名求助者。
“这对我们来说将是创纪录的水平，需求量将超过我们在新冠疫情期间所经历的水平，”他告诉德州公共广播电台。
如需向圣安东尼奥食物银行捐款，请访问safoodbank.org。
美联社对本报道亦有贡献。
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Emulating Gregg Popovich, Bucks coach Doc Rivers speaks out about SNAP
Milwaukee Bucks head coach Doc Rivers stands on the court during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the New York Knicks Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in New York.
In a manner reminiscent of former Spurs coach and social justice champion Gregg Popovich, Milwaukee Bucks coach Doc Rivers on Saturday delivered an impassioned two-minute statement about the need for SNAP funding to continue.
“The SNAP programs around the country — and especially in Wisconsin, because that’s where I’m at right now — are going to get delayed, and this is for Republicans and Democrats: We’re talking about kids not getting food,” Rivers said. “And that should never happen.”
President Donald Trump’s administration said Monday it will partially fund SNAP after two judges issued rulings requiring it to keep the United States’ largest food aid program running, the Associated Press reported.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which oversees the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, froze payments on Nov. 1 because it said it could no longer keep funding it during the federal government shutdown.
The program serves about 1 in 8 Americans and is a major piece of the nation’s social safety net.
SNAP costs more than $8 billion per month nationally. The government says an emergency fund it will use has $4.65 billion — enough to cover about half the normal benefits.
Rivers’ comments came before a game against Sacramento in Milwaukee.
“I don’t want to hear about ‘people are cheating the program’ and all that crap,” Rivers said, per the New York Times. “A 6-year-old, 7-year-old kid is cheating nothing, and we are going to cheat the kids if we don’t take care of this. Our Republican and Democratic senators and the government have not done their jobs. The problem is the kids have to pay, and that’s ridiculous.
“I think (with) everyone, there’s food banks, all kinds of places that we can donate money. We should. I am, I can tell you that. I’m telling my players to. I’m asking everyone to, and this should not be a political thing. This should not be about being a Republican or a Democrat right now; this is about our kids. And finally on that, truancy and hunger are the two biggest issues for kids learning in school, literally.
“They have proven that a kid can be in the worst area in the world, literally the worst area, but if he can just get
to school and eat, he can learn. So, we have to make sure that we feed our kids. We can drop all the other stuff, figure it out all later, but we gotta feed our kids.”
Like Popovich before him, Rivers, 64, often uses his news conference platforms to speak out about societal issues. In the preseason, he denounced mass arrests by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in his hometown of Chicago.
In response to the SNAP cuts, the San Antonio Food Bank has been preparing for thousands of additional clients in Bexar County, where about 284,000 people receive SNAP benefits.
The nonprofit serves 105,000 people per week, but Food Bank CEO Eric Cooper said he expects an additional 50,000 clients.
“That would be at some record levels for us and demand that is greater than what we experienced during the pandemic," he told Texas Public Radio.
To donate to the San Antonio Food Bank, go to safoodbank.org.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News