Food Policy for Breakfast: Finding Synergy: Strategies for Coordinating Multiple Food Initiatives to Magnify Impact and Reduce Duplication

Part of our Spring 2015 Food Policy for Breakfast Seminar Series.

To what extent and in what ways are the many recent initiatives already collaborating and strengthening each others work? What are existing mechanisms and processes for coordinating this work? What strategies can we identify to find synergies and magnify the impact of this work?

In this session we will bring together representatives of community organizations, local government, philanthropy, and academia to explore the opportunities and challenges associated with the multiple new initiatives related to food and food policy in New York City.

Panelists:

Tracey Capers, Executive Vice President, Programs/Organizational Development, Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation

Colleen Flynn, Green and Healthy Neighborhoods Director, Local Initiatives Support Corporation

Diana Johnson, Director of Community Projects, NYC Food Policy Center at Hunter College

Rick Luftglass, Executive Director, Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

Cathy Nonas, Senior Advisor, Center for Health Equity, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Moderated by Nicholas Freudenberg, Distinguished Professor of Public Health, CUNY School of Public Health & Hunter College, and Faculty Director, NYC Food Policy Center at Hunter College.

Programming begins promptly at 9:00am – arrive at 8:45 for coffee and open networking.

*Location: CUNY Graduate Center: 365 Fifth Avenue @34th Street, New York, NY 10016, Room 9205/9206 9th Floor

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