NYC Food Policy Center (Hunter College)

Food Policy for Breakfast: Can Campus Food be the Next School Food? Making University Food Services a Force for Food Change
2014-10-21 09:00 - 10:30 (America/New_York) | CUNY Graduate Center, 365 5th Ave, New York, NY, 10016, United States
Part of our Fall 2014 Food Policy for Breakfast Seminar Series.
In New York City more than 600,000 young adults attend college. How are universities feeding their students? What are the facilitators and obstacles of healthier campus food and food environments? What promising strategies can be learned from other places? In this session in honor of National Food Day, the following panelists will discuss these questions.

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Panelists:
Christina Grace, Principal and Food Systems Consultant for several SUNY campuses, New Territories
Ollín Rodríguez, Northeast Assistant Regional Coordinator, Real Food Challenge, , an organization that leverages the power of youth and universities to create a healthy, fair and green food system.
Nicholas Freudenberg, Distinguished Professor of Public Health, Hunter College and the CUNY School of Public Health, and Faculty Director, Healthy CUNY
Moderated by: Jan Poppendieck, Professor Emerita, Sociology, Hunter College, and Policy Director, NYC Food Policy Center at Hunter College.
Location: CUNY Graduate Center, 365 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016

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Vendy Plaza at East Harlem
2014-11-02 12:00 - 18:00 | East Harlem’s La Marqueta, 115th street and Park avenue, New York, NY, 10029, United States
Every Sunday through November 23rd, Vendy Plaza will come to East Harlem’s La Marqueta on 115th street and Park avenue. The event started last Sunday where dozen of visitors enjoyed music and food from New York’s top Food Trucks. Vendy Plaza is presented by La Marqueta Retoña, Vendy Awards and Office of the Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, this unique outdoor food market concept will feature Vendy Award finalists, winners, and local vendors. Come out and enjoy Food truck vendors, Live Latin-Jazz-Fusion by TROMBEATZ, and beer from Brooklyn Brewery from 12 noon and 6 pm.
The Vendy Plaza will feature a rotating list of vendors, including:

Khao Man Gai (2013 Market Winner)
Ice & Vice (2014 Dessert Winner)
Martha’s Gorditas (Local Vendor)
Macarena’s Elotes (Local Vendor)
Nuchas (2014 People’s Choice)
Snowday (2014 Rookie of the Year)
Wafels & Dinges (2009 Dessert Winner)
Zha Pan Asian (2014 Market Winner)

& More!
About the presenters
La Marqueta Retoña is an initiative to revive the social and cultural elements of this historical site through the arts, music and community activities. A series of events are scheduled to take place at the outdoor space known as “La Placita” as well as in the main indoor space of La Marqueta both located underneath the Park Avenue elevated train station between 115th and 116th Streets in El Barrio with aim to celebrate Latin culture, educate and instill a scence pride in the next generation of residence living in El Barrio.
The Vendys are a fundraiser organized by the Street Vendor Project, a membership-based non-profit organization that stands up for vendors’ rights. The Vendys are the first street food event and competition series in the USA, providing a forum for vendors to compete for the title of Best Street food.
Outside of New York, The Vendys partners with local organizations that support street vendors and/or sustainable food issues in each host city

Career Forum 2014
2014-11-10 17:30 - 21:00 | CUNY School of Public Health at Hunter College, 119th Street and Third Avenue, New York, NY, United States
Wondering About Career Options in Public Health?
Want to Expand Your Professional Network?
Monday, November 10, 2014
Presenters and Breakout Session Leaders:
• Sara Gardner, MPH – Fund for Public Health
• Ana Garcia, MPA – New York Academy of Medicine
• Terri Jackson, MA- Rabin Martin
• Michelle Davis, PhD, MSPH – U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Ashish Joshi, MD, PhD – CUNY School of Public Health at Hunter College
Overview
5:30PM-6:10PM- Registration and Networking
6:15PM-7:30PM – Presentations
7:40PM-9:00PM- Breakout Sessions
Cost – PHANYC Student Member* ($10); Professional Member* ($15);
Non-Member Student ($15); Non-Member Professional ($20)
To Register: https://tinyurl.com/PHANYCCareerNight2014
Light refreshments will be available
PHANYC has a long history of strong, savvy advocacy in defense of public health services and quality health care for all people in New York City, particularly people whose access to medical care is often limited — the poor, women, minorities, the elderly, children.
PHANYC is also a large network of hundreds of professionals who support public health goals and work at all levels of the health care delivery system. Members can become valuable sources of support and career contacts. When something happens on the health scene — from a new policy development to a new job opening — someone in PHANYC knows about it.
*Join PHANYC for year-round career networking and enjoy discounts on all programs!
Visit:www.phanyc.org/membership

Lethal But Legal: Corporations , Consumption and Protecting Public Health
2014-11-12 18:30 - 20:00 | Mid – Manhattan Library, 455 Fifth Avenue (at 40th Street), New York, NY, 10016-0122, United States
Mid – Manhattan Library welcomes Nicholas Freudenberg presenting an illustrated talk on his book Lethal But Legal: Corporations, Consumption and Protecting Public Health
Decisions made by the food, tobacco, alcohol, pharmaceutical, gun, and automobile industries have a greater impact on today’s health than the decisions of scientists and policymakers. As the collective influence of corporations has grown, governments around the world have stepped back from their responsibility to protect public health by privatizing key services, weakening regulations, and cutting funding for consumer and environmental protection. Today’s corporations are increasingly free to make decisions that benefit their bottom line at the expense of public health.
This illustrated lecture examines how corporations have impacted influenced– and plagued — public health over the last century, first in industrialized countries and now in developing regions. It is a current history of corporations’ antagonism towards health and an analysis of the emerging movements that are challenging these industries’ dangerous practices. The reforms outlined aim to strike a healthier balance between large companies’ right to make a profit and governments’ responsibility to protect their populations. It connects the dots between unhealthy products, business-dominated politics, and the growing burdens of disease and health care costs. By identifying the common causes of all these problems, then situating them in the context of other health challenges that societies have overcome in the past, Nicholas Freudenberg provides the insights needed to take practical and effective action to restore consumers’ right to health.
About the presenter:
Nicholas Freudenberg, DrPH, is Distinguished Professor of Public Health at Hunter College and at City University of New York School of Public Health. He is the faculty director of The New York City Food Policy Center. He studies the impact of corporate business and political practices on global health and the environment. His current work focuses on municipal policy responses to child obesity in various cities around the world including New York, London, Cape Town and Lisbon.

Community walk
2014-11-15 10:00 - 12:05 | Poor Richard’s Playground, 109th and 3rd Ave, New York, NY, United States
Cada Paso invites you to the last walk of the year.
Cada Paso is very pleased to conclude a fantastic first year with an action-packed walk.
They will be visiting Harlem RBI, a dynamic resource in the East Harlem community, and learning about the physical activity and personal development programs they offer for children of all ages.
Also they will engage in political activism regarding proposed City Council legislation to reduce the use of plastic bags. As we learned in our Climate and Community walk, there are 650 plastic bags PER PERSON PER YEAR consumed in NYC. This amounts to 100,000 tons of waste, and a lot of that gets trucked through East Harlem. Reducing plastic bags means less traffic and less pollution = safer and cleaner streets for East Harlem! Parents will have the opportunity to call Melissa Mark-Viverito’s office in support of the legislation and to sign a written petition.
As usual, Cada Paso will provide fresh fruit for a snack break in a community garden along the way (weather permitting). And may stop by Community Board 11 so parents know how they can stay involved in the issues important to them.
Cada Paso is in need of walk co-leaders, especially if you can help translate to Español.
You can view the previous Cada Paso First Aid (Part 2) walk here: https://www.cadapaso.us/first-aid-part-2/

NYC Health Technology Food Forum: How Can Technology Help (and Hurt) Public Health Initiatives?
2014-11-18 08:45 - 10:15 | The Silberman Building, 2180 Third Avenue at 119th Street, New York
How can technology support healthier food policies? In a society increasingly digitized, how can health technology be harnessed to improve food security and good food access, decrease health inequalities and diet-related diseases, and support healthy food choices? In an interactive talk that will include the convergence of nutritional informatics, mobile health, and public health, six leaders in the Food/Health-Tech Revolution talk about how technology can help (and hurt) public health and food related initiatives.

Conceived with the goal to highlight the dynamic and rapidly-evolving world of health technology, this seminar will bring together leading figures in food and healthcare policy, clinical data collection, surplus food utilization, and food industry worker and farmer growth services. With a focus on food, speakers will showcase new technologies addressing public health concerns.
Panelists:

Jennifer Goggin, Farmers Web, an online market place connecting local farms and producers with buyers
Alice Cheng, Culinary Agents, job matching and professional networking for the food, beverage and hospitality industries
Deborah Estrin, Professor of Computer Science, Cornell NYC Tech, a new Cornell University graduate school based in New York City
Stan Kachnowski, PhD, Chairman, The Hit Lab, a healthcare innovation lab working to improve the quality and accessibility of healthcare worldwide.
Christine Johnson, Assistant Commissioner, NYC DOHMH (Menustat.org, a free nutritional database of foods served by national chain restaurants)
Gary Oppenheimer, AmpleHarvest.org, a nationwide campaign to reduce hunger and malnutrition by connecting gardeners with local food pantries

Moderator: Charles Platkin, CUNY School of Public Health, Hunter College and the NYC Food Policy Center
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Webinar: Healthy Food Service Guidelines in Worksite and Community Settings
2014-11-18 13:00 - 14:30 | Unnamed Venue, New York, NY, United States
866-581-9669, participant code [REDACTED]
Topic: Food Service Guidelines Assessment and Monitoring Implementation
Slides and handouts for the call:
Assessment Monitoring Overview 2014-11-18 call
Assessment County of LA Departments 02 27 14 Final
CDC Healthy Hospital Food and Beverage Environmental Scan 2014
CDC_FoodServGetStartGUIDE112014
Sponsored by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Who are the calls for? This call series is intended for state or local health departments that are taking an active role in healthy food service guidelines and procurement in worksite and community settings.
What is the purpose? The purpose of this call series is to facilitate a networking forum to share information among public health practitioners on healthy food service guidelines and procurement strategies.

Read our report on institutional meals served in NYC>>>

If you would like to receive future notices for these networking calls on Healthy Food Service Guidelines in Worksite and Community Settings, please send your e-mail address to Sarah Kuester at sak2@cdc.gov

East Harlem Community Meeting
2014-11-18 17:30 - 19:00 | Thomas Jefferson Recreation Center, 2180 1st Ave, New York, NY, 10029, United States
Community Meeting to discuss the East River Development.

The East River Development Plan is a plan to build three high rise luxury condo buildings on top of the Costco. There will be 1100 units only 250 will be affordable.

We will talk about the details of the development plan and our options to fight back. We need your input in this process so we can get the best for our community.
For more info or to RSVP Call/Text Negesti at CVH 347-496-6824

Classical Music Concert / Música de Cámara
2014-11-19 20:00 - 22:00 | El Museo del Barrio, 1230 5th Avenue, New York, NY, 10029, United States

Food Chains
2014-11-21 19:45 - 21:45 | The Quad Cinema, 34 W 13th Street, New York, NY, United States

Food Chains (Saturday screening)
2014-11-22 13:00 - 15:00 | The Quad Cinema, 34 W 13th Street, New York, NY, United States

Farms, Stores, and Dinner Tables: How to shape healthy food policy in your community
2014-11-24 14:30 - 15:30 | Online
Via ucsusa.org
Are you concerned about access to healthy food in your community but wonder if there is a way to really make a difference? The route to healthier food policies starts with you.
This online discussion using Google+ Hangouts offers a unique opportunity to meet local food policy advocates and experts to learn about the decisions and influences behind the policies that shape your access to healthy food. Through their stories, lessons learned, and answers to your questions, presenters will help demystify the often overwhelming world of food policy and provide practical advice on how to be an effective advocate for healthy food policy in your neighborhood.
You have the opportunity to be a part of the decisions that shape access to healthy, affordable food in your community—join this online discussion to learn how.
The discussion will be moderated by Pallavi Phartiyal, program manager and senior scientist, Center for Science and Democracy, Union of Concerned Scientists. Participants include:
• Paula Daniels, founder and executive director, Los Angeles Food Policy Council;
• Yael Lehmann, executive director, The Food Trust; and
• Parke Wilde, Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition and Food Policy.
Download the Toolkit
Click here to register for this event>>>

Understanding New York City SchoolFood
2014-12-01 14:30 - 15:45 | The Silberman Building, 2180 Third Avenue at 119th Street, New York
NYC SchoolFood serves more than 860,000 meals daily. This insider’s panel will talk about how SchoolFood “works,” including details on procurement, about the recently formed Urban School Food Alliance, vegetarian meals served at NYC Schools, and more! They will also discuss and answer questions about fieldwork and job opportunities.
Presented by the Office of SchoolFood, NYC Food Policy Center at Hunter College Hunter College Nutrition Club
Learn how NYC serves 860,000 meals daily, about the Urban School Food Alliance, about procurement, vegetarian meals, and more!
There will be an introduction to NYC SchoolFood and Panel Discussion with:
Meserete Davis, Food & Menu Management Project Specialist
Simone Martin, Recruitment Director
Derek Mitchell, Regional Director of Brooklyn 1 (Hunter College Alum)
ROOM 217

Overlooked and Undercounted: Opportunities to Move More New Yorkers to Self-Sufficiency
2014-12-02 08:00 - 10:00
Join us for the exclusive publication release of the 2014 New York City Self-Sufficiency Standard report and a dialogue among leaders from the public and private sectors, philanthropy and the nonprofit world around issues and opportunities. We will explore how business leaders and policymakers can make a difference for the future of New York City.
The New School
John L. Tishman Auditorium
63 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10003
Schedule:
8:00 am – 8:30 am
Registration and Networking Breakfast
8:30 am – 10:00 am
Panel Discussion and Audience Q&A

This is an invitation-only gathering and you must pre-register to attend.

Intership Opportunity with the Youth Leadership Program (YLP)
2014-12-05 16:00 - 17:30 | The Silberman Building, 2180 Third Avenue at 119th Street, New York
Sponsored by Weill Cornell Medical College and Hunter College
YLP is a group of teens and adult allies working to make East Harlem a healthier community and have fun while doing it!
COME TO OUR INFO SESSION THIS FRIDAY DECEMBER 5TH AT 4PM. THE LOCATION IS THE HUNTER COLLEGE SILBERMAN BUILDING LOCATED AT 2180 3RD AVENUE AND THE CORNER OF EAST 119TH STREET. THE ROOM IS 327 ON THE 3RD FLOOR. LIGHT SNACKS WILL BE AVAILABLE. WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!

Food Policy for Breakfast: 80 Years of Federal Food Assistance Policy: Implications for Child Nutrition Reauthorization in Difficult Times
2014-12-16 09:00 - 10:30 | CUNY Graduate Center, 365 5th Ave, New York, NY, 10016, United States
The University of California Press has released a new edition of Jan Poppendieck’s Breadlines Knee Deep in Wheat: Food Assistance in the Great Depression, this one with a foreword by Marion Nestle and an Epilogue by Poppendieck, updating the history of federal food assistance. There are now 15 separate federal food and nutrition programs administered by USDA, and one in four Americans participates in at least one of these. Last year, these programs transferred about 100 billion dollars worth of food and food specific purchasing power to low income Americans. Basically, the epilogue asks why food assistance has fared so much better than welfare in the United States.
At this session of Food Policy for Breakfast, Poppendieck will explore the factors that explain this relative success, and then use this explanation to consider the prospects for Child Nutrition Reauthorization, now coming up in a Congress in which the GOP controls both houses. What can we learn from the history of food assistance that can help us prepare to make CNR 2015 a victory for America’s children?
Representatives from NYC for CNR will serve as respondents:
David DeVaughn, Manager, Policy & Government Relations, City Harvest
Claire Uno, Assistant Executive Director, Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food, Education & Policy, Teachers College Columbia University, Program in Nutrition

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Health Fair & Wellness Expo
2015-01-21 09:00 - 11:00
Harlem Children’s Zone Healthy Harlem presents Early Childhood Health Fair & Wellness Expo

LEARN ALL ABOUT:
Eating healthy
Getting in shape
Managing asthma
Fire safety
Preparing for an emergency
Preventing lead poisoning
FOOD SAMPLES & COOKING DEMOS

FREE screenings
Diabetes, Cholesterol, BMI Blood pressure, Fit testing
Information booths
Yoga classes, WIC, Holistic health, SNAP, Farmers markets, Fitness classes, Wellness resources, Acupuncture, Fire safety, Healthcare enrollment, Financial literacy, Legal aid, Bike & traffic safety
Raffles & Giveaways
Gym passes, Fresh & local produce, Children’s books, Cooking supplies, Gift cards, Healthy Harlem goody bags

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For more information, contact Nadirah Blassingame at 646-545-3935 or nblassingame@hcz.org

Food Policy for Breakfast: Race, Racism and Food Justice: Advancing a More Equitable Food System in New York City
2015-02-17 09:00 - 10:30 | CUNY Graduate Center, 365 5th Ave, New York, NY, 10016, United States
Part of our Spring 2015 Food Policy for Breakfast Seminar Series.

In celebration of Black History Month, this seminar will bring together academics and leaders in the food justice movement to discuss how race, racism and residential segregation influence access to healthy food and good food jobs in NYC. What promising approaches are emerging to reduce the impact of race and racism on healthy food access and other inequalities within our food system? What are opportunities for the food justice movement to find common ground with others working to end racism and other forms of inequality?
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General Meeting Food Matters
2015-02-24 17:30 - 18:30
Interested in nutrition, sustainability and food justice? Como work with us to plan events for the Spring semester. If you are a graduate student and interested, the treasure and secretary positions are vacant.
Refreshments will be served.
Have questions, contact:
baruchfoodmatters@gmail.com

Annual Farm to City Expo
2015-03-10 12:00 - 14:30 | Javits Convention Center, 655 West 34th Street, New York, NY, 10001, United States
The Farm to City Expo is an annual half day forum supporting local purchasing in the food service industry. When you attend the Farm to City Expo you can discover how buying locally can improve your bottom line.
2015 Forum:
Going with the Grain: The Renaissance of NYS Grain Production
The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets and Empire State Development are co-hosting the annual Farm to City Expo 2015 at the International Restaurant and Foodservice Show of New York on March 10th, 2015 from 12 pm-2:30 pm. The discussion is called Going with the Grain: The Renaissance of NYS Grain Production, a two panel forum featuring speakers from many ends of the grain value chain. New York State has been growing grain since 1678 and it’s seen a recent increase in production. In fact, grain can now be found on more tables across the state than ever before. Come hear the ways you can bring local grain to your table!
New York’s first seeds of grain were sown on Long Island in 1678 and these golden fields soon created an iconic breadbasket stretching all the way to Western New York. It may be hard to believe today, but the Empire State, which is known throughout the world for its maple syrup, apples, dairies and wineries, was also once one of the top grain producers in the country. In the mid-1800s, dehydrated soils, pest invasion, and transportation improvements, contributed to its demise.
Grain production is making a remarkable comeback here in New York thanks to a number of efforts encouraging the use of locally-grown grain. One important player has been GrowNYC. In an effort to integrate local grains at their farmers markets, GrowNYC now requires bakers to source 15% of their grains locally. Knowledge on local grains continues to spread and bakers such as Brooklyn-based Bien Cuit have committed to working with grain purveyors upstate. Additionally, since Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has taken office, craft beverage laws have been amended and new laws have been enacted to encourage value-added products to be made from grains produced or processed in New York.

Use the code FARMTOCITY for complementary access to the event.

Food Security Governance: Empowering communities, regulating corporations
2015-03-10 17:00 - 18:30 | CUNY Graduate Center, 365 5th Ave, New York, NY, 10016, United States
The University Food Policy Collaborative of New York City Presents
Food Security Governance: Empowering communities, regulating corporations
A panel discussion in celebration of Nora McKeon’s new book Today’s global food system generates hunger alongside of land grabs, food waste, health problems, massive greenhouse gas emissions.
Nora McKeon’s just-released book explains why we find ourselves in this situation and explores what we can do to change it. In her talk she will contrast how actors link up in corporate global food chains and in the local food systems that are considered to be “alternative” but in fact feed most of the world’s population. She will describe how communities around the world are protecting their access to resources and building better ways of food provision and discuss how the Committee on World Food Security – a uniquely inclusive global policy forum since its reform in 2009 – could be supportive of these efforts. The talk will conclude with a call to blow the whistle on predatory capitalism by building effective public policy instruments for accountable governance and extending their authority to the realm of regulating markets and corporations.
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Just Food Conference 2015
2015-03-15 08:00 - 19:00 | Teachers College, Columbia University, 525 West 120th Street, New York, NY, United States
This annual event will attract over 700 organizers, community leaders, CSA members, local food advocates, urban and rural farmers, food professionals, entrepreneurs, and members of the press to participate in a full day of trainings, panels, policy discussions, and good food. This year’s Just Food Conference will be held Sunday, March 15, 2015, in partnership with the Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food, Education & Policy at Teachers College, Columbia University. We will kick-off the weekend with a Pre-Conference Networking Reception the evening of Friday, March 13th, hosted by the Durst Organization.
Conference programming will cover over 40 different topics including farm and food policy issues, approaches to urban agriculture, culinary and food preservation techniques, and community-driven efforts to advance food justice throughout New York City. We are pleased to announce that Eric Holt-Giménez, Executive Director of Food First, will be delivering this year’s keynote speech.
Sponsorship Opportunities
Please see our 2015 sponsorship deck or contact Robin Burger at 212-645-9880 x232 or robin@justfood.org.
Scholarships
Scholarships for reduced-price tickets will be available for groups and individuals needing financial assistance. Applications are due by 9am Wednesday, February 11th. For more information and to apply, click here.
Volunteering
If you would like to volunteer at the Just Food Conference, please complete our online application here.
Travelling from out of town? Find information about directions and accommodations here.
About Just Food
Just Food is a 501c3 non-profit organization that empowers and supports community leaders in their efforts to advocate for and increase access to healthy, local food, especially in underserved NYC neighborhoods. Since 1995, Just Food has convened major summits and conferences that educate and engage the public in local food, farm, and social justice issues. A pioneer in food justice and sustainable agriculture, Just Food emphasizes the role of community leadership and ownership of food projects, particularly in low-income communities. Just Food provides training and support to community-based organizations and community leaders to start and sustain healthy food access projects, including community-run, urban agriculture-based farmers’ markets; Community Supported Agriculture groups (CSA); and farm-to-food pantry initiatives. Just Food also trains community members to provide education in fundamental cooking and sustainable urban farming for their neighbors and to advocate to make their corner of New York City a healthier and more sustainable place to live and eat. For more information, visit justfood.org.

Food Policy for Breakfast: Eric Holt-Giménez: Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy, Putting the Public Back in Food
2015-03-17 09:00 - 10:30 | CUNY Graduate Center, 365 5th Ave, New York, NY, 10016, United States
Part of our Spring 2015 Food Policy for Breakfast Seminar Series.
On March 17th, in honor of the 40th Anniversary of Food First / Institute for Food and Development Policy in Oakland, California, Food Policy for Breakfast will present Eric Holt-Giménez , who will speak on “Putting the Public Back in Food.” He will describe the vanishing public sphere and what local food activists can do to resist the increasing privatization of the food system. As Eric states, today’s food system has been shaped by the privatization of public goods and the deregulation of corporate capital, leading to the highest levels of global inequality in economic history…. In many ways the community food movement, with its projects for a fair, sustainable, healthy food system is rebuilding our public sphere from the ground up.”
With more than 25 years of experience working with farmers in Central America, Eric Holt-Giménez joined Food First as its Executive Director in 2006. His book, Campesino a Campesino: Voices from Latin America’s Farmer to Farmer Movement for Sustainable Agriculture, tells the story of the spread of sustainable agriculture through farmer to farmer methods in Central America, improving livelihoods for hundreds of thousands of rural families. His 2011 book Food Movements Unite! Strategies to Transform Our Food Systems brings together grassroots voices from around the world to address the critical question: How can we unite to transform the global food system?
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Mexican Spring: Sowing Seeds of Resistance from Ayotzinapa to New York City Press Conference and Community Forum
2015-03-18 18:00 - 19:00 | CUNY Graduate Center, 365 5th Ave, New York, NY, 10016, United States
Professor Felipe de la Cruz Sandoval, faculty member from the Aytozinapa Rural Teachers College and spokesperson of the parents of the 43 forcibly disappeared Ayotzinapa students will announce the arrival of the Caravan43 of Ayotzinapa parents into New York City this April. Since the September attacks, de la Cruz has been working with students and families as they search for their loved ones and has been part of a growing protest movement denouncing government corruption and narco-State violence in México.
Local scholars, artists, students, activists, and the public will gather to learn about the demands that the Ayotzinapa parents are bringing to the U.S. and the role that U.S. policy has played in fueling much of México’s drug-related violence.
Chair:
Florencia Ruíz Mendoza, Historical Memory Project – John Jay College of Criminal Justice/CUNY
Presenters:
Prof. Felipe de la Cruz Sandoval, Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers College/Caravana 43
Christy Thornton, North America Council on Latin America (NACLA)
Pablo Benson Silva, Long Island University (LIU)
Organizers:
Co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies (CLACLS), Latina/o and Latin American Student Association (AELLA) and Caravan43 NYC Coalition
This event is free and open to the public. Come, participate, and together let’s get ready to welcome the Caravan43!

Film Night at Anthology Film Archives
2015-03-19 19:00 - 21:00 | Unnamed Venue, 32 Second Avenue (Between 1st & 2nd) , New York, NY, United States
Purchase Tickets for $15 online: https://bit.ly/grazers_screening ￼
Panel & Reception to Follow ￼refreshments from Heritage Foods USA and Bronx Brewery

Health Hub Pre-Application Meetings
2015-03-25 18:00 - 20:00 | East and Central Harlem District Public Health Office, 161-169 110th St, New York, NY, 10029, United States
Reminder for community-based organizations of all types, FQHCs, and Article 28/31 providers, please see the information below to learn more about the Health Hubs, where they are located, and how to apply. Please feel free to share this information.

Dates and locations for all pre-application meetings below.

Date & Time

Location

Brooklyn
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Plaza
1368 Fulton Street
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11216
Rm: 1st Floor Multipurpose Room

Manhattan
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

East and Central Harlem District Public Health Office
161-169 110th St
New York, N.Y. 10029
Rm: 115AB

Bronx
Thursday, March 26, 2015
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Bronx Borough President’s Office
851 Grand Concourse
Bronx, N.Y. 10451
Rm: Veteran’s Memorial Hall

Help Create a Space for Girls of Color & Social Justice
2015-03-28 14:00 - 16:00 | Church of the Resurrection, 325 East 101 Street, New York, NY, 10029, United States
This is an open call for parents, guardians or caregivers of girls of color who may want to get together to brainstorm and dialogue about the possibility of starting a group for the girls. The motivation is to create a community space for girls of color 6-12 where they can proudly and safely form and reinforce their racial identity, develop radical self-love and a high self-esteem, and together make sense of big ideas associated with social justice.
May be something similar to what the Radical Brownies are doing in the Bay Area; may be a space where girls can learn critical thinking within a group of girls of color, where they can learn to identify the role race …and racism have in their lives. May be a space where young girls of color can learn about all the community organizing efforts in New York City and beyond. Maybe we can collectively develop a social justice curriculum. We don’t know, exactly. But we are seeking ideas and input from other parents or caregivers who may see the need and usefulness of a group of this kind in New York City.
We have secured meeting space. Thanks Kimberly Mabry Wright and child-care with a Women of Color Celebration Theme for the meeting. Thank you Jeannine Sloane-Wilby! Please come and tell other women and girls.
If you cannot attend and want more information or want to get involved please text: Flor
Esta es una convocatoria abierta para madres, tutores o encargados de niñas de color que quieran reflexionar y dialogar sobre la posibilidad de iniciar un grupo para las niñas. La motivación es tener un espacio creado por la comunidad para niñas de color 6-12 anios de edad donde pueden con orgullo y con seguridad formar y reforzar su identidad racial, desarrollar amor propio y una alta autoestima, para juntas entender ideas relacionadas con la justicia social.
Puede ser algo parecido a lo que el grupo Radical Brownies están haciendo en la zona de la bahía de San Francisco; puede ser un espacio donde las niñas puedan aprender a pensar críticamente dentro entre un grupo de niñas de color, donde pueden aprender a identificar el papel que la raza y el racismo juegan en sus vidas. Puede ser un espacio donde las niñas de color pueden aprender acerca de todos los esfuerzos de organización comunitaria en la Ciudad de Nueva York y más allá. Tal vez, colectivamente, podemos desarrollar una curriculum de estudio de justicia social para nuestras ninas. No sabemos, exactamente. Pero estamos buscando ideas y aportaciones de otras madres o cuidadores que tambien ven la necesidad y utilidad de un grupo de este tipo en la Ciudad de Nueva York.
Hemos conseguido espacio para reuniones. Gracias Kimberly Mabry Wright y cuidado de niñas con una actividad con el tema de la celebración mujeres de color. Gracias Jeannine Sloane-Wilby ! Por favor ven y comparte con otras mujeres y niñas

Grant Writing Workshop
2015-04-02 09:30 - 14:30 | State Office Building, 55 Hanson Place, New York, NY, United States
Grant Writing Workshop: USDA Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program
State Office Building, 55 Hanson Place, Brooklyn, NY
This workshop will provide an overview of United State Department of Agriculture’s Local Food Promotion Program and Farmers’ Market Promotion Program. Topics covered include how to develop programs targeted to the funding opportunity, details on preparing your proposal, and writing your application. Please RSVP to Monika Roth of Cornell Cooperative Extension at mr55@cornell.edu, Provide your name, location, organization, and contact information.
For more information on these grant programs, and for details on other workshops in the region, visit https://www.amsta.net/

Climate Change Planning Workshop for West Harlem & Washington Heights / Inwood
2015-04-04 09:30 - 14:30 | Mary McLeod Bethune Senior Center, 1970 Amsterdam Ave (at 158th Street), New York, NY, United States
From weact.org
We all know that our communities are incredibly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, and that changes to the environment will only worsen the socio-economic inequalities that the poor, working class, and communities of color already suffer from. In order to make sure that NYC’s response to climate change addresses these issues of environmental justice, we would like to invite you to a series of participatory workshops where we will be developing a climate action plan for Northern Manhattan.
At the workshops, happening on April 4th and 11th, we will be exploring the future environmental and social impacts of climate change on Northern Manhattan, while also developing a long-term strategy for mitigating those impacts on local communities that suffer disproportionately from environmental pollution. In other words, the workshops are an opportunity to learn about the challenges that hurricanes and heat waves will present, while also creating our own vision for a clean environment, fair economy, and a city where communities are valued, not exploited.
If you are interested in participating in this discussion about environmental justice and climate change, please RSVP for the workshops listed below:
Workshop in West Harlem & Washington Heights / Inwood
Saturday, April 4 // 9:30am – 2:30pm
Mary McLeod Bethune Senior Center, 1970 Amsterdam Ave (at 158th Street)
RSVP here
Workshop in East Harlem and Central Harlem
Saturday, April 11 // 9:30am – 2:30pm
Henry J. Carter Specialty Hospital, 1752 Park Avenue (en 121st Street)
RSVP here
Contact for more info: Louis Bailey, louis@weact.org, 212-961-1000 ext 311

What Do Food Lawyers Do?
2015-04-08 18:30 - 20:30 | New York University Department of Nutrition, Food Studies and Public Health, 411 Lafayette Street, Room 510 ( Large Conference Room), New York, NY, United States
As the food movement gains traction, lawyers are becoming more vital to the conversation. Come hear from four experienced attorneys who practice a wide range of food law, spanning sustainable agriculture, class action litigation, public health, and public policy.
Speakers
Michele Simon, President, Eat Drink Politics
Jason Foscolo, Partner, Foscolo and Handel, The Food Law Firm
Kim E. Richman, Law Office of K. E. Richman
Ellen Fried, Adjunct Assistant Professor, New York University (moderator)
(reception to follow panel)
RSVPs to Steven Ho at sh93@nyu.edu (space is limited)
