Hello Healthy Food Allies,

 

This is a reminder for our next Healthy Food for Upper Manhattan meeting!

 

Healthy Food for Upper Manhattan

SCAN’s Johnson Cornerstone Community Center

1833 Lexington Avenue (between 112^th and 115^th)

Monday March 21^st 2016

12:00- 1:30 PM: General Session

1:30- 2:30 PM: Visioning Session

 

We will be doing things a little bit differently this time around! This meeting’s special panel will focus on Good Food Jobs in Upper Manhattan.This meeting will also include a visioning session after our regularly scheduled panel discussion and group share. Beginning at 1:30, we invite HFUM participants to contribute to shaping the vision, governance and goals for the group going forward. We look forward to your feedback!

 

Please RSVP to [log in to unmask].

 

 

We would also like to bring your attention to an upcoming conversation around healthy food for East Harlem hosted by the Urban Food Policy Forum. More details below.

 

 

Eating in East Harlem: An Assessment of Changing Foodscapes in Community District 11, 2000-2015

Thursday March 24th 9-10:30 AM

CUNY School of Public Health and Health Policy

55 West 125th Street, New York, NY 10027

7th Floor Auditorium 

 

Scheduled for release later this month, the report summarizes changes in food retail, food assistance, institutional food and nutrition education in East Harlem since 2000 and also reviews changes in diet-related diseases and food insecurity. PLEASE RSVP USING THE LINK ABOVE.

 

 Community Response Panel:

Carey King, New Harlem East Merchants Association

Nadia Munoz, NYC EDC

Anthony Reynoso, SuperFi Emporium

*additional panelists to be announced

 

 

 

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