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We, the schools in the Oakland Unified School District, want systemic change in our food service to have healthy food in our cafeterias and throughout our campuses. Our alliance is comprised of students, parents, teachers, staff, principals, health professionals, and community organizations.
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Meeting Thurs May 20 12:30 pm at OCO
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Greetings from "the Alliance"
A committee has been working offline since February regrouping and
working on a Strategic Plan with leadership by Karena Oberman. We are
now back into regular meeting format. Please come to the next meeting
on Thursday May 20th at OCO (see directions below). We will be... more »
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OSFA; We are through Phase I of Strategic Planning
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Hello Oakland School Food Alliance!
Our regular meeting schedule will begin again on Thursday May 6th at 12:30
p.m. at the OCO office!
Please plan to attend, we have a full
agenda.
The leadership has recently gone through a strategic planning process with
a professional planner, Karena Oberman. It was an exciting and enlightening... more »
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Michelle Obama's new child obesity initiative
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[image: Slow Food USA] Earlier this week, Michelle Obama launched a new initiative to solve the epidemic of child obesity. "Let's move to get healthier food into our nation's schools," she said. More than 31 million children participate in the National School Lunch Program. Many consume as many as half their daily calories at school. *Helping... more »
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New Settings For Google Group
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HI All, Due to the overwhelming volume of unhappy emails regarding the use of this list, I have set the group options so that only moderators can post to the list. The list will be used as a tool to communicate meetings and events of the Oakland School Food Alliance. There should be no more than 2-3 emails per month.... more »
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NYT article on recess before lunch
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Well, we seem to have tapped into a hot topic. Here's a link to an article from the New York Times about the latest email conversation we've been having regarding the timing of recess: [link] Best, Tracy Tracy Tingle... more »
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School Breakfast
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Fyi Only One Oakland, Calif. School Offers In-Classroom Breakfast (New Media America <[link] 48j1W%2B28rN%2BMp7Tke> , January 7, 2010) Melrose Leadership Academy is the only school in the Oakland Unified School District that offers free, in-classroom breakfast. Before the... more »
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notes from Dec 17 meeting
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Finally, here are the notes from our last general meeting. We will be meeting this Thursday, January 21 at 6 pm at the OCO office in Eastmont Mall. We hope to see many of you there. Susan Audap for OSFA
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