Wed, 5/30, 7 pm: FREE Community Screening of "Cafeteria Man" at the Hill Center
Laura Marks
I wanted to pass along information about an upcoming free community screening at the Hill Center (Eastern Market metro) of an award-winning school food documentary about Chef Tony Geraci's work in Baltimore Public Schools. After the film, stay for a brief panel discussion with some of our area's leading school food experts to hear what's going on in DCPS next year. The screening is sponsored by the Capitol Hill Public School Parent Organization.
Feel free to share with anyone who would be interested and contact me with any questions - laura...@gmail.com (lauramarks at gmail dot com).
Best,
Laura Marks
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Do you care what our kids are eating at school?
FREE
COMMUNITY SCREENING OF “CAFETERIA MAN”
Wednesday, May 30 - 7:00 pm
The Hill Center – 921 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE
Find out what other schools are
doing to make the change to locally-grown,
freshly-prepared meals.
Stay for a discussion after the
film with filmmaker Richard Chisolm and some of DC’s leading
school food experts.
Tony Geraci, as food-service director for
Baltimore’s public schools, embarked on an ambitious project: to
“green” the lunches of the city’s 83,000 students by replacing
pre-plated, processed foods with locally-grown, freshly prepared
meals. A charismatic chef from New Orleans, Geraci describes
himself as a “little bit lunch lady, a lot P.T. Barnum.” His
bold vision includes school vegetable gardens, student-designed
meals, meatless Mondays and nutrition education in the
classroom. Over the course of two years, the film documents the
efforts of parents, teachers, administrators, farmers, chefs and
dozens of creative and motivated students to overhaul a
dysfunctional nutritional system. Healthy food advocates Michael
Pollan and Will Allen and First Lady Michelle Obama also make
appearances. Directed
and produced by Richard Chisolm and Sheila Kinkade.
This is a FREE event but please reserve your seat as space is
limited: http://hillcenterdc.org/home/programs/238
Sponsored by Capitol Hill Public School Parent Organization.
