Take action to bring healthy foods to Nashville's schools and neighborhoods
Sarah Bellos
affordable foods in many Nashville neighborhoods? Are you concerned
about the quality of the foods available to Middle Tennessee kids in
their schools and neighborhoods?
If so, I encourage you to attend Family Re-Union: Families and Food
Security, to be held next Wednesday October 29th from 9:30am to 3:15pm
at the Nashville Public Library. This event is an opportunity to
learn from local experts about food (in)access in Nashville and hear
from national speakers how communities across the country have
mobilized to promote a more healthy, just, and sustainable food
system. During facilitated afternoon breakout sessions participants
we will create strategies for bringing healthier foods to schools and
neighborhoods here in Middle Tennessee.
The conference is free but pre-registration is required. Lunch
featuring locally-grown food will be served. You can register at
http://www.familyreunion.org/FR_14/2008Conference.html or by following
the link schedule below.
Also, this conference will be most successful if we have great
participation from the community-- please consider forwarding this
message to your friends and colleagues!
Thanks, Cassi
Family Re-Union Fourteen: Families and Food Security
Wednesday, October 29, 9:30AM-3:15 PM
Nashville Public Library
Please join us for Family Re-Union Fourteen: Families and Food
Security as community residents, business leaders and policymakers
seek solutions to the growing challenges of ensuring that all Middle
Tennesseans have access to healthy, affordable food.
· Tentative Schedule*
· 9:30 a.m. - 10 a.m.
Registration
10 a.m.
· Welcome and Introduction
Debbie Miller
Director, Vanderbilt Child & Family Policy Center
10:10 a.m.
Keynote Presentation
Media and Policy Advocacy to Advance Health Equity and Justice
Makani Themba-Nixon, Director, The Praxis Project
11 a.m.
Panel - Food (In)access in Nashville
Mary Kate Mouser, Vanderbilt Children's Health Improvement & Prevention
Dr. Bettina Beech, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Dr. David Padgett, Tennessee State University
William S. Paul, MD, MPH, Metro Public Health Department of
Nashville/Davidson County
11:50 p.m.
Lunch and presentation
School Food and Fitness: Strategies for Addressing Health Disparities
Rochelle Davis, Founding Director, Healthy Schools Campaign
1:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Break
1:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Breakout sessions
Creating strategies: Healthy Food Retail & Healthy School Food
Register TODAY!! Click here!