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Tuesday, February 17th, Race Racism and Food Justice: Advancing a More Equitable Food System in New York City
February 17, 2015 @ 9:00 am - 9:25 am
FREEThe first of the Spring 2015 Food Policy 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?
Panelists
Dara Cooper
Director, NYC Food and Fitness Partnership
Diana Robinson
Campaign and Education Coordinator, Food Chain Workers Alliance
Naa Oyo A. Kwate, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Human Ecology and of Africana Studies, Associate Director, Center for Race and Ethnicity,
2014-2015, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
Moderated by Nicholas Freudenberg
Distinguished Professor of Public Health, CUNY School of Public Health & Hunter College, and Faculty Director, NYC Food Policy Center at Hunter College.
Seminar will be held at the CUNY Graduate Center
Skylight Room, 9th Floor