U.S. #breastfeeding leadership: want to close racial disparity in BF rates? Look in the mirror. http://t.co/BuudzlOvNK @iamKSealsAllers

Health Equity

Green Carts pushing neighborhood produce By Jane Black Posted April 24, 2012 New York's Green Cart program is fast becoming a model for making healthful food more accessible and affordable.	Plenty of Room for Fellows in this NYTimes Debate Posted April 20, 2012 The New York Times’ most recent Room For Debate section features both Jane Black and Raj Patel as experts on the American diet	Haile Johnston, Social Entrepreneur Video Posted April 3, 2012 Haile is working to create food access solutions that make good food available to his community in Philadelphia and others like it accross the country.	Rebecca Wiggins-Reinhard, Youth Food Activist Video Posted April 3, 2012 Rebecca beleives in the transformative possibilities of young people learning about and growing food in New Mexico.
Kandace Vallejo, Youth Organizer Video Posted April 2, 2012 Kandace talks about the power of food justice in growing strong youth leaders.	Malik Yakini, Detroit Food Justice Activist Video Posted April 2, 2012 is changing the way Detroiters think about food, where it comes from and who profits from its sale.	Kimberly Seals Allers, Breastfeeding Warrior Video Posted March 31, 2012 Kimberly talks about the importance of breastfeeding as the First Food, and its impact on the health and wellbeing of Black babies.	Retelling the Black Breastfeeding Story By Kimberly Seals Allers Posted March 20, 2012 BB360 is a new, multi-media resource library for perspectives and voices of the Black breastfeeding experience.
Contradictions in the Anti-Hunger Movement By Andy Fisher Posted March 8, 2012 Walmart is giving billions to anti-hunger efforts but keeping their wages low enough for their workers to qualify for food stamps. What's wrong with this picture?	Kimberly Seals Allers Selected as Expert for Federal Breastfeeding Awareness Campaign Posted March 5, 2012 Kimberly Seals Allers Named Breastfeeding Commentator for U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Break Time for Nursing Mothers Campaign	Beyonce's choice a Black breastfeeding moment By Kimberly Seals Allers Posted March 2, 2012 Kimberly Seals Allers says Beyonce breastfeeding is a moment we need to claim for African American women.	Growing food sovereignty in the desert Posted February 14, 2012

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Ideas in focus

Cultivating Leadership and Equity in the Food Movement

April 2013

The IATP Food and Community Fellows Program is coming to an end, but it's springtime for our work growing equity in the food system and cultivating diverse leadership in the movement.

Issues

Health Equity Food Workers Growing Food Movement Building Children's Health and Well-being Food and Culture Community Economic Development Food Policy

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