FOOD SYSTEMS
Food Equity: Building a Fair Food System For everyone America’s food system, from growing food to processing, serving and eating it, matters to our families, our farmers and our future. It is essential...
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Falling off the Fiscal Cliff
Falling off the Fiscal Cliff - Race, Opportunity and Sequestration. As a country, we long ago decided to feed the hungry, help the homeless, ensure our elderly have heat in winter and make sure every...
View ArticleFalling off the Fiscal Cliff – Race, Opportunity and Sequestration
As a country, we long ago decided to feed the hungry, help the homeless, ensure our elderly have heat in winter and make sure every child gets a fair chance, by supporting public schools and programs...
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Children and Families First
photo by jasoneepink By Maya Wiley In his acceptance speech, President Barack Obama said, “What makes America exceptional … [is] the belief that our destiny is shared; that this country only works...
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America’s Farmers Lose in Fiscal Cliff Deal
photo by 9to5poet By Anthony Giancatarino, Coordinator of Research & Advocacy Congress has once again proved that making sausage is a more attractive process to watch than law-making in a...
View ArticlePEOPLE POWERED POLICY: COMMUNITIES OF COLOR LEAD ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND SOLAR...
We are all facing the challenges of a changing climate. We lose homes, businesses and even lives to superstorms like Katrina and Sandy and to wildfires. We lose food and livelihoods to drought. We...
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Cutting Food Stamps: Fueling Hunger, not Solutions
Photo by: Clementine Gallot By Anthony Giancatarino, Coordinator of Research and Advocacy Meet Evannie. She works hard as a waitress but barely earns a living and struggles to put food on the table...
View ArticleEnergy Democracy – Community-Led Solutions: Three Case Studies
Energy Democracy – Community-Led Solutions is a compilation of three case studies highlighting the work of communities of color developing community-scale renewable energy projects to improve their...
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3 Things You Should Also Know About the Farm Bill
(photo via Wikimedia) By Anthony Giancatarino, Program Manager; Dennis Chin; Communications Coordinator; Ashley Hollingshead; Project Associate American consumers and farmers have been hungering for a...
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Living on $2.13 Per Hour
(photo via wikimedia) By Anthony Giancatarino, Program Manager While listening to a national talk show on the radio the other day, I heard a caller argue against the merits of tipping restaurant...
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Simran Noor
SIMRAN NOOR, COORDINATOR OF ADVOCACY As Coordinator of Advocacy, Simran conducts policy research and analysis, cultivates and maintains relationships with grassroots and national allies and works...
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Hope, Possibility and Opportunity in the Fight Against Climate Change
By Anthony Giancatarino, Program Manager Today marks the 44th anniversary of Earth Day. It’s a day we are supposed to honor the planet we call Mother Earth. But by the very nature of how we use and...
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Tackling Climate Change Necessitates Tackling Poverty
(image: Families trapped on roofs during Hurricane Katrina) By Anthony Giancatarino, Program Manager “If we don’t confront climate change, we won’t end poverty,”concluded Dr. Jim Yong Kim. No truer...
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Beyond Fighting Stigma: Supporting Breastfeeding Mothers
By: Ashley Hollingshead, Project Associate In the past few weeks, we have seen a rise in public conversations about breastfeeding. Last month Facebook lifted their ban on female nipples in...
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How Do We Create a Food System That Works for Everyone? Here’s How
By Anthony Giancatarino, Program Manager, and Simran Noor, Coordinator of Advocacy Should 16 million kids really go to sleep hungry? Of course not, but unfortunately, this is the reality for too many...
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How Do We Create a Food System That Works for Everyone? Here’s How
By Anthony Giancatarino, Program Manager, and Simran Noor, Coordinator of Advocacy Should 16 million kids really go to sleep hungry? Of course not, but unfortunately, this is the reality for too many...
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Five Things the Bike Movement Can Do Now to Move Toward Racial Equity
By: Simran Noor, Director of Policy and Strategy Two weeks ago, I had the honor and privilege of being a panelist at the National Bike Summit in Washington, D.C. The Summit is an annual bike advocacy...
View ArticleCommunity Input within NY State Food Hub Task Force and Action Planning
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Dennis Chin Phone: 212-248-2785 x1450; Email: DChin@thecsi.org Community Input within NY State Food Hub Task Force and Action Planning In late 2014, Governor Cuomo...
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Community Recommendations For New York State Food Hub Task Force
This set of recommendations come from a group of grassroots thought leaders of color, working in New York City and nationally to bring out economic self determination and food sovereignty for...
View ArticleRemoving Barriers to Breastfeeding: A Structural Race Analysis of First Food
In this report, we outline the barriers to breastfeeding that communities of color face, as well as recommend policies and practices to address racial inequity in First Food. Download the Report For...
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