Thursday, September 23, 2010
Breakfast @ 8:30am | Program @ 9-11am
The Riverside Church (Assembly Hall)
490 Riverside Drive, New York, NY.
(Enter on Claremont, btwn 120th and 121st)
Imagine…
200-300 community members, faith
leaders, advocates, and government
representatives gathered to
collectively address key food and
health disparities threatening the
most under-resourced areas of our
city.
Imagine…
A 2-day Summit leading to the
establishment of working groups to
implement participants’ top 3-5
strategic priorities over the next year.
October 29- 30, 2010 "Food, Faith, and Health Disparities Summit", convened by the Faith
Leaders for Environmental Justice at The Riverside Church in New York City.
Dr. Nick Freudenberg (CUNY Hunter College, Distinguished Professor and Director of the
Department of Public Health) will share his findings in recent study of New York City food
policies and their connection with public health crises in the poorest neighborhoods of
our city. Learn more about the Food, Faith, and Health Disparities Summit, why it’s
needed, how it will work, and how your congregation can get involved!
To RSVP contact Sarah Sayeed at ssayeed@interfaithcenter.org or call 212-870-3519.
Faith Leaders for Environmental Justice is a diverse collaborative network of faith leaders
committed to making deep impact on issues of environmental justice in New York City through
coordinated collective action.
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