UC Berkeley Public Health Nutrition

Check out Gather, a film about the growing movement towards reclaiming identity through food sovereignty amongst Native Americans, which premieres on iTunes and Amazon next Tuesday, September 8th. Watch the trailer here: http://ow.ly/RxAQ50AYNYL

The projects, groups, and organizations that are addressing food insecurity in light of COVID-19. https://buff.ly/3472dmb

One of our PHN alums is getting face masks to unhoused people in the Bay Area, and they need your help! Unhoused people are incredibly vulnerable to COVID, and also need masks to enter stores to buy food and essential supplies. JUST $5 IS ENOUGH TO PROTECT 2 PEOPLE they provide each person with 2 masks and a handout with mask use and health information. If you can, please donate at http://gofundme.com/f/masks2all, or you can venmo their team directly @Yoko-Imajo I’ve attach...ed some photos of their recent deliveries in Berkeley and Oakland they’ve already distributed 11,000 REUSABLE, HIGH QUALITY MASKS !! With your help, they can continue their crucial work. Visit http://Masks2all.org for more info (or follow them on insta @masks2all) See more

Mark your calendars!

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Tune in to The Hunger for Justice Series, a weekly live broadcast about how we feed everyone in a Post-Covid World. Themes like gender equality, farmworker rights, trade policy, seed patents, climate change, and land grabs will be explored through the lens of food sovereignty. Click below for more info and to subscribe! http://www.agrowingculture.org/hfj/

TOMORROW: In celebration of Black Liberation Now, House of Ease is hosting an online seminar series on Juneteenth (Friday, June 19) about topics such as Black l...and loss and Black food sovereignty. Land and Freedom Now: Collective Action for Black Land Liberation: 10am PST Black Food Sovereignty: Carrying Forward the Ancestors' Work: 2pm PST For more information, visit http://ow.ly/S5LR50AaKLr.

Earlier this month, the PolicyLink Bay Area Equity Atlas published data showing how certain communities, namely low-income, Black, Latinx, immigrant communities..., and more, represent the majority of those most vulnerable to COVID-19 as essential workers. This includes farmers and farmworkers, grocery workers, food delivery workers, and others. For in-depth data, see the studies here: http://ow.ly/hKUb50zNPFn See more

Read Micheal Pollan's take on the vulnerabilities of the U.S. food system here! https://www.nybooks.com//06/11/covid-19-sickness-food-sup/