Name: Healthy Food Walks: Connecting Culture, Access, and Place
Start: 2025-06-06T10:30:00-0700
End: 2025-06-06T11:30:00-0700

Friday June 6, 2025 10:30am - 11:30am PDT

Joe's Movement Emporium - Studio 3

Our initiative centers on using Healthy Food Walk Audits to promote placemaking, food justice, and community advocacy. These audits empower residents to assess their local food environment, identifying gaps in food access, transportation challenges, and opportunities for integrating cultural food traditions into public spaces. By engaging community members in the process, we bridge food systems planning with local identity, advocating for improvements that reflect both cultural needs and sustainable urban design. Healthy Food Walk Audits also offer a way to repurpose vacant spaces into food-centered hubs—such as cooperatives, community kitchens, or indoor markets—helping revitalize neighborhoods and improve access to fresh, affordable food.

Speakers

Brittany Drakeford

Director of Community-Led Research and Futures, The Capital Market

Brittney Drakeford is a believer in FATE – the practice of combining faith, arts, andtechnology to energize communities to create equitable places for generations todayand tomorrow. She is a current PhD candidate in the Urban and Regional Planning and Design Program at the University... Read More →

Friday June 6, 2025 10:30am - 11:30am PDT
Joe's Movement Emporium - Studio 3 3309 Bunker Hill Rd, Mt Rainier, MD 20712, USA

Workshop

The Vision is Yours

Brittany Drakeford

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