🚨Today is the day!🚨 Join us at the College of Public Health for the 7th annual #HEALSummit! Don’t miss out on hearing from Food First’s Executive Director and local community organizations reps! The keynote address will be streamed online as well at uiowa.zoom.us/j/95109385550.

Congratulations to HEAL Co-Director Jessica Andino, MPH for receiving the 2023 Sprince Zwerling Award for Social Justice at the 7th Annual #HEALSummit!

“Leave behind the deficits based approach. Take a strengths based approach, which means knowing every community brings strength and wisdom even in front of many daunting challenges.”— Dr. Ellen W. Harris from Food First #HEALSummit

“Don’t give up on righting the injustices you see in the world.”— Dr. Ellen W. Harris from Food First #HEALSummit

“Food injustice can be defined in several ways… Several terms are used. Food swamps, food deserts, and newly talked about food apartheid. This is intentional because it is not a priority of communities to invest in resources.”— Dr. Ellen W. Harris from Food First #HEALSummit

“My advice to students is to look for all opportunities. If you can find ways of have learning experiences, paid or unpaid, and they may assist you in future paid positions.”— Dr. Ellen W. Harris from Food First #HEALSummit

“Asset based means even if you have a grant to create a program, you try the best you can to receive information to best serve your community rather than just providing them the service.”— Dr. Ellen W. Harris from Food First #HEALSummit

“Live your learning!”— Dr. Ellen W. Harris from Food First #HEALSummit

“Understand where you come from and use it to keep you grounded in no matter what you do.”— Dr. Ellen W. Harris from Food First #HEALSummit

Join us now in C217 for the 2023 #HEALSummit’s Community Panel! Reps from Grow: Johnson County, Feed Iowa First, and the North Liberty Community Pantry 🥦🍎🧅🍅👩🏽‍🌾

Grow: Johnson County is a hunger-relief and educational farm initiative located at the Johnson County Historic Poor Farm. Sitting on five acres of farmland, the train growers through hands-on farming experiences for all ages and backgrounds. #HEALSummit

Feed Iowa First is a grass-roots community of businesses, faith organizations, schools, farmers and volunteers that unite in relationship-based service to help our neighbors to ‘Combat Food Insecurity by Growing Food and Farmers’. #HEALSummit

The North Liberty Community Pantry exists to engage the community in feeding, clothing and connecting neighbors to resources/services. The organization has seen rapid growth due to increased awareness of the Pantry, increased population, and increased economic need. #HEALSummit

“Provide dignity through choice” when it comes to food and nourishment. #HEALSummit

Thank you #HEALSummit panel participants, facilitator, and planners for coordinating an amazing event!

The PPC is seeking applicants for our Summer-Researcher-in Residence program and Summer Fellowship for Qualitative Research! These awards provide an office space, $1,500 stipend, research support, and more! Apply by May 19 at 5:00 PM. For more info: bit.ly/3Gz6Ho0

Congratulations to PhD candidate Jessica Andino! She's the 2023 recipient of the Sprince Zwerling Award for Social Justice, recognizing her work addressing #healthdisparities and alleviating #socialinjustice in our community. More at bit.ly/43FH8LS Jessica Andino, MPH

It's a beautiful day to check out the 2nd coolest new tradition University of Iowa! The Bridging Our World display on the IMU footbridge features the flags of the countries represented by students attending the university. Find the location of individual flags at imu.uiowa.edu/world