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Monthly Archives: January 2022

Job Posting from NYC DEPT OF HEALTH/MENTAL HYGIENE Healthy Eating Unit

01/27/2022
Big Apple Incentives Program Coordinator
This position sits in the Healthy Eating Unit, which aims to promote healthy eating through shaping the environment and building on New Yorkers resources, knowledge and skills. This position is funded through August 31, 2024 by a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture. The position is contingent upon availability of federal funding.
POSITION OVERVIEW
The Healthy Eating Unit seeks a Big Apple Incentives Program Coordinator to support development, implementation and expansion of nutrition incentive programs that aim to make fruits and vegetables more affordable for New Yorkers participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The Big Apple Incentives Program Coordinator will support: implementation of the Health Bucks SNAP incentive at farmers markets; coordination of Half Off Farm Box, a new incentive on SNAP purchases of prepackaged bags of locally-grown produce; and expansion of the Get the Good Stuff program at independently-owned and operated grocery stores.
The Big Apple Incentives Program Coordinator will report to the Nutrition Incentives Program Manager and be a key member of a team of 5-6 people focused on developing and executing innovative approaches to increasing access to healthy food among New Yorkers with low incomes.
January 27th, 2022|Categories: External posts, Job postings|

Job Posting from NYC DEPT OF HEALTH/MENTAL HYGIENE Healthy Eating Unit

01/27/2022
Big Apple Incentives Program Coordinator

This position sits in the Healthy Eating Unit, which aims to promote healthy eating through shaping the environment and building on New Yorkers resources, knowledge and skills. This position is funded through August 31, 2024 by a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture. The position is contingent upon availability of federal funding.

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Healthy Eating Unit seeks a Big Apple Incentives Program Coordinator to support development, implementation and expansion of nutrition incentive programs that aim to make fruits and vegetables more affordable for New Yorkers participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The Big Apple Incentives Program Coordinator will support: implementation of the Health Bucks SNAP incentive at farmers markets; coordination of Half Off Farm Box, a new incentive on SNAP purchases of prepackaged bags of locally-grown produce; and expansion of the Get the Good Stuff program at independently-owned and operated grocery stores.

The Big Apple Incentives Program Coordinator will report to the Nutrition Incentives Program Manager and be a key member of a team of 5-6 people focused on developing and executing innovative approaches to increasing access to healthy food among New Yorkers with low incomes.

Details here: https://www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.php/jobs/ViewJobDetails?job=18636&clientkey=30E67B8EB4D134CD03C82F22EB872BE9

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January 27th, 2022|Categories: External posts, Job postings|

The American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) from the American Public Health Association (APHA) publications

01/26/2022

New study on US food industry salt reduction

Study conducted by the Bureau of Chronic Disease Prevention New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and published in the American Journal of Public Health

“US Food Industry Progress Towards Salt Reduction, 2009-2018”, study, published today in American Journal of Public Health (https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306571). We used the National Salt Reduction Initiative (NSRI) database to look at changes in sodium in packaged foods during two time periods: (1) during the NSRI (2009-2012 and 2012-2014) and (2) after the NSRI’s formal target-setting period but before FDA released final sodium guidance (2014-2018).… More

The American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) from the American Public Health Association (APHA) publications

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January 26th, 2022|Categories: External posts|

Key COVID-19 Vaccine Resource Links

Key COVID-19 Vaccine Resource Links
(from the NYC Health Department Healthy Eating Unit)

Get Vaccinated Today
It has never been easier to get a COVID-19 vaccination in NYC. People 5 and older are eligible for vaccination. Vaccines are available at no cost to you and regardless of immigration status. They are required for many public indoor activities in NYC. (https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-vaccines-keytonyc.page)

Learn about the benefits of vaccination. (https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-vaccines.page#bens)

To find a vaccination site near you, use the City’s Vaccine Finder (not accessible with Internet Explorer).
FIND A COVID-19 VACCINE: https://vaccinefinder.nyc.gov/

You can also call 877-VAX-4NYC (877-829-4692) to schedule an appointment at certain sites or request an at-home vaccination appointment, as well as get other vaccination assistance.

To find out more, please visit COVID-19: Vaccine – NYC Health (https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-vaccines.page)

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January 25th, 2022|Categories: External posts|

Homepage – NYC Speaks

01/25/2022

NYC Speaks- Speak Up About the Future of Our City
(from the NYC Health Department Healthy Eating Unit)

How should the new mayor and his team approach issues like schools, streets, safety? How should they approach challenges like COVID-19 and climate change? NYC Speaks is a six month public engagement effort engaging New Yorkers to help inform the priorities and policies of our new mayor, Eric Adams.

Fill out the NYC Speaks survey by January 28th to make your voice heard. https://nycspeaks.org/

Homepage – NYC Speaks

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January 25th, 2022|Categories: Events, External posts|

Webinar: Is Now the Time for a Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax in New York City?

01/25/2022

Webinar: Is Now the Time for a Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax in New York City?
(from the NYC Health Department Healthy Eating Unit)

On February 9th from 1-2 pm, please join NYSHealth for a webinar with Xavier Morales, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Praxis Project, and Steven Gortmaker, Ph.D., Professor and Director of the Prevention Research Center on Nutrition and Physical Activity at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Morales, the former chair of the City of Berkeley’s sugar-sweetened beverage tax expert panel, will discuss the potential impact on New York City communities, applying lessons learned from his work allocating tax revenue in Berkeley. Dr. Gortmaker will discuss research on the potential health care cost impact of a sugar-sweetened beverage tax in New York City. The 60-minute webinar will feature a short discussion followed by audience Q&A. Sponsored by the New York State Health Foundation.

To register for this webinar, please go to this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WVy-bQqLTdKsTt_NIeqK4w

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January 25th, 2022|Categories: Events, External posts|

MealBuilder – low sodium meal web-based planning tool

01/25/2022

MealBuilder: Healthy Meals in Group Settings
(from the NYC Health Department Healthy Eating Unit)

MealBuilder: Health Meals in Group Settings is a new web-based meal planning tool designed to help meal providers organize recipes and build meal plans that meet the nutritional needs of the populations they serve. Use MealBuilder for free to build your profile with healthy, low-sodium meals, create weekly printable meal plans, and generate grocery lists. Learn more at Mealbuilder.org [https://mealbuilder.org/].

 

MealBuilder – low sodium meals

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January 25th, 2022|Categories: External posts|

SRCP Implementation Guide | cdc.gov

01/25/2022

Sodium Reduction in Communities Program (SRCP) Implementation Guide
(from the NYC Health Department Healthy Eating Unit)

The SRCP Implementation Guide [https://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/evaluation_resources/guides/srcp.htm] provides information on how to implement activities related to sodium reduction strategies: 1) Implementing food service guidelines and nutrition standards, 2) Changing procurement practices, 3) Making meal or menu modifications, and 4) Implementing environmental strategies or behavioral economics approaches.

Food service staff, including registered dietitians, food service managers/directors, executive chefs, and food service line staff, can draw upon this guide to plan, implement, and maintain sodium reduction activities. This guide will help public health staff determine how to support partners in planning, implementing, and maintaining sodium reduction strategies to achieve lasting change.

SRCP Implementation Guide | cdc.gov

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January 25th, 2022|Categories: External posts|

2nd Annual A Taste of Culinary Nutrition from Around the Globe | Culinary Nutrition Collective

01/21/2022
The Culinary Nutrition Collaborative presents:
The 2nd Annual A Taste of Culinary Nutrition from Around the Globe
Feb 03, 6:00 PM EST – Mar 10, 8:00 PM EST
6 culinary workshops will be held weekly in February and March 2022 and is approved for 12 CEUs for RDNs.
All sessions will be held LIVE on Zoom and will be recorded for those that are not able to join for the actual event.

Registration for this event is CLOSED

A Taste of Culinary Nutrition from Around the Globe is returning in February 2022!
After receiving such positive feedback from our first series, “A Taste of Culinary Nutrition from Around the Globe” returns! We will be covering 6 new food cultures, including: Mexican, Guatemalan, Russian/Ukrainian, Ethiopian, Korean, and Haitian. We welcome RDNs, health professionals, chefs and nutrition students to participate in a series of hands-on workshops covering a selection of food cultures from around the world through the lens of culinary nutrition. Join us as we continue to diversify our plates and our […]
January 21st, 2022|Categories: Events, External posts|

Soul Fire Farm presents: Uprooting Racism in the Food System

01/19/2022

Uprooting Racism in the Food System

by Soul Fire Farm

Online Event

A theory and action training for farming and food justice leaders to uproot systemic racism in our organizations and society.

About this event

The Uprooting Racism training is a theory and action workshop for environmental and food justice leaders to uproot systemic racism in our organizations and society. We delve deep into the history and structural realities of racial injustice and develop an understanding of the movement strategies of frontlines communities struggling for food sovereignty. We will examine our personal and societal roles of complicity in and resistance to the system. Much of the time will be spent developing tangible action plans – to use our sphere of influence […]

January 19th, 2022|Categories: Events, External posts|

White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America by Nancy Isenberg (2016)

01/14/2022

Recommended Book:

White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America
by Nancy Isenberg
https://play.google.com/store/books/details?_bbid=33057171&_bbreg=us&_bbtype=email&id=kse3CgAAQBAJ

“Formidable and truth-dealing . . . necessary.” —The New York Times

“This eye-opening investigation into our country’s entrenched social hierarchy is acutely relevant.” —O Magazine

In her groundbreaking bestselling history of the class system in America, Nancy Isenberg upends history as we know it by taking on our comforting myths about equality and uncovering the crucial legacy of the ever-present, always embarrassing—if occasionally entertaining—poor white trash.

“When you turn an election into a three-ring circus, there’s always a chance that the dancing bear will win,” says Isenberg of the political climate surrounding Sarah Palin. And we recognize how right she is today. Yet the voters who boosted Trump all the way to the White House have been a permanent part of our American fabric, argues Isenberg.

The wretched and landless poor have existed from the time of the earliest British colonial settlement to today’s hillbillies. They were alternately known as “waste people,” “offals,” “rubbish,” “lazy lubbers,” and “crackers.” By the 1850s, the downtrodden included so-called “clay eaters” and “sandhillers,” known for prematurely aged children distinguished by their yellowish skin, ragged clothing, and listless minds.

Surveying political rhetoric and policy, popular literature and scientific theories over four hundred years, Isenberg upends assumptions about America’s supposedly class-free society––where liberty and hard work were meant to ensure real social mobility. Poor whites were central to the rise of […]

January 14th, 2022|Categories: External posts, Recommended podcasts, books and blogs|

50th Dr. King Celebration to be Recorded

01/08/2022

50th Dr. King Celebration to be Recorded

Capital Area Council of Churches event!

This is the 50th year the Capital Area Council of Churches has celebrated the life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This interfaith celebration brings community members together to reflect on Dr. King’s legacy and raise money for scholarships to high school seniors attending college. This year’s celebration will be recorded and made available on the CACC YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoAbGEPrjzPIzX5i0sQsx6Q) and Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/CapAreaCC). A link to the recording will be posted by January 15 at 7 pm on the CACC website. Current information will be posted on the CACC website.

More Information https://www.capareacc.org/rev-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-celebration-scholarship/

Donate to Dr. King Scholarship Fund
Through the generosity of congregations and individuals, CACC provided four scholarships of $4,000 each in 2021. To honor the fifty years of raising scholarship money, we want to raise $20,000 to support five children with their college education.

We are asking various churches, temples, mosques, or synagogues to donate at least $100. If your religious institution can give more, please do so. If we can get at least one hundred religious institutions to do so, we will be at half our goal. We also want to encourage as many individuals as possible to donate at least $25 each.

Donations can be made online or mailed to the CACC office.
Donate now: https://www.capareacc.org/rev-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-celebration-scholarship/

January 8th, 2022|Categories: Events, External posts|
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and Community Food Assistance Network (CFAN)

Capital District Callers, Inc

    

and special thanks to all the individual donors who have supported us over the years!

 

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