Webinar Description

Childhood food insecurity is a double-edged sword, with both undernutrition and obesity as potential consequences. Both outcomes can be prevented by ensuring all kids and their families have access to fresh and healthy food year-round. 

Hunger becomes even more dire in the fall and winter months as cold weather reduces the availability of local produce and families living in poverty are forced to make tough decisions.

Join our conversation with three organizations who are:

• inspiring youth and young adults to take action;
• operating collaboratively in their community;
• working to increase access to fresh fruits and vegetables;
• pursuing systematic change to address food insecurity.

 

Radha Muthiah, President and CEO, oversees the work of the Capital Area Food Bank to help people across greater Washington thrive by creating more equitable access to food and opportunity through community partnerships. Under her leadership, the CAFB serves as the backbone of the area’s hunger relief infrastructure, sourcing and supplying the food for over 64 million meals during the past year. 

Prior to her role at the food bank, Muthiah has led and grown both start-up and established organizations spanning multiple sectors in the US and internationally. She serves on the boards of Connected DMV, the Greater Washington Board of Trade, and the Public Health Institute, and is a Trustee of the Federal City Council.

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Regina Anderson joined Food Recovery Network (FRN) as the Executive Director in 2015 and is responsible for setting the vision, strategy and fundraising efforts. FRN mobilizes 6,000 college students, food providers, and local businesses in the fight against climate change and hunger by recovering perishable food across the supply chain that would otherwise go to waste and donating it to nonprofits that feed people experiencing hunger.

Regina has worked in the nonprofit sector for more than twenty years, committed to social justice issues because she believes it is in this sector that she can make the biggest difference and that people are the engines of positive change. Regina sits on the Board of Directors of FoodTank and RegenAll and is a member of the artist collaborative, Pink Noise Projects.

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Diane Charles is the Project Manager for the Fairfax Food Council where she supports the many food system leaders in their work to increase healthy food access in Fairfax County. She works for the Fairfax County Health Department in the Community Health Development Division.  Working closely with the very active Food Council work groups, she ensures they have the tools they need to bring community input to issues surrounding equitable and healthy food access. Diane’s previous work has centered around leadership roles in nonprofit organizations addressing food access, children and families.

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Moderated By

C.J. Stermer, MBA is a longstanding host and emcee for various VFHY programs including the Empower Series and the Champions for Youth Summit. His experience within public health spans across various topics and audiences, such as Tobacco and Vaping prevention, Substance use education and prevention, Nutrition and Physical Activity, Maternal Health, ACEs, and other topics.

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