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2009 Annual Meeting and Conference
Fair Food, Fair Play: Growing Healthy and
Active Neighborhoods
Friday, November 20, 2009
8:00 am- 3:00 pm
Directions - Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel
181 Boston Post Road West, Marlborough, MA
Keynote speaker, Mark Winne-- nationally known food justice activist and author of Closing the Food Gap –Resetting the Table in the Land of Plenty.
The conference will also feature:
- Commissioner John Auerbach, MA Department of Public Health;
- A panel discussion led by healthy food and physical activity activists working in four different regions of the Commonwealth:
--Karen Voci, Panel Moderator; Executive Director, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation;
--Diego Angarita-Horowitz, Community Outreach Specialist, Holyoke Food and Fitness Policy Council;
-- Casey Burns, Urban Food System Program Director, Regional Environmental Council of Central Massachusetts;
--Cassandra Cato-Louis, Youth Director, Mattapan Food and Fitness Coalition;
--David Weed, Coordinator, Healthy City Fall River.
- Opportunities for attendees to break out by region to share priorities and build action steps on local and statewide food and built environment policy campaigns;
- An expo showcasing dozens of companies and organizations working for a healthy Massachusetts;
- Awards presentation:
Front Line Award-- HOPE Coalition (Healthy Options for Prevention and Education)
Public Service Award-- Western Massachusetts Center for Healthy Communities
FEES:
MPHA Member Free Join MPHA at a 20% discount
and attend for free$40 Special Rate: Students and
Community Health Workers$16 Non-member $50
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THANK YOU TO
OUR SPONSORS
GlaxoSmithKline
G & L Labs
Hannaford Supermarkets
Zipcar
EXHIBITORS
AJ dePable Arts
APHA Get Ready! Campaign
Baystate Health
Live Well Springfield
BMC HealthNet Plan
Brown Univ. Public Health Program
CeltiCare Health Plan of MA
Community Servings, Inc.
The Food Project, Inc.
G&L Labs
GlaxoSmithKline
Hannaford Supermarkets
MACHW
MA Council on Compulsive Gambling
MA Department of Ag Resources
MA Farm to School Project
MA Department of Public Health
MA Partnership for Healthy Communities
MA Nurses Association
Masspro
National Library of Medicine
North Central WIC
South Central WIC
Northeastern University, MPH Program in Urban Health
South Shore Community Action Council
UMass School of Public Health
& Health Sciences
Western MA Center for Healthy Communities
REGISTRATION
Register by fax or mail (pdf)
QUESTIONS
Contact Kara at:
(617) 524-6696, x113
LEARN MORE
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