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DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lecture by Cathy Nonas\, Meals For Good\, Inc.\nH
 ess Seminar Room A\n12:00–1:00 PM \nA community gathering will follow from 
 1-2pm\nTo join virtually\, register on Zoom.\n\nAbout Cathy Nonas\nCathy No
 nas is the creator of Meals For Good\, Inc\, a non-profit that distributes 
 vouchers for independent supermarkets through local community-based organiz
 ations in NYC.  A clinical dietitian by training\, she spent her early year
 s at the federally funded NYC Obesity Research Center where she was Adminis
 trator of their outpatient programs\, after which she moved to North Genera
 l Hospital in East Harlem\, where she was Director of Obesity and Diabetes 
 outpatient programs and assistant clinical professor at Mount Sinai School 
 of Medicine.  \n\nNonas was a senior advisor at the NYC Health Department a
 nd the Director of Nutrition and Physical Activity programs. Nonas was a me
 mber of the National Institute of Health Committee to update both the Obesi
 ty and Lifestyle guidelines. She has many peer-reviewed publications on obe
 sity and policy strategies for improving the nutrition and physical activit
 y environments in NYC. Her policy work includes developing New York City’s 
 calorie-posting regulation\, directing the NYC Green Cart initiative which 
 increased the number of mobile food vendors selling fresh produce in high-p
 overty neighborhoods\, and growing the country’s largest municipal farmers 
 market incentive\, Health Bucks. Nonas is currently a Fellow at NYU’s McSil
 ver Institute for Poverty\, Policy and Research.\n\nAbout the Annual Lectur
 e \n\nThis Annual Lecture is in honor of Barbara Brenner\, DrPH\, MSW\, in 
 her role as the first Director of Community Relations in 1985.  Dr. Brenner
  was a pioneer in building meaningful and collaborative partnerships with c
 ommunity leaders to reduce health inequities. She was a tireless community 
 advocate and mentor\, known for her diplomacy\, humanity\, and love for Eas
 t Harlem. This program brings together community partners to reflect on way
 s we can continue her legacy. \n\nOrganizers\nThis lecture is sponsored by 
 the Department of Environmental Medicine\, the Center on Health and Environ
 ment Across the LifeSpan (HEALS)\, and ConduITS—the Clinical and Translatio
 nal Science Award (CTSA) Program for the Mount Sinai Health System.\n\n \n\
 nQuestions\, contact Maida Galvez\, MD\, MPH\, Professor in the Departments
  of Environmental Medicine and Pediatrics
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SUMMARY:Food Insecurity in NYC with Cathy Nonas\, Executive Director of Mea
 ls for Good\, Inc
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 athy-nonas-executive-director-of-meals-for-good-inc
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