Sunday March 6 – Food Justice Event in Tucson

The Community Food Bank’s Community Food Resource Center will host a Cultivating Food Justice event on Sunday, March 6, 2011 from 2 to 4 p.m. The event will be held at the Pima Community College’s Downtown Campus at 1255 North Stone Avenue (the northwest corner of Speedway and Stone). Enter through the main doors and follow the signs to the conference room.

Join guest Robert Gottlieb, co-author of Food Justice, in a community conversation about how to begin to share the risks and benefits of where, what and how food is grown, distributed, processed, accessed and eaten. Local panelists and Professor Gottleib will share stories about transformations in the food system. Refreshments and childcare will be available at this bilingual event. The event is free and all are welcome to attend.

Cultivating Food Justice is part of the Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) initiative to prevent or reduce obesity through increased opportunities for improved nutrition and physical activity. Led by the Pima County Health Department, CPPW is funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service.

For more information, contact Monica Garcia at (520) 622-0525 x 265

Coincidentally, Arizona ranks number 9 of the 10 states with the worst eating habits.

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Tucson: Santa Cruz Valley Heritage Alliance Fundraiser

You are invited to the annual Heritage Celebration and Fundraiser at the oldest building in Tucson, the former CO Brown House, El Centro Cultural de las Americas, 40 E. Broadway.

What: Fall Heritage Celebration & Fundraiser
When: 5 to 7pm – Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Where: 40 E. Broadway, Tucson. CO Brown House, El Centro Cultural de las Americas
Cost: Free
RSVP: By Friday November 5th to vanessa@santacruzheritage.org or 429-1394

•Meet the Santa Cruz Valley Heritage Alliance Board of Directors and staff
•Learn about our heritage programs
•Get an update on the National Heritage Area designation and learn what you can do to help
•Enjoy delicious food and drinks
•Visit Tucson’s oldest building, built in the 1840s
•Support the Heritage Alliance with a new or renewed membership donation
•Bid on silent auction items
•Explore the gallery of Arts Marketplace, located in the Brown House.

The Santa Cruz Valley Heritage Alliance is an advocate for So. Arizona’s valuable heritage. Situated along an ancient and still vital trade route, our valley is home to numerous diverse cultures and communities whose relationships with each other are linked by geography. The stories of these communities form the fabric of a cultural and natural heritage that has the power to shape our future.

The SCVAH preserves and advances the region’s living heritage so that landscapes, sites, livelihoods, traditions, values, and stories can stimulate our economy and build community.

Empty Bowl Luncheon-Nov. 4

Empty Bowl Luncheon Benefits Community Food Bank

Philosophically, you have to wonder if hunger is perceived as a half empty bowl or a half full bowl

I love when different segments of the community come together for a good cause.  In this case the cause includes the Southern Arizona Clay Artists, some local restaurants, and the Community Food Bank.

On Thursday November 4 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. you can sample a variety of soups and bread and take home a  a beautifully handcrafted ceramic bowl for $10. Your $10 will benefit the Community Food Bank. You can purchase more bowls and participate in the silent auction…with all proceeds to benefit So. Arizona’s hungry community in need.

The event happens at the Kino Sports Complex Community Center located at 2805 E. Ajo Way.

Let me know if you think your bowl is half empty or half full.

(photo: courtesy of Jashio/SACA)