"Families and Food Security"--Family Re-Union 2008 @ the Nashville Public Library, Wednesday, October 29th from 9:00 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.

Save the Date! Please join us for Family Re-Union Fourteen: Families and Food Security as community residents, business leaders and policymakers seek solutions to the growing challenges of providing access to healthy, affordable food to all Middle Tennesseans.

LISTEN

* To Keynote Speaker Makani Themba-Nixon, Director of the Praxis Project in Washington, DC, an expert on race, media, policy advocacy and public health, speak on the issues of health equity and justice, and
* To Rochelle Davis, Founding Director of the Healthy Schools Campaign in Chicago, speak about the ways in which Middle Tennesseans can promote healthier school food environments.

LEARN

* How you can use media and policy advocacy efforts to bolster support for food security and food access in Middle Tennessee, and
* How you can engage in local, state and national-level advocacy to improve Middle Tennessee's school food environments.

LEAD

* By engaging in breakout sessions that will create action plans for policy changes that promote increased healthy food access in the communities, neighborhoods and schools of Middle Tennessee.

To find out additional information or to register click on the following addess: http://www.familyreunion.org/FR_14/2008Conference.html