Co-hosted by Health Promotion Council, a Subsidiary of Public Health Management Corporation

Join Kathy Fisher, Policy Director with the Greater Philadelphia Coalition Against Hunger, and Ann Hoskins-Brown, Director of Policy and Institutional Affairs at MANNA, to learn how you can be prepared to advocate for issues on food security, hunger, and access to nutritious foods with your local, state, and federal elected officials.

-Examine the scope of hunger in our nation and how it compares to our region
-Overview of the relationship between food insecurity and poverty, hunger and health
-How to craft powerful and effective messages to those who represent us in the government (what works and what doesn't)
-Your advocacy toolkit and your most important tool
-Keys to meeting with elected officials
-The difference between educating and lobbying


1.5 CEUs have been requested

Light refreshments will be provided.