State of Black Food Summit focuses on food justice, community health

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Nonprofit Change Today, Change Tomorrow hosted its third annual State of Black Food Summit, bringing together more than 100 attendees for a day of cooking demonstrations, breakout sessions and discussions centered on Black food systems and food justice.

What You Need To Know

  • Change Today, Change Tomorrow hosted its third annual State of Black Food Summit in Louisville
  • Organizers said the event centers the voices of people most affected by food inequities and food justice issues
  • Attendees took part in cooking demonstrations, breakout sessions and discussions about health and food systems
  • Organizers said they hope the summit empowers people to take action in their own lives and communities

Organizers said the summit was created to ensure those most impacted by food inequities are part of the conversation.

“We kept going in the rooms and seeing people that didn’t look like us talking about changes that would affect us the most without having the experience that we felt was needed to make the changes,” said Darren Montgomery, operations director for Change Today, Change Tomorrow…

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