GFFvoices

October 27, 2016

Parents are passionate about water quality and access in schools. The stories below are included in our latest Healthy Schools Storybook, which parents are delivering to schools across the country in 2016 and 2017. Download a complete and free version of the storybook here . Clean water is the most...

MomsRising Together

Karen Showalter

Food!

March 10, 2016

This week we're profiling Sandy McKelvey, the founder of Hudson Valley Farm to School. One of Sandy's colleagues reached out, eager to profile Sandy's inspirational work in the Hudson Valley. Check out a snapshot of her latest project, bringing local beef into the Haldane School. On Wednesday,...

MomsRising Together

Karen Showalter

Food!

March 8, 2016

Check out the latest in our series profiling members of the Good Food Force, below, and the amazing work they're doing to build healthier communities. My name is Amber, but I also answer to Mom, Mama, Mommy, and various combinations of screeching/whining/guttural noises from my children. I...

MomsRising Together

Amber Dunn

Food!

February 18, 2016

This week we're excited to feature Nedra, a bike enthusiast, healthy-living advocate, and entrepreneur from Atlanta. Nedra runs Civil Bikes, which uses bike tours and classes to get people active and teach them about social justice, all at the same time. Thanks for all you do, Nedra! 6306.jpeg...

MomsRising Together

Karen Showalter

Food!

January 7, 2016

This week we're featuring the inspiring Elisa Batista! She shares her thoughts on staying healthy, and building a healthy community, below. Thanks for all you do, Elisa! 1. Hi Elisa! Tell us a bit about you. I am a campaign director for MomsRising.org / MamásConPoder.org, social media influencer...

MomsRising Together

Karen Showalter

Food!

December 17, 2015

We're featuring the many inspiring faces of the Good Food Force, an online network of moms and dads taking action to build healthier communities. This week, meet Liz from South Carolina! (And join the Good Food Force here !) We asked Liz to tell us a bit about herself and her work: I am a mother of...

MomsRising Together

Karen Showalter

Food!

October 28, 2015

We're inspired by amazing food activists like Dara Cooper, who was an honoree at MomsRising's Food Power event in NYC last year. Dara is an activist, organizer and currently the director of the NYC Food and Fitness Partnership at Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation. The Partnership works to...

MomsRising Together

Karen Showalter

Food!

October 21, 2015

Get inspired by the amazing Bess Hauser, who was an honoree at our Food Power 2014 event in the Bronx, NY. Bess has spent the last five years actively engaged in her Brooklyn community through the Gowanus Canal Conservancy, the Brooklyn Food Coalition, Brad Lander's Participatory Budgeting Process...

MomsRising Together

Karen Showalter

Food!

October 21, 2015

Get inspired by the amazing Eileen Carter-Campos! Eileen was an honoree at our Food Power 2014 event in the Bronx, NY. Eileen Campos is a teacher, who saw first hand the unhealthy meals children received in schools. While working with Laura Fuentes from MOMables, she chronicled her classroom's...

MomsRising Together

Karen Showalter