Learn about the intersection of food insecurity and health:

• The current health status of area residents
• What is being done to recognize food insecurity and malnutrition as a public health problem
• The implications for local medical care
• Steps being taken to ensure access to healthy, nutritious food for all 

Speakers and panelists to include:

• Steve Love, President & CEO, DFW Hospital Council
• Dr. Donald Wesson, President, Baylor Scott & White Health and Wellness Center
• Dr. Ray Tsai, Senior Vice President, Market Operations, Children's Medical Center Dallas
• Dr. Sandi Pruitt, Public Health Researcher and Co-Director, Community Assistance Research, UT Southwestern Medical Center
• Wende Burton, Senior Director, Philanthropy, Communities Foundation of Texas
• Shannon Huggins, Senior Vice President, Contract Strategy and Population Health, Methodist Health System
• Dr, Muthusamy Anandkumar, Vice President, Parkland Community Health Institute

Friday, September 14, 2018

9:15 a.m. - 2:15 p.m.

Briscoe Carpenter Livestock Center

Fair Park

1403 Washington Street, Dallas

 

Be a part of the movement for food equity in Dallas!

Together we can ensure that all Dallas County residents have access to healthy food, three meals a day, seven days a week.

There is a $25 registration fee, but scholarships are available upon request.

Click here for more information!