Building a Case for Change on Food Initiatives with the Amani Neighborhood

November 30, 2015

Alverno College is hosting a forum on building a case for change on food initiatives in the Amani Neighborhood. The neighborhood, which is located between 15th Street and 35th Street, and Capitol Drive and North Avenue, fits the definition of a food desert as described by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It is an urban neighborhood without ready access to fresh, healthy food.

In order to address this, current MBA students are in the beginning stages of building a case for change management in this community. They will share their collaborations to date with community partners and Northwestern Mutual in the hope that sustainable change can be achieved. This is the pioneering class in what will be a long-term engagement between Alverno students and the Amani Neighborhood to help build sustainable change, an effort that will continue after the current class graduates.

The forum will be moderated by John Kordsmeier, President, Northwestern Mutual Foundation. The Alverno Forum series seeks to join community leaders in discussing cutting-edge topics that have a daily impact on the lives of people in our community and beyond. The next discussion in this year's series takes place on Thursday, December 3 at 6:00 p.m. in the Sister Joel Read Conference Center. The Alverno Forum series is free and open to the public. For more details, please visit our website at http://www.alverno.edu/forum/.