If we are going to be on a Nutritional Advisory Council, we need to know the difference between "good" food and "bad" food. Mainly, what is comes down to is how much a food is processed - can you tell what that food used to be or is it something completely different, loaded with sugar, and has added chemicals? If not, you may want to rethink your decision. Check out todays agenda to learn why.

A rare opportunity: Newark is accepting application to obtain a grant to help with food insecurity, food access, and food desert education. This exactly the kind of work we wanted to do in the beginning and now we could get the funding to do so - check out todays agenda to see the few project ideas of what could be possible if we get this grant.

"The Nourishing Newark Community Grants Program seeks to spur

the creation and expansion of sustainable urban food

cooperatives, and other community-based healthy food

distribution channels. Eligible project categories include:

• Growing & Urban Agriculture

• Healthy Food Access & Community Distribution

Training & Community Education"

• Newark City Council

Apply at: newark.seamlessdocs.com/f/nourishingnewarkround1

Check out our schools and Central Highs application here.

Continuing on from last week - let's go over what we wrote down and come up with a few more ideas.

Last Week Re-cap:

After meeting with Dr. McGill, she told us to do a few things:

1. Ensure we have a Nutrition Advisory Board

2. Create a list of meals we would like to see for both breakfast and lunch

3. Communicate to her our needs - what needs changing and what needs improvement

Today we are going to be working on writing down exactly what we want our school meals to include before the February Bidding Process is over.

After meeting with Dr. McGill, she told us to do a few things:

1. Ensure we have a Nutrition Advisory Board

2. Create a list of meals we would like to see for both breakfast and lunch

3. Communicate to her our needs - what needs changing and what needs improvement

Today we are going to be working on writing down exactly what we want our school meals to include before the February Bidding Process is over.

Dr. Tonya McGill will be presenting to all of us and we will have a chance to ask her questions about our school meals and how we can enact change.

Want to have a say in your school meals? Check out the suvey our club created to get your input in how we can change our school meals for the better.

We are learning about Public Policy and how we can make a change - please check out todays meeting agenda for the powerpoint and understanding of the PPP Gap.

We need a few more questions from club members and need to dig a bit deeper. Let's check out some other resources a bit more and try our activity one more time. Everyone will participate so come prepared!

Exciting news about a soon-to-be guest speaker! Check out this weeks agenda for the powerpoint we are going to go over and more.

Hello all check out todays meeting agenda and see our new School Meals Project Guide, as well as a school meal related activity.

Please check out this article and the letter from Mayor Baraka concerning feeding the homeless at Penn Station and why he states the permit is necessary.

This meeting we are finalizing the survey to see what kind of foods people would like to see in their school meals, where do they get their food if not from school meals, what kinf foods they normally eat, etc. Please check out todays agenda and find the survey question document we will be going over, as well as other announcements.

This meeting we discussed school meals and why people are not eating them, as well as brainstormed what we think some of the reasons why people are not eating school meals and what we could do to make school meals better. We also met with Amador Valley High Local Leaders in which they gave a presentation and gave us some pointers for a new club just getting started.

This meeting served as a launch pad into researching Food Insecurity and Homelessness in Newark, NJ. Go to this weeks meeting agenda page to learn more.

Last club meeting we discussed up and coming events, official appointments, and creating small groups to begin working on projects. For this week we would like to see that all officials have been appointed for the Local Leaders club, and small groups have been formed.

Please check out the meeting agenda for Friday Nov. 11 by clicking on the green button titled "Nov. 11 Meeting Agenda." You will find overall topics we will discuss, as well as articles, videos, and infographics to help you prepare for group discussion. In addition for this meeting, I would like you all to start thinking about how you would like to go about electing your club officials and the additional small groups you would like to form to tackle the issue of Food in your school, community, and city. Think big - the sky is the limit!