Join us for a conversation on what it takes to improve diabetes and weight loss outcomes in the real world. This forum will share new research conducted in partnership with 1199SEIU Benefit Funds on a fully subsidized behavioral weight management program offered to a diverse population of healthcare workers living with diabetes and pre-diabetes. Drawing [...]
The CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute will host an online forum event on February 12, 2026, from 2:00–3:30 PM ET, examining the high-profile lawsuit brought by the City of San Francisco against manufacturers of ultra-processed foods and its broader implications for public health policy. Featuring legal, public health, and policy experts, the forum will explore how litigation may shape future approaches to [...]
Zohran Mamdani was elected Mayor of New York City based on a platform to make New York City affordable. His campaign included a proposal to create five city-run grocery stores, one in each borough, that would sell food at affordable prices by operating as non-profit public retailers. The idea of creating city-run grocery stores [...]
Location: CUNY Graduate Center, Room 9100 (Skylight Room) This forum, scheduled to coincide with the UN High-Level Meeting on Noncommunicable Diseases (Sept. 21–27) and New York City Climate Week (Sept 21 -28) will bring together experts to examine how corporate structures, systems, and practices contribute to both climate change and the global rise in [...]
Resilient Kitchens is the 2024 James Beard Book Award winner in the food issues and advocacy category and a collection of essays about the lives of immigrants in the United States before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, told through the lens of food. The volume highlights diverse perspectives from professional food writers, restaurateurs, scholars, [...]
On May 30th, join us to discuss our latest research on older adult food needs and use of food programs in New York City. New York City’s older adult population (age 60+), which is currently 20.6% of NYC’s population overall, is projected to reach 1.86 million by 2040. This forum will share new data [...]
For more than 50 years, activists in New York City have been fighting to end hunger, increase access to healthy affordable food, improve the pay and working conditions of food workers, reduce food-related pollution and climate change, end food apartheid, and improve school and other institutional food. As New York prepares for city elections [...]
In the coming weeks, the city, state, and federal governments will be formulating, debating, and voting on their budgets for the next fiscal year. The budget decisions that legislators and Mayors, Governors, and the President make will influence many aspects of our lives, including spending on public food benefits, food security, nutrition programs, institutional [...]
In their newest book, "Feeding Each Other: Shaping Change in Food Systems through Relationship" (Changemakers Books, 2023), food systems educator Nicole Civita and story justice activist Michelle Auerbach argue that trying to "feed the world" is accelerating the collapse of environmental, economic, and social structures. By blending research, insights from diverse thinkers, and lived [...]
On September 28th, join us for a panel discussion on the topic of mutual aid and its importance in supporting our communities during times of crisis. In recent years, mutual aid has gained momentum as a movement that promotes the idea of collective care and solidarity amongst community members. Our panel will explore the [...]
On April 27, join us for a book talk by Dr. Eduardo J. Gómez, Associate Professor and the Director of the Institute of Health Policy and Politics in the College of Health at Lehigh University, on his newest book “Junk Food Politics: How Beverage and Fast Food Industries Are Reshaping Emerging Economies” (Johns Hopkins [...]
School meals are an important source of nutrition for the approximately 1.1 million students who attend New York City’s public schools, especially for those students who come from very low-income households. Since the 2017-2018 academic year, New York City has adopted universal free school lunch throughout the city’s more than 1,000 public elementary, middle and [...]
