Students investigate food apartheid and food insecurity in the Bronx.

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Students conduct a community survey in a local grocery store.

The average ratio of bodegas to supermarkets across the Bronx is 17 to 1. It is as high as 37 to 1 in Belmont and East Tremont. These ratios reflect the borough’s inadequate access to fresh, affordable, and culturally relevant food. 
In the fall and winter of 2024, CUP Teaching Artist Katie Loos collaborated with students from the Bronx School for Law, Government, and Justice to investigate food insecurity in the Bronx. The class asked how government programs, social factors, and distribution systems shape people’s access to food. 
To explore this question, students talked to community members, interviewed stakeholders working on the issue, and studied photography and multimedia collage.
They gathered what they learned to create a booklet about food insecurity, food apartheid, and possible community-driven approaches to food justice in the Bronx.

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<a href="https://welcometocup.org/people/hugo-rojas" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Hugo Rojas</a>
<a href="https://welcometocup.org/people/ana-beirne-meyer" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ana Beirne-Meyer</a>

Bronx School of Law Government and Justice
Principal: Vernon Johnson
Director of Corporate &amp; Community Partnerships: Kimberly C. Felder

Teaching Artist
<a href="https://welcometocup.org/people/katie-loos">Katie Loos</a>

Project Collaborators

<h4> </h4><h4>Students </h4>
Aliah Bracero
Janiya Guerrero
Mboule Kiche
Amber Paredes
Neavah Smith
Shaniya Jackson
Angel Roldan
Brissette Portille
Shaliya Manning 
<h4>Special Thanks</h4>
Bianca Cornelius, SNAP-Ed Policies, Systems, and Environment (PSE) Program Coordinator at BronxWorks
David Coulibaly, Director of Community Affairs at Bronx Borough President's Office 
Mahnoor Jaura, Deputy Director of Health at Bronx Borough President's Office 
Ora Kemp, Senior Policy Advisor at NYC Office of Food Policy
Kimberly Troncoso, Program Coordinator at Oyate Group
 
<h4>Funding Support</h4>
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and Council Member Althea Stevens.

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