Food Insecurity in Hawaiʻi: Understanding Root Causes & Systemic Solutions
The Future of Food & Agriculture in Hawaiʻi is a monthly speaker series featuring thought-leaders, academics, community leaders, state officials and practitioners from across the state and the nation.
Presented by The Hawaiʻi Institute for Sustainable Community Food Systems at University of Hawaiʻi – West Oʻahu, Honolulu Civil Beat, UH Better Tomorrow Speaker Series, and Waiwai Collective, this series is meant to generate key opportunities for community dialogue among a diverse audience, aiming to achieve a healthy, equitable, resilient and sustainable food system for Hawaiʻi.
The first installment of the series will be: Food Insecurity in Hawaiʻi: Root Causes and Systemic Solutions on Friday, September 16 at Ka Waiwai. Location: 1110 University Avenue Suite 100 Honolulu, HI 96826
Featured speakers will be Amy Marvin, President and CEO of Hawaiʻi Foodbank and Catherine Pirkle, Associate Professor in Health Policy and Management at UH Manoa, hosted by Civil Beat reporter, Brittany Lyte.
Doors open at 5 p.m. for activities and booths. Speakers will start at 6 p.m, followed by an optional post-discussion community forum, hosted by Mahina Paishon-Duarte of Waiwai Collective from 7 – 8 p.m.
