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Navigating Nutrition Security in New York

While we in the Global North tend to think that our national wealth automatically translates into healthier eating patterns, in reality the Western diet is, overall, much less healthy than the traditional diets of the cultures of the Global South.

That was one of the key takeaways at the IPHN-organized event Nutrition Security, Health Justice, & the Newest New Yorkers, taking place on Friday, May 24 at Gospel Tabernacle Church in the Williamsbridge neighborhood of the Bronx. The event was held in collaboration with Afrikana, ABISA (African Bureau for Immigration and Social Affairs), the American Senegalese Association,  the Gambian Youth Organization, and the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI). Aliou Faye graciously translated between English and Wolof.

Many of the people in attendance at the event were recent arrivals from West African nations, especially Senegal. Following brief opening remarks by IPHN Convener Bob Pezzolesi and event co-coordinator Imam Omar Niass of Jamhiyatu Ansaru-Deen Mosque, the audience heard the following presentations:

Moltzen then moderated a panel featuring Imam Niass and Adama Bah of Afrikana, discussing the teachings of Islam in relation to food and food policy. Specifically, the panelists reflected on a teaching about temperance in eating habits, from a Hadith of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), that Husein Yatabarry of Muslim Community Network had shared during the Interfaith Campaign for Food & Nutrition Security’s National Day of Prayer webinar.

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