Building a Case for Change on Food Initiatives with the Amani Neighborhood

Alverno College is hosting a forum on building a case for change on food initiatives in the Amani Neighborhood. The neighborhood, which is located between 15th Street and 35th Street, and Capitol Drive and North Avenue, fits the definition of a food desert as described by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It is an urban neighborhood without ready access to fresh, healthy food.

In order to address this, current MBA students are in the beginning stages of building a case for change management in this community. They will share their collaborations to date with community partners and Northwestern Mutual in the hope that sustainable change can be achieved. This is the pioneering class in what will be a long-term engagement between Alverno students and the Amani Neighborhood to help build sustainable change, an effort that will continue after the current class graduates.

The forum will be moderated by John Kordsmeier, President, Northwestern Mutual Foundation. The Alverno Forum series seeks to join community leaders in discussing cutting-edge topics that have a daily impact on the lives of people in our community and beyond. The next discussion in this year’s series takes place on Thursday, December 3 at 6:00 p.m. in the Sister Joel Read Conference Center. The Alverno Forum series is free and open to the public. For more details, please visit our website at http://www.alverno.edu/forum/.

About Alverno College

Alverno College, a four-year independent, Catholic, liberal arts college for women, exists to promote the personal and professional development of its students. The college has earned accolades and respect internationally for its highly effective ability-based, assessment-as-learning approach to education, and has consulted with three U.S. presidential administrations on accountability and outcomes in higher education. For the last six years, Alverno College was ranked one of the top five schools in the Midwest doing “the best job of educating undergrads” by U.S. News & World Report. Educators from throughout the world visit Alverno to learn about its proven, student-centered teaching methods.

Alverno offers more than 60 major areas of study, including graduate programs in education, nursing, community psychology and business that are open to women and men. For more information about Alverno, visit www.alverno.edu or call 414-382-6100.