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June 2026 Swetland Seminar || A Food System That Works for All: The Social Capital Story Behind the Nourishing Power Network

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Academic Audience: Public Educational Featured in The Daily Topic: Discussion and Lecture Topic: Healthcare and Medicine Topic: Research

Tue, Jun 16, 2026

9 AM – 10 AM EDT (GMT-4)

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Join us for the monthly Swetland Seminar Series, a free learning opportunity open to the public, focused on environmental health. Learn more at case.edu/swetland.

What to Expect:
- Overview of the Nourishing Power Network intervention designed to bridge community & organizational power for local food systems change.
- Review key findings around changes in participants' connections to power brokers & influential actors.
- Discussion about what these findings mean for advancing nutrition equity & next steps for this work.

Learn more here: https://case.edu/swetland/research/nourishing-neighborhoods-empowering-communities

Presenters:
- Dawn Glasco, MA
Project Coordinator, Nourishing Power Network
Lead, Dawn Visions, LLC
- Darcy Freedman, PhD, MPH
Director, Mary Ann Swetland Center for Environmental Health at Case Western Reserve University
- Owusua Yamoah, PhD, MA
Research Scientist, Mary Ann Swetland Center for Environmental Health at Case Western Reserve University

Learn more here: https://case.edu/swetland/research/nourishing-power-network/consensus-building-metrics-nutrition-equity

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