Nutrition

REACH's nutrition strategy focuses on addressing health disparities in the Black American and African immigrant and refugee communities through food access and nutrition education. We work collaboratively with various community organizations to pool our collective expertise and skills in service of our focus populations. Our mission is to uplift the Black and African communities in Multnomah County through culturally responsive nutrition programming and policy changes.

Focus Areas

• Partner with community based organizations to make healthy foods more accessible to community members.
• Promote healthy eating through culturally responsive nutrition education
• Establish healthy nutrition standards both internally at Multnomah County through an updated food procurement policy

Partner With Us

To learn more or partner with us on some of these initiatives, contact the Nutrition Program Specialist, Hermela Demise at hermela.demise@multco.us.

Nutrition Partners

• Black Food Sovereignty Coalition
• City of Gresham
• Ecotrust
• Mudbone Grown LLC.
• Ethiopian Eritrean Community Resource Center
• Play Grow Learn
• Somali American Council of Oregon
• Department of County Human Services (DCHS) Youth & Family Services Division
• Healthy Birth Initiatives
• Women, Infants, Children (WIC)

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