Objectives

By the end of the event, learners will be able to:

1. Recognize the different sectors involved in nutrition,
food, and health advocacy.
2. Identify programs that are currently in place to combat
hunger through sustainable practices.
3. Explain how to prepare for, facilitate, and follow-up on
meetings with policy-makers and/or their staff.
4. Strategize on ways to advocate for food, nutrition, and
health policies.
5. Practice how to speak to your legislator

About the Marilyn Magaram Center

The mission of the Marilyn Magaram Center (MMC) is to

enhance and promote health and well-being through research,
education and services in food, science, nutrition and dietetics.

To learn more about the MMC, please visit

http://www.csun.edu/marilyn-magaram-center

Social Media

Plan to share insights from the event to your social media world?
Use the hashtag #CSUNPPD18.

Thank you to the planning committee.

5 CEUs


Agenda
8:00 – 8:30 Registration and Networking
Complimentary Western Bagel Breakfast
8:30 – 8:40 Welcome
Dr. Annette Besnilian, EdD, MPH, RDN, FAND,
Executive Director, Marilyn Magaram Center
Karina Almanza, Dietetic Intern, Public Policy Day
Coordinator & Itzel Dzul Hernández, Dietetic Intern,
Public Policy Day Co-coordinator
8:45 – 9:15 Promoting Health Through Public Policy
Keynote Speaker: Senator Robert M. Hertzberg
9:15 – 9:55 The Farm Bill and Beyond: Understanding the
Impact of Federal Legislations on You and Your
Community
Fatinah Darwish, MPH, RD, Los Angeles County
Department of Public Health
9:55 – 10:10 BREAK
10:10 – 11:20 Building a Healthier Nation: How State, County,
and City Policies Promote Nutrition
Deborah Cohen, MD, MPH, RAND Corporation
(Author of “A Big Fat Crisis”)
Melissa Cannon, RD, CDE, California Food Policy
Advocates
Dipa Shah-Patel, MPH, RD, Los Angeles County
Department of Public Health
Sarah Chang, MPH, Social Justice Learning Institute
11:20 – 11:35 Eat Your Best, Less Salt, More Plants- CDC Sodium
Reduction Initiative
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Tony Kuo, MD, MSHS, FAAFP
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
11:35 – 11:45 Recipe Demonstration
CDC Sodium Reduction Initiative – Collaboration
between LA County Department of Public Health, CSUN
Dining, and Marilyn Magaram Center
11:45 – 12:30 LUNCH
Kappa Omicron Nu Student Honor Society Research
Poster Presentations and Judging
12:30 – 1:15 Providing Local, Good and Nutritious Food for All
Michelle Wood, MPP, Los Angeles County Department of
Public Health- Good Food Purchasing Plan
Rosa Romero, MEd - “From Farm to Preschool”
1:15 – 1:45 Dietetics, Public Policy, & YOU
Jocelyn Harrison, MPH, RDN
1:45 – 2:55 Public Policy Action Now! → Video Compilation
Session by CSUN Dietetic Interns
3:00 – 3:10 Closing
Dr. Annette Besnilian, EdD, MPH, RDN, FAND,
Executive Director Marilyn Magaram Center
Poster Awards