Hosted on September 12, 2024, the training was delivered by Monica Bhagwan, Director of Curriculum at Leah’s Pantry; Diana Y. Cardenas, Training Specialist at Leah’s Pantry; and, Eunice Rivera, Senior Program Coordinator at Leah’s Pantry.
This webinar, featuring speakers from Leah’s Pantry, will teach newcomer service providers about nutrition amid trauma and displacement. Leah’s Pantry is a California-based nonprofit with a nationwide footprint in trauma-informed nutrition education. Their innovative work building and implementing community nutrition and food security programs improves the health, wellness, and resilience of communities throughout the country. In this webinar, they will discuss how good and bad experiences affect our food choices. They will also explore the principles of a trauma-informed approach to nutrition security and ways to teach about healthy eating that respect diverse cultures and the unique experiences of newcomers. Participants will be encouraged to reflect on their own relationship with food and how that can affect teaching newcomers about eating well.
By the end of this webinar, you will be able to:
– Describe ways that newcomers have multifaceted and complex experiences with food
– Explain the relationship between positive and adverse experiences and nourishment
– Design trauma-informed nutrition education programs that respond to positive and adverse experiences and that incorporate the different ways we relate to food
– Apply practical approaches for delivering trauma-informed nutrition education to newcomers with compassion and connection
