This month’s Equity Resource recommendation comes from Jordan, TNA’s board secretary and member of both the Equity and Environmental committees:
What does access to healthy food have to do with health, equity, and our neighborhoods? They’re Trying to Kill Us, a documentary that premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, explores how many low-income and middle-class communities are surrounded by fast food and convenience stores while lacking access to fresh, healthy foods—and the resulting impacts on chronic disease and overall well-being.
The issues highlighted in the film aren’t just happening elsewhere. Learn how food access challenges are affecting our own community by reading the Minneapolis Times article, Hungry in the City: How Minneapolis Became Its Own Worst Food Desert. Together, the documentary and article offer a thought-provoking look at the connections between food, health, and equity—and why creating healthier communities starts with improving access to nutritious food.