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Dreaming Out Loud, Inc.

Dreaming Out Loud, Inc.

非营利组织管理

Washington,District of Columbia 1,031 位关注者

To create economic opportunities for the DC metro region’s marginalized communities by building a healthy food system!

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Dreaming Out Loud, Inc.'s mission is to build an equitable food system, economic opportunity for marginalized people, and more resilient communities. We work to strategically and systemically address the issues of community health, employment, and economic empowerment within communities by transforming the food system Wards 6, 7, and 8 of Washington, DC. Founded in 2008, Dreaming Out Loud (DOL) was created in response to educational and economic disparities in underserved, low-income communities. Our work began in Ward 7 in Washington, D.C. where we taught children character and leadership development; developed and implemented a youth workforce development program for 72 participants working in the Mayor’s “Green Summer Jobs Corps”. Along the way, DOL noticed consequential issues surrounding food systems and economics in our partner communities. This lead to the establishment of a network of farmers markets working to fight “food deserts” and build health equity. Seeing the nexus between health and economics, DOL has developed an innovative approach, vertically integrating the food-system in African-American communities through: (1) Urban farming, (2) Food access via community-centered farmers markets and (3) A “healthy food hub”: a mission-driven aggregation, storage, and distribution facility for local produce to restaurants, schools, and other food related-businesses. Since 2014, DOL has reached more than 40,000 people, distributed more than 250,000 pounds of produce, and hosted more than 1,500 people in healthy cooking demonstrations at our farmers markets and employed 12 youth in summer workforce programs in Wards 6, 7, and 8.

网站
http://www.dreamingoutloud.org
所属行业
非营利组织管理
规模
11-50 人
总部
Washington,District of Columbia
类型
非营利机构
创立
2008
领域
workforce development、service-learning、civic engagement、character education、farmers market management、youth development和urban farming

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    80 M St SE

    US,District of Columbia,Washington

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