Hungry For Health: A Journey Through Cleveland's Food Desert

A moving video produced by an Oberlin student who graduated in 2010 and featuring Brad Masi, founder of the New Agrarian Center, a BCSL community partner.

Hungry For Health: A Journey Through Cleveland's Food Desert from Theresa Desautels on Vimeo.

This short documentary features a day in the life of Willa Sparks; a woman who overcomes the environmental obstacle of living in a food desert, an inner-city neighborhood without easy access to a grocery store. Determined to give her family the healthy food that every person deserves, Willa takes an hour long bus ride at the first of every month to get to the closest grocery store. If healthy food won’t come to her, as her neighborhood is infested with fast food restaurants and corner stores, then she will go to it.

Greetings!

Hello BCSL followers! My name is Anna Brown and I took over Ondrea's position a month ago. I'm the new AmeriCorps*VISTA for the Bonner Center and I'm just now getting into the swing of posting on the blogs, facebook pages, etc. on a regular basis. Hold me to that!

My job is very similar to Ondrea's. I'll be:

• Working on continuing the collaboration between Oberlin College and the Ohio Benefit Bank, a computer program that makes it easier for those in need to apply for government benefits
• Educating the Oberlin community about poverty in the United States, Lorain County, and Oberlin
• Collecting, compiling, and sharing data about Oberlin students' community involvement
• Managing social media for the BCSL--sharing photos, cool facts, articles, videos, etc.!

I just graduated with a degree in Politics from Oberlin in May. I spent my time as a student working in the Admissions office, riding for the Equestrian Team, completing my honors project on education policy, and spending a semester abroad in Morocco. I liked living here so much I decided to stay!

We're busy preparing for the impending influx of students--LEADS, a two-week leadership workshop for a small group of returning Oberlin students begins Monday! I'm looking forward to seeing campus bustling again and getting to know the awesome students and community members I'll be working with!