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Revitalized Communities Through Cooperatives: Linda Leaks Shows Interagency Working Group How It’s Done

October 26, 2023 Darrah Perryman, Public Affairs Specialist, USDA Rural Development

When Linda Leaks organized tenants in low-income District of Columbia neighborhoods to fight eviction, she helped them gain more than home ownership. In combatting gentrification and the community displacement of the ‘80s and ‘90s, she empowered people to recognize the collective power of the...

Equity Rural

Healthy and Happy Students in D.C. Public Schools

November 21, 2014 Armando Vasquez, USDA Food and Nutrition Services

The following guest blog is part of our Cafeteria Stories series, highlighting the efforts of hard working school nutrition professionals who are dedicated to making the healthy choice the easy choice at schools across the country. We thank them for sharing their stories! To learn more about FNS...

Food and Nutrition
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