From surviving to thriving: The importance of engaging people with lived expertise

Barbie Izquierdo is Feeding America’s director of neighbor community engagement. As someone with lived experience of food insecurity, she now also sits on the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition.

Real World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions introduces key issues regarding the causes and consequences of poverty through an in-person lecture series featuring experts in policy and practice from across the nation. Our goal is to help build a broad community of learners to engage in these issues together.

This series is free and open to the public, but is also a one-credit course available for U-M students during the Fall 2024 semester. Students can enroll in SWK 503 001 or U-M class 26997 on Canvas.

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This event is sponsored by the University of Michigan Sustainable Food Systems Initiative.

Staff Expert

Trevor Bechtel

Student Engagement & Strategic Projects Manager, Poverty Solutions

• advocacy
• food insecurity
• public policy