Sweetened Beverage Tax Community Advisory Board

6/21/20241:44:27

The Sweetened Beverage Tax Community Advisory Board highlights the food security and prenatal-to-three programs and services supported by Seattle’s Sweetened Beverage Tax (SBT) Fund. The board hosts two panel discussions with community-based organizations that manage these hugely important programs and services offered throughout the city. There is also a short presentation from the SBT Community Advisory Board about the 2025 budget recommendations (forthcoming).

Speakers and performances include:
Ray Williams, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Black Farmers Collective
Reagan Jackson, Co-Executive Director, Young Women Empowered (Y-WE)
Asia Tail, Co-Founder, yəhaw̓ Indigenous Creative Collective
Maria Martinez, Health Program Coordinator, Latino Community Fund
Marcia Wright-Soika, Executive Director, Family Works
Kelly Okumura, Manager, Seattle Farm to Preschool
Katherine Jordan, Executive Director, South Park Senior Citizens
Yasmin Mahamed, Programs Manager
Asia Farole, Doula, Global Perinatal Services

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