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Council Member Gale Brewer honors Kathy Goldman
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Council Member Gale Brewer commemorates the late Kathy Goldman's pioneering contributions to food and hunger advocacy in New York City.
- Gale Brewer highlights Kathy Goldman's role in starting New York City's first summer meals program in 1971 and the first school breakfast program.
- Brewer mentions Kathy Goldman's efforts towards improving school lunches and starting the Community Food Resource Center and a community kitchen in Harlem.
- Brewer acknowledges Goldman's impact on addressing food insecurity, marking her as the first to discuss the issue in New York City.
- Kathy Goldman's legacy, including a White House Champion of Change award, is celebrated for her continuous influence in food advocacy.
Gale Brewer
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I do wanna mention Kathy Goldman.
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She died yesterday at 93.
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She was a leading advocate on food and hunger issues.
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1971, she created the 1st summer meals program and a year later, the 1st school breakfast program in the city of New York.
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Was the leading advocate on that and also for improving lunch in school, still an ongoing issue.
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She started the Community Food Resource Center, which has morphed and is now a multimillion dollar organization.
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She started the community kitchen in Harlem, which also has a new kitchen, and it's very much a go to place for people who need food.
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And she was the first person in the city to talk about food insecurity.
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And I wanna mention the work that she's done.
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She was honored recently and did receive a White House champion of change in the past, and we will miss her very much, but her legacy lives on.
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Thank you very much.
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Kathy Goldman, rest in peace.
