Part 2: Wednesday, May 27, 2026 p.m. at 1:00 p.m. ET
This is a live webinar that will be recorded. Part I of this Conversations on Food Justice examined the policy landscape and justice implications of restricting SNAP purchases. Part II brings the conversation to the ground.
What actually happens when restrictions are imposed or proposed?
How do independent grocers, corner stores, and community markets navigate new rules, and at what cost?
What do frontline workers and community organizations see when theory meets practice?
And whose voices are missing from the policy table when these decisions are made?
Join Food & Society at the Aspen Institute and the Global Food Institute at George Washington University for a candid conversation with practitioners who live and work inside these realities every day. This is a free, one-hour live webinar open to the public.
Register to attend the live event and receive the recording.
Meet Our Panelists
Celia Cole, chief executive officer, Feeding Texas
Jillian Griffith, Aspen Food Leaders Fellow and senior health partnerships manager, Amazon
Rachel Newman, health manager, RestoreOKC
Rachel Newman is an Oklahoma City native currently serving as the Community Health Manager at RestoreOKC, a community development nonprofit. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Global Health from Georgetown University with a specialty in Environmental Studies. Upon returning to Oklahoma City after undergrad, she fell back in love with her city and received a Master of Science in Health Promotion Sciences from the University of Oklahoma with a focus on food is medicine programming and public health issues she is passionate about. Rachel’s passion for food justice was instilled in her by her family and their use of food to show love and share space. In her role at RestoreOKC, she tackles food justice, resource equity, and social determinants of health through systemic interventions that promote these causes in northeast Oklahoma City.
Moderated by Corby Kummer, executive director, Food & Society
