1. 14th Annual
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Commemoration & Luncheon
“Food Deserts” and the Politics of Food Insecurity:
Structures and Subordination
Monday, January 16, 2012 • 10:30 a.m. - 2:15 p.m.
10:30 a.m. Screening: Chicago-based “Food Deserts in a Land of Plenty” followed by comments
and a Q&A with filmmaker Sarah Carlson
11:20 a.m. Buffet Lunch
11:45 a.m. Please be seated in 8005 DePaul Center
Welcome by College of Law Dean Gregory Mark
Keynote Addresses:
Professor LaVonna Blair Lewis, Ph.D., MPH
Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California
Professor Angela M. Odoms-Young, Ph.D.
Kinesiology and Nutrition, University of Illinois at Chicago
1:00 p.m. Discussion Panel:
Sheelah Muhammad, Fresh Moves
Mike Simmons, Policy Director and Senior Staff, Chicago Mayor's Office
Frances Spencer, Pendulum Partners
Jacqueline Collins, Illinois State Senator, 16th Dist. (Invited)
DePaul Center • 1 E. Jackson Blvd. • Room 8005
Sponsored by: DePaul University College of Law Diversity Committee, Center for Public Interest Law, President’s
Office, Office of Institutional Diversity & Equity. All events are free and open to the public, but a reservation is required
on or before Thursday, January 12, 2012. To RSVP, please email lawevents@depaul.edu or call (312) 362-5292.