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Apply now for Cook For The Culture Food Shero Freedom Fellowship

📣APPLY NOW: 🧏🏾‍♀️Online Women Wellness and Cooking Program Begins this Summer for Ward 7 and 8 during Covid-19 [ 📅Due June 26, 2020]

🧏🏾‍♀️As we celebrate Juneteenth Women Advancing Nutrition, Dietetics and Agriculture: WANDA, a Ward 8 based women led nonprofit, invites you to apply to our inaugural online WANDA Academy, a secured platform made for us, by us. We believe food justice is the part of reclaiming our freedom.

📣That's why we are awarding 50 Food Shero Freedom Fellowships valued at $3,997 covering the full costs for #CookfortheCulture, an 8-week online women wellness and cooking program, residing in the DC's East of the River community beginning in early July 2020 as we navigate #COVID-19, racial injustice and structural barriers.

➡️ APPLY NOW: bit.ly/wanda2020

❤ Are you a woman over 18 in Ward 7 or 8?
💜 Do you have health conditions?
🧡 Are you on Medicaid or similar insurance?
💚 Do you have 5 minutes to complete?
💛 Can you apply before June 26th?

👩🏾‍🌾Honoring the role of black women, we are committed to reconnecting to our heritage, restoring our health and reclaiming our communities through food and fellowship.

👩🏾‍🍳In this transformative program, we will co-create a community cookbook for the culture, “Save Our Self” care plan, and join together in a virtual sisterhood supper series.

👩🏽‍🏫Each week you will have the opportunity to meet with a Registered Dietitian, hear from wellness experts, and participate in “Sisterhood Share Sessions." Plus you will complete weekly challenges to help you remix your recipes, return to your roots, and restore your health.

💯As a bonus, you will receive a WANDA care package to support you on your health journey. Once you complete the program, you will be highlighted as a WANDA ambassador to educate and advocate for healthier food in our neighborhoods.

📅Got questions? If you have any questions, schedule a time at calendly.com/iamwandaorg.

⭕Want to support our #FoodShero Freedom Fund? paypal.me/iamwanda

📩Round 1: Complete application 
🔖 Round 2: Interview 
➡️ APPLY NOW: bit.ly/wanda2020