“Health and Poverty: Stress and Food Deserts” event to be held at NDSU Sept. 27

The Northern Plains Ethics Institute at North Dakota State University is set to hold a public conversation on “Health and Poverty: Stress and Food Deserts.” The session is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 27, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Russell Reid Auditorium at the North Dakota Heritage Center in Bismarck, North Dakota.

The event is free and open to the public. Speakers will include:

• Dr. Jessica C. White Plume, director of wellness and sustainability for the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation South Segment
• Donald Warne, associate dean of diversity, equity and inclusion; director of the Indians into Medicine Program; and director of the Master of Public Health Program at the University of North Dakota.

The speakers will focus the conversation around these questions:

• What is a food desert?
• What health impact does it have?
• What are some practical ways to address the issues?
• Who should be involved?
• What are the desired outcomes?
• How do we get to the outcomes?

For more information, or to ask questions, contact Dennis Cooley at 701.231.0738 or dennis.cooley@ndsu.edu.