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Samuel Simmons Consulting
LaDonna Redmond
“People are trapped in history, and history is trapped in them.”
James Baldwin
LaDonna Redmond is a long-time community activist, who has successfully worked to get Chicago Public Schools to evaluate junk food, launched urban agriculture projects, started a community grocery store and worked on federal farm policy to expand access to healthy food in low-income communities. Redmond is a frequently invited speaker and occasional radio host. In 2009, Redmond was one of 25 citizen and business leaders named a Responsibility Pioneer by Time Magazine. LaDonna was also a 2003-2005 IATP Food and Society Fellow. In 2007, she was awarded a Green For All Fellowship. LaDonna attended Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Currently she is the Education and Outreach Coordinator for Seward Community Co-op.
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