By Dr. Diane Lazare
(Part Two of a Two Part Series)
Leadership Broward is a premier leadership development program that has over 1,600 graduates who collectively serve throughout Broward County. This highly sought after program is designed for adults who currently hold leadership positions and are directly involved in their community. Leadership Broward’s annual 10-month long program of 60 participants is subdivided into small, focused teams, each committed to making a positive difference in the community. Through team community projects, the leadership participants partner with nonprofits to support and implement initiatives that are sustainable and impactful. Smart Eats is one of this year’s team projects that purposes to propose innovative solutions and igniting lasting change within the Sistrunk Community.
Smart Eats Project consist of seven Leadership Broward Class 42 participants who collaborated with Made in Broward Organization and Dillard High School to introduce and reintroduce healthier food options in the Sistrunk Corridor. The project includes a youth cooking competition that will showcase thirty of Dillard High School’s Culinary Students. Utilizing locally grown healthy food options, the students will create dishes that will be displayed and sampled by three local celebrity judges. The Competition will be open to the public. Prizes will be awarded to cooking competition participants.
Event: April 6, 2024
Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Broward College at L.A. Lee YMCA/Mizell Community Center
Smart Eats Group Members
Dr. Diane Lazare
John A. James Esq.
Monifa Hall Esq.
Dr. Kandeice Gibson
Nakia Ruffin Esq.
Stephanie Massa
Rosemery Estevez
Smart Eats
Community projects Broward, Inc., and Dillard High School have partnered to host a youth cooking competition. This event showcases the culinary skills of Dillard High School’s students as they embrace healthy food options. The event includes opportunities to learn about locally grown at our partner farm, The B.O.Y.
Garden. We invite you to come out to support our youth on their healthy food journey.
Smart Eats Team
Smart Eats is a subgroup of the Leadership Broward Class XLII. The team consists of seven local leaders assigned to collaborate with the Made in Broward NonprofitOrganization. Smart Eats’ team goal is to bring awareness of the healthy food options in the Sistrunk Corridor.
Youth Cooking Competition
There will be a total of 30 youth from Dillard’s High School Culinary Program under the direction of Chef German. The youth will be divided into 6 teams of five and challenged with the task of preparing healthy meals utilizing locally grown foods from the Sistrunk Food Cooperative. The Competition will be open to the public and includes local celebrity judges. Prizes will be awarded to cooking competition participants.
Event: April 6, 2024
9 a.m. to 12 p.m., at Broward College at L.A. Lee YMCA/Mizell Community Center
Community projects
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All class participants of Leadership Broward (LB) are required to participate on a community project team. The purpose of this project team is to give them an opportunity to learn first-hand about an organization that supports the community. Additionally, the project provides LB class members the opportunity to engage in a process that will result in a quantifiable benefit to both the organization and the community.
The Sistrunk Food Cooperative
We are a group of growers, chefs, and gardeners located along the Sistrunk corridor in Fort Lauderdale. Our goal is to raise awareness of fruits and vegetables that can easily be grown in our community. We are committed to the adage: Grow what we eat… Eat what we grow.
The Sistrunk Food Cooperative was formed in 2023 by the founders of three organizations that believed in the power of Mother Nature and the bounty of South.
Florida: Varian Robuson from the B.O.Y. Garden, Sharon Allen from Blue Tree Cafe, and Leann Barber from Made in Broward. We collectively had a vision that residents of the Sistrunk Corridor could be emboldened to learn about the beautiful and healthy foods that we can grow in our place, and that by doing so, we will develop a healthier and more vibrant community.
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