Film Screening and Panel-The Apple Pushers
Hunter College President Jennifer J. Raab, Councilmember
Melissa Mark-Viverito, and the Laurie M.Tisch Illumination
Fund, cordially invite you to attend a screening of the
documentary The Apple Pushers.
The screening will be followed by a panel discussion featuring
Sean Basinski, Founder and Director of Street Vendor
Project; Karen Karp, President of Karp Resources; Melissa
Mark-Viverito, New York City Councilman; and Charles
Platkin, Assistant Professor at te CUNY School of Public
Health.
A reception will begin at 6:00 PM, followed by the screening
which will begin promptly at 6:30 PM. To RSVP email
spevents@hunter.cuny.edu or call 212-772-4007.
The Apple Pushers, a new documentary film written
and directed by Mary Mazzio, narrated by actor Edward
Norton, and underwritten by the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination
Fund, follows the inspiring stories of immigrant pushcart
vendors who have joined the NYC Green Cart Initiative, the
NYC Department of Health's innovative strategy to
increase the availability of fresh fruits and vegetables in New
York City's food deserts – neighborhoods where
finding a ripe, red apple is a serious challenge and where
obesity and diabetes rates are skyrocketing. Most of the
vendors are first-generation immigrants seeking new
opportunities - like generations of immigrants in pursuit of the
American Dream. The Apple Pushers shares their
stories and aspirations
while chronicling the issue of access to healthy foods, the
obesity crisis, immigration and entry-level entrepreneurship.
Date:
March 20, 2012
Time:
6:00 PM
College:
Hunter College
Address:
2180 3rd Avenue
Manhattan
Building:
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Room:
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Phone:
212-772-4007
Website:
Admission:
RSVP to spevents@hunter.cuny.edu or 212-772-4007