Our mission

Equity Advocates builds the capacity of food justice leaders from across New York State to advocate collectively to dismantle food inequity through policy and systems change.  We accomplish this through policy development, advocacy education and training, and coalition leadership.

Our why

We believe access to healthy, affordable, and culturally relevant food is a basic human right, and that communities should have greater control over how their food is grown, distributed, and consumed. Yet in New York, race and socioeconomic status continue to determine who can or cannot access healthy food. While a dedicated community of nonprofits across the state works to combat the disparities in healthy food, their voices and those of the communities they serve are too often excluded from policymaking.

Equity Advocates exists to change that dynamic, using advocacy to build community power and drive transformative policy change that results in an equitable, sustainable food system.