Food For Thought 2025 – A Community Wealth Summit

Schedule

Fri Aug 29 2025 at 11:00 am to 03:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Jordan-Newby Anchor Branch Library at Broad Creek | Norfolk, VA

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Designed to inform, inspire, & ignite change in our neighborhoods. Come hungry for knowledge - leave full of ideas and community connections
About this Event

📣 YOU’RE INVITED!

Join us for Food For Thought 2025, a dynamic Community Health & Wealth Summit designed to inform, inspire, and ignite change in our neighborhoods. This powerful afternoon brings together local leaders, creatives, entrepreneurs, and public health champions for a high-impact gathering you won’t want to miss!

🥗 Come hungry for knowledge — leave full of ideas and community connections!


🧠 What to Expect:
  • Free Brunch
  • Expert Panel Discussions
  • Health & City Resources
  • Business Tools
  • Live Vendors On-Site
  • Networking Opportunities

🌟 WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
  • Community Members
  • City Agencies & Departments
  • Entrepreneurs & Business Owners
  • Nonprofits & Civic Groups
  • Healthcare & Wellness Providers
  • Local Vendors & Creatives

Powered by: "Changing The Narrative", "We Got Us Too", Virgina Health Department, "I Design Myself", "Seniors Aging Gracefully", "Norfolk All-In"


Agenda

🕑: 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Opening Remarks - Norfolk Healthy Heart Initiative

Info: Vision: To become a Healthy Heart City. Rebuilding our villages one resource at a time.

Mission: The Norfolk Healthy Heart Initiative is committed to reducing heart disease and improve cardiovascular health outcomes by establishing accessible Heart Health Hubs throughout the city. Through community engagement, education, workshops, prevention programs, and partnerships, we will empower residents to take control of their heart health and enhance their overall well-being. We will also integrate financial education and opportunities, community research and development, stroke awareness, FOOD IS MEDICINE, Healthy Heart Ambassador blood pressure self-monitoring program, and neighborhood wellness projects within the city.

https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/heart-disease/norfolk-healthy-hearts-initiative/


🕑: 11:15 AM - 11:40 AM
Food is Medicine - You Are What You Eat
🕑: 11:50 AM - 12:30 PM
Healthy Heart - How Self-Monitoring Improves Daily Health Outcomes

Info: Strategies: Track and Monitor Clinical and Social Services and Support Needs Measures Shown to Improve Health and Wellness, Health Care Quality, and Identify Patients at Highest Risk of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) with a Focus on Hypertension and High Cholesterol.
Implement Team-Based Care to Prevent and Reduce CVD Risk with a Focus on Hypertension and High Cholesterol Prevention, Detection, Control, and Management through the Mitigation of Social Support Barriers to Improve Outcomes.
Link Community Resources and Clinical Services that Support Bidirectional Referrals, Self-Management, and Lifestyle Change to Address Social Determinants that Put the Priority Populations at Increased Risk for Cardiovascular Disease with a Focus on Hypertension and High Cholesterol.


🕑: 12:40 PM - 01:10 PM
STOP THE SYPHILIS - STOP THE SPREAD

Info: Preventive measures and signs and symptoms


🕑: 01:15 PM - 01:50 PM
Community Building - Open Discussion - Prevention and Intervention

Info: Community opportunities and resources made available to our neighbors and local businesses


🕑: 01:55 PM - 02:25 PM
Take A Plate - GROW NORFOLK

Info: Business opportunities, grants, and resources made available to our local businesses


🕑: 02:30 PM - 03:00 PM
Moving Right Along - Open Discussion - Advocacy & Artificial Intelligence
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Where is it happening?

Jordan-Newby Anchor Branch Library at Broad Creek, 1425 Norchester Avenue, Norfolk, United States

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