Through interviews with leaders from grantee organizations and campaign participants, along with storytelling sessions involving Berkeley youth and adults engaged in Measure D-funded work, the evaluation team identified significant system and community impacts from the initiative. They also highlighted examples of how the efforts focused on racial equity and community power building contributed to creating a healthier community overall.
Read MorePraxis Project along with Healthy Food America, funded in part by Voices for Healthy Kids, an initiative of the American Heart Association, coordinated discussions with national advocates regarding designing equitable soda taxes. This brief describes policy design recommendations, rationale, and considerations for advancing equitable sugary tax policy. This report describes key elements of equitable sugary tax policy design, initiation, adoption, and implementation.
Read MorePraxis Project along with Healthy Food America, funded in part by Voices for Healthy Kids, an initiative of the American Heart Association, coordinated discussions with national advocates regarding designing equitable soda taxes. This brief describes policy design recommendations, rationale, and considerations for advancing equitable sugary tax policy.
Read MorePraxis Project along with Healthy Food America, funded in part by Voices for Healthy Kids, an initiative of the American Heart Association, coordinated discussions with national advocates regarding designing equitable soda taxes. This infographic highlights three key policy recommendations to advance equitable sugary tax policy.
Read MoreThis is a report on the the passage of sugar-sweetened beverage taxes in the Bay Area starting with. Measure D in Berkeley, CA and analysis of the implementation process of this successful legislation.
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