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Changing Culture & Building Power: Evaluating a Decade of Berkeley’s Sugar-Sweetened Beverage (SSB) Tax

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.

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Sugary Drink Tax Equity Policy Design Report

Praxis 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.

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Sugary Drink Tax Equity Policy Design Brief

Praxis 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.

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