Get inspired by the amazing Eileen Carter-Campos! Eileen was an honoree at our Food Power 2014 event in the Bronx, NY. 

Eileen Campos is a teacher, who saw first hand the unhealthy meals children received in schools. While working with Laura Fuentes from MOMables, she chronicled her classroom's lunches in pictures, comparing those meals to the other bloggers' school meals. She realized the other bloggers' meals were fresher, healthier and introduced children to an array of food groups. What she saw fueled her passion and commitment for healthier school meals. Eileen became involved with MomsRising.org after attending #FoodPower13, participating in MomsRising's #FoodFri chats and spreading the word about healthy school meals on her blog and the MomsRising blog. She used her voice and experience as an educator to raise awareness. On the home-front, Eileen reevaluated her food choices and made changes to her families eating habits. She has chosen to be a role model, emulating healthy habits to her family and her classroom, by sharing her journey on her blog, MommyTeaches.com, and by talking to parents in her community. We are proud to honor Eileen for her commitment to healthier school meals for all children!

Thanks for all you do, Eileen! 

More on the event: 

MomsRising hosted Food Power 2014 in the Bronx, NY, alongside the amazing food justice community organization The BLK Projek during their annual Not Just Talk conference. Two hundred people from around NYC came out to participate!

Highlights from the conference include the MomsRising.org-hosted brunch and gathering of fierce food justice moms working to protect school meals, increase access to healthy food, and end junk food marketing to children. We also honored members who have been on the ground, and online, spreading the word about healthy food.

Read more: 

• What’s your mission?, by Jovan Sage
• MomsRising #FoodPower14 Recap, by Diana Limongi
• #FoodPower14 Recap With MomsRising, by Eileen