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Field Reports

The Grocery Gap Project: Race, Hunger and Food Access

Jamillah Jordan, Emerson Fellow
Published 2007

Seattle, Washington

The Grocery Gap Project: Race, Hunger and Food Access reports examines the relationship between race, poverty, and food access in Seattle.  Using the USDA’s Thrifty Food Plan, the study identifies the availability and cost of healthy foods in Seattle’s Rainier Valley and Queen Anne neighborhoods.

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Publication tags: Field Reports - Food Access, Food Gaps - Communities of Color, Community Members, Urban Communities

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Jamillah Jordan

Emerson Fellow

Jamillah graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California, Santa Cruz with a BA in Psychology and Community Studies in 2004. She has researched the effects of globalization and free trade on indigenous youth in Chiapas, Mexico and coordinated several teach-ins in California to raise awareness and link the political and economic struggles of indigenous Mexicans to low-income communities of color in the U.S. Jamillah has also served as a community organizer working on environmental and social justice issues in New York City and has authored numerous articles and reports on the environmental health risks associated with poor quality housing in urban communities.

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