Today we are chatting with the Founder of Polo's Pantry, Melissa Acedera. Polo's Pantry is a mobile food pantry dedicated helping unhoused and marginalized communities in L.A.

• The need to wear multiple hats
• Including structural change in the food system as part of the conversation
• Not know where to start and feeling intimidated by activism
• How to get involved in food justice
• Taking cues from the houseless community
• COVID’s affect on food access
• Making activism personal
• Why language is so important in this work
• Imposter syndrome in the mutual aid space

Connect:
IG: polospantryla
Twitter: polospantry

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Polo's Pantry
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Music by: Michael Paraskevas