What's Your Secret

Developing Your Activism with Melissa Acedera of Polo's Pantry


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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 

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What's Your SecretBy Ari Johnson