Friday, March 26, 2010 at 11:00 a.m.
Council Chamber (Room 500)
John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004

Video

• Video of the Hearing
• Video of Councilmember Cheh's Opening Statement

Agency Statements

• Michelle Rhee, District of Columbia Public Schools
• Kerri L. Briggs, Ph.D., Office of the State Superintendent of Education
• Yesim Yilmaz, Ph.D., Office of the Chief Financial Officer

Panel 1

• Kathy Woodward, M.D., Society of Adolescent Medicine
• Douglas Van Zoeren, M.D., Kaiser Permanente
• Muriel Wolf, M.D., Children’s National Medical Center
• Mary Beth Tinker, R.N., Public Witness

Panel 2

• Walter Smith, D.C. Appleseed
• Amy F. Shroades, R.N., Public Witness
• Nicole Farmer, M.D., Public Witness
• Charlene Burgeson, National Association for Sport and Physical Education

Panel 3

• Yolandra Hancock, M.D., Children’s National Medical Center
• Deazon Gardener, 3rd Grade Student, Kimball Elementary School
• Tamara Robinson, 3rd Grade Student, Kimball Elementary School
• Kristin Roberts, D.C. Hunger Solutions

Panel 4

• Kate Vinopal, D.C. Hunger Solutions
• Allison Sosna, D.C. Central Kitchen
• Jody Tick, Capital Area Food Bank
• Erica Austin, Kids Café

Panel 5

• Edward Bruske, Parents for Better D.C. School Food
• Ethan Genauer, School Gardens Across America
• Lauren Biel, D.C. Greens
• Kaifa Anderson-Hall, Washington Youth Garden

Panel 6

• Lola Bloom, City Blossoms
• Carl Rollins, Common Good City Farm
• Rebecca Davis, D.C. Environmental Education Consortium
• Sandra Farber Bandier, University System of D.C.

Panel 7

• Ona Balkus, Center for Science in the Public Interest
• Ralph Scott, Parents for Nontoxic Alternatives
• Joshua M. Volinsky, Earth Day Network
• Thornell Page, Ph.D., Page Research Associates

Panel 8

• Brian Castelli, Alliance to Save Energy
• Andrew Fellows, Clean Water Action
• Adam Tenner, Metro Teen AIDS
• Ryan Pleune, Maryland Green Schools Coordinator

Panel 9

• Jennifer Guste Leonard, D.C. Assembly on School Health Care
• Josephine Baker, Public Charter School Board
• Ariana Quinones-Miranda, Friends of Choice in Urban Schools
• Erika Wadlington, Friends of Choice in Urban Schools

Panel 10

• Cassandra S. Pinkney, Eagle Academy PCS
• Donald Hense, Friendship PCS
• Daniel Hudspeth, Hope PCS
• Vinnie Bevivino, Engaged Community Offshoots, Inc.

Panel 11

• Nura Green, Ph.D., Aban Institute and Associates, Inc.
• Beth Perry, Mary’s Center for Maternal and Child Care
• Mark Haskell, Friends & Food International
• Antoinette McIntosh, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority

Panel 12

• Erika Watson, Revolution Foods
• Keith Jenkins, Student, Thurgood Marshall PCHS
• Tara Flakker, Parents for Better D.C. School Food
• Ariel Trahan, Anacostia Watershed Society

Panel 13

• Cathy Reilly, SHAPPE
• Jeffrey Wilkes, D.C. Smart Schools
• Amber McDonald, Public Witness
• Robert Bettmann, D.C. Advocates for the Arts

Panel 14

• Ellen Valentino, Maryland, Delaware, and D.C. Beverage Association
• Bonita Pennino, American Cancer Society
• Polly Thibodeau, Joy of Motion Dance Center
• Nina Dodge, Politics and Prose Climate Action Project

Panel 15

• Abdur-Rahim Muhammad, Hung Tao Choy Mei Leadership Institute

Other Statements Received

• Alexandra Ashbrook
• Georgette Blake
• Mary Blakeslee
• Tanya Colucci, Infinity Wellness Foundation
• Cathleen Grzesiek, American Heart Association
• Melinda S. Guinn
• Artencia Hawkins-Bell, Houston Associates, Inc.
• Amy Jagodnik
• Joshua Kolko, M.D. 
• Yanna Lambrinidou, Parents for Nontoxic Alternatives (slides)
• Emily Lawson, D.C. Prep
• Scott Lewis, Catholic Charities Enterprises
• Laura Marks
• David Marvel, Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association of Delaware
• Whitt Masters
• Jeanne McCarty, REAL School Gardens
• Constance Newman
• Catherine F. Noel
• Andrea Northup, D.C. Farm to School Network
• 3rd Grade Students at Stoddert Elementary School
• Nancy Tringali Piho
• Alice Waters, Chez Panisse Foundation
• Angela Wyan, Lead Safe D.C.

Group Letters

• D.C. Hunger Solutions
• D.C. Healthy Youth Coalition