Improving Diet Quality of Immigrant Communities: Building Access to Food Through Systems and Solidarity (BASIS) Program

Latinx and Asian American communities in the U.S. face unique yet similar structural barriers to maintaining adequate diet quality, contributing to an increased burden of diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. These inequities have been exacerbated in recent years due to overt anti-immigrant and anti-Asian sentiment during COVID-19 pandemic that amplify challenges towards accessing food and economic stability. In this session, participants will learn about how organizations from multiple sectors came together to develop the Building Access to Food through Systems and Solidarity (BASIS) program to improve diet in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, and other work done to improve socioeconomic outcomes.