Commission meetings may resume to in-person starting Fall 2021 depending on the COVID-19 status and City of Berkeley’s Shelter-in-Place Orders. Stay tune.

If we continue with virtual meetings, the zoom link is as follows:

Topic: SSBPPE Commission Meetings in 2021

Time: This is a recurring meeting -please check the dates on this calendar.

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Meeting ID: 849 6208 4828

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Commission meetings will continue to be online until further notice. Please stay tuned.

The zoom link is as follows:

Topic: SSBPPE Commission Meetings in 2021

Time: This is a recurring meeting -please check the dates on this calendar.

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Meeting ID: 849 6208 4828

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Commission meetings will continue online till further notice. Please stay tuned.

The zoom link is as follows:

Topic: SSBPPE Commission Meetings in 2021

Time: This is a recurring meeting -please check the dates on this calendar.

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Meeting ID: 849 6208 4828

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Meeting ID: 849 6208 4828

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Topic: SSBPPE Commission Meetings in 2021

Time: This is a recurring meeting -please check the dates on this calendar.

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Topic: SSBPPE Commission Meetings in 2021

Time: This is a recurring meeting -please check the dates on this calendar.

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Topic: SSBPPE Commission Meetings in 2021

Time: This is a recurring meeting -please check the dates on this calendar.

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Topic: SSBPPE Commission Meetings in 2021

Time: This is a recurring meeting -please check the dates on this calendar.

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Topic: SSBPPE Commission Meetings in 2021

Time: This is a recurring meeting -please check the dates on this calendar.

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Topic: SSBPPE Commission Meetings in 2021

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Meeting ID: 849 6208 4828

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Due to COVID-19, this meeting will be held virtually as noted below:

Meeting agenda packet is available on the City of Berkeley’s SSBPPE Commission webpage.

Dechen Tsering is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: SSBPPE Special Meeting

Time: Oct 22, 2020 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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Meeting ID: 823 5040 7707

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Please check back on this website for the new dates of the NEXT MEETING.

The Praxis Project will be hosting a webinar with some of the grantees of investments made possible by Measure D on Wednesday, Aug 5th at  11:00 am (Pacific)/12:00 pm (Mountain)/1:00 pm (Central)/2:00 pm (Eastern). 

Join us for a discussion about:

1. An overview of Berkeley's Measure D, the first municipal soda tax in the US

2. How soda tax revenues can support the frontline work of grassroots organizations

3. Four examples of community-centered soda tax investments in Berkeley.

Time: 2pm EDT / 1pm CDT / 12pm MDT / 11am PDT

Cost: FREE

Register here: https://www.thepraxisproject.org/events-list/2020/soda-taxes-as-community-centered-investments

The groups that will be joining Praxis on the webinar include Healthy Black Families, Ecology Center, Multicultural Institute, and YMCA of the East Bay. 

These videos are a great primer on the great work that these groups are doing thanks in part to the funds made possible by Measure D. (Now captioned in Spanish and English)

• Healthy Black Families--Public Health in the Community

• Multicultural Institute--Serving vulnerable immigrant communities and their families

• Ecology Center--Youth development

• YMCA East Bay--Norms change starting in early life

CEUs: We are offering one Continuing Education Contact Hour for this webinar through the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing for $15. If interested, please contact jenna@thepraxisproject.org.

Project is being intentional about language justice and will have simultaneous Interpretation into Spanish, and also closed captioning in English. 

The Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Product Panel of Experts (SSBPPE) Commission meetings are open to the general public.

The Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Product Panel of Experts (SSBPPE) Commission meetings are open to the general public.

SPUR is organizing a soda tax event in Oakland to compare and contrast how difference Bay Area cities are spending soda tax money. Rosario Riche, from the City of Berkeley’s Finance Department will be on the panel speaking on the revenues generated and funds spent in Berkeley.

Soda Taxes: Where Does the Money Go? 

Where: SPUR's Oakland office: 1544 Broadway Oakland 

When: October 17th at 12:30 pm.

There is a $10 registration fee (online registration starts on October 1. 2019)

Berkeley's Soda Tax has raised millions of dollars in revenues and the city has been granting the funds to a diverse array of local organizations working to promote health in our community. The Berkeley Food Policy Council and the City of Berkeley’s Healthy Berkeley Program invite everyone curious about the impacts of the Soda Tax to join us to learn about what local organizations are doing with the funds.

We'll hear from:

• Jezra Thompson, Supervisor of BUSD Gardening and Cooking Program

• Julie Sinai, Chief Strategy Officer of Lifelong Medical

• Giuliana Blasi and Myisha Kemp of the Ecology Center

• Ajura Smith of Healthy Black Families

• Tracy Rogers of the YMCA’s Diabetes Prevention Program

• Joy Moore, founding member of the Berkeley Food Policy Council

• Dr. Vicki Alexander of Healthy Black Families and Co-Chair of the Yes on D Campaign

• Dechen Tsering of the City of Berkeley Public Health

• Carle Brinkman of the Ecology Center and Berkeley Food Policy Council

Date: Monday, February 4, 2019

Time: 6:30 to 8:30pm

Location: YMCA-PG&E Teen Center

2111 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Berkeley, CA 94704

A short 2 blocks from downtown Berkeley BART

PLEASE RSVP: https://ecologycenter.org/berkeley-food-policy-council/

Refreshments and light fare will be provided.

The Berkeley City Council meeting on January 22, 2019 will include a review of the SSBPPE Commission’s recommended allocation for the FY2020 and FY2021 funding to distribute for community agencies through a public Request for Proposals (to be released after the Council’s decision).

City Council meetings are open to the public. Please stay tuned and visit the City Council meeting website here in early January 2019 to view the agenda packet and the meeting location details.

We cannot predict when the SSBPPE Council Report item will be reviewed during the evening. Agenda items can be moved around by the Council.

The Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Product Panel of Experts (SSBPPE) Commission meetings are held on the 3rd Thursdays of every month (except August and December) at the same time and location (unless notified).

The Commission meetings are open to the public. No invitation is necessary.

There is free street parking after 6 P.M. Parking can be challenging due to multiple commission meetings on the same night.