CSPI's Resource Hub

CSPI has expanded our advocacy initiatives to support the work of local and state partners pursuing crucial health policy passage across the country. Our Resource Hub is designed to build the skills, knowledge, and capacity of our grantees, emerging partners, and networks through coordinated webinars, trainings, and resources.

Browse by category

Webinar Series Learning Series

Issue Area Toolkits Engagement Team

Webinar Series

We invite you to learn alongside us as we work to build the knowledge and capacity of emerging and existing partners to build power so that we can achieve crucial food policy wins in the field. Trainings will cover a range of topics including youth advocacy, communications, fundraising, policy deep dives, and much more. Holding space for conversations within and across disciplines is vital to align our goals with those of advocates for other social, economic, and environmental justice issues.

If you have any trouble accessing these materials, or if you would like a Spanish translation for any of the sessions below, please reach out to resourcehub@cspinet.org.

We’re continuously developing new resources and would love to know how we can best support your work. Please let us know what you’d like to see by reaching out to us at resourcehub@cspinet.org.

Seasonal produce - Flat-lay of ripe strawberries, cherries, grapes, blueberries, pears, apricots, figs in wooden eco-friendly boxes

Nutrition Programs Across the Lifecycle (6/26/25)

View recent webinars

Below are links to download available recordings and materials from recently held sessions. If you have any trouble accessing these materials, or if you would like a Spanish translation for any of the sessions below, please reach out to resourcehub@cspinet.org.

Nutrition Programs Across the Lifecycle (6/26/25)

Experts from The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), National School Lunch Program/School Breakfast Program (NSLP/SBP), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) explore the interconnectedness of nutrition assistance programs and their impacts across the lifespan. Panelists discuss the current landscape, challenges, and opportunities for advocacy, particularly for nonprofit organizations navigating policy engagement. The session concludes with a discussion on steps for participants to support and advocate for these vital programs in their communities.

View video

Tariffs to Table: Impacts of Trump’s Tariffs on Healthy Food Access and How to Take Action (6/10/25)

Lori Wallach (she/her), Director of Rethink Trade, joins CSPI's Healthy Retail Policy Team to lead an engaging and collaborative webinar session around the impacts of Trump’s tariffs on healthy food access. Specifically, this session covers: what tariffs are and how they work; the impact of Trump’s tariffs on the food system; and what actions you can take to protect healthy food access.

View video

Feeding the Soul: A Discussion on Faith and Food Justice (5/19/25)

This dynamic panel of religious leaders explores the deep connections between food, faith, and justice. Panelists reflect on how their traditions speak to care for the marginalized, the sacred role of food, and the moral imperative to act. They share stories of how faith communities are addressing hunger, health, and environmental concerns, and how policy change can support culturally and religiously appropriate food access.

View video

Click below to view links to download available recordings and materials from previously held webinar sessions.

View repository

Learning Series

The Learning Series is a space for allies, supporters, and co-conspirators in Food and Health Policy Advocacy to deepen their foundational understanding of the Food and Health policy landscape and build capacity in this movement toward equitable and just food system.

Issue Area Toolkits

Want to get started on your health policy campaign, but not sure where to start? Check out our forthcoming policy-specific toolkits for a background on policy history, the research behind our policy interventions, tips for communications and organizing, and case studies from previous successful campaigns across the country.

View all toolkits

Healthy, Values-Aligned Government Food Purchasing and Food Service
This toolkit is aimed to equip a range of stakeholders to advance values-aligned food purchasing and food service by federal, state, and local governments.
Healthy school meals for all: A toolkit for advocates
This toolkit provides resources for advocates to improve school meals.
Leveraging SNAP to improve public health
This toolkit provides background, research, and policy recommendations on a range of SNAP topics.
Nutrient warnings: A toolkit for advocates
This toolkit is intended to support advocates who want to lead campaigns calling for state and local nutrient warnings on restaurant menus.
Pouring rights: A toolkit for advocates
We've structured this toolkit as a roadmap to guide your campaign, with academic research, case studies, model policies, messaging guidance, and other resources you may need.
Public policy and the grocery store: Improving access to healthy food
This toolkit is specifically designed to support your efforts to improve the retail food environment in your community through policy interventions at the state and local level.
Restaurant kids' meals: A toolkit for advocates
This toolkit is specifically designed to support your efforts to help improve the options offered on kids’ menus at restaurants in your community.
Kids' meals implementation toolkit
This toolkit is focused on implementation and enforcement of policies that improve the options offered on kids’ menus at restaurants in your community.

Engagement Team

CSPI’s Engagement Team curates the Resource Hub and is open to hearing your feedback about Resource Hub information. The Engagement Team is split regionally and covers the Northeast, Midwest, South, and West. If you are interested in connecting with an engagement associate in a specific geographic region, please click on their bio to contact them.

Meet the Engagement Team

Olivia Peña, MS

Engagement and Capacity Building Manager

opena@cspinet.org

Olivia Peña (she/her) leads CSPI's Engagement and Capacity Building Team, which builds and maintains partnerships across the organization's issue areas, and supports the organization's grantmaking portfolio of advocacy partners. The Engagement Team's work centers on building the power and capacity of local and state community partners who are working to equitably advance food and health initiatives through organizing and policy advocacy. Before joining CSPI, Olivia worked at the Building Movement Project where she supported the development of a race equity assessment for nonprofits, managed cohorts of nonprofit leaders and staff, and explored social change initiatives through direct service provision. Building on her passions of food and community power, Olivia founded a food and agriculture-focused network for communities of color. Her research and writing has been featured in publications such as Science of the Total Environment and the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development. Olivia earned both a BS and an MS from the University of Vermont in Food Systems, and was named a 2017 National Scholar by the James Beard Foundation. Outside of CSPI, Olivia enjoys reading, horseback riding, long distance running, and tending to her collection of houseplants.

Asia M Carter, MPH

Capacity Building and Engagement Associate

amcarter@cspinet.org

Asia Carter (she/her/hers) maintains and builds relationships with CSPI's partners regionally located in the Western part of the U.S. She leads capacity-building and power building opportunities to support and empower the work of community-based organizations while centering the leadership of those most impacted by health inequities.

Bethany D. Williams, PhD, MSH, EP-C

Southern Engagement Associate

bwilliams@cspinet.org

Bethany (she/her/hers) manages CSPI’s relationships with state and local partners in the Southern region, providing guidance around equitable community engagement in food policy work and organizational power building. In addition to her role with CSPI’s partner network, including current and potential subgrantees, Bethany leads the Engagement Team’s efforts in internal capacity building to guide CSPI practices in community engagement across research, policy, advocacy, and cross-cutting issue areas. Through her work, Bethany contributes to CSPI’s missions of inclusivity, openness, accountability, kindness, and collaboration, with a strong skillset and passion to center the voices of those most impacted by food system inequities.

Methany Eltigani, MPH

Engagement Associate

meltigani@cspinet.org

Methany Eltigani (she/her/hers) is an Engagement Associate at CSPI, working to build and maintain relationships with subgrantees across the Northeast region.

Isaiah Blake

Engagement Associate

iblake@cspinet.org

Isaiah Blake (he/him) is CSPI's Engagement Associate and manages relationships with community partners in the Midwest and New York State.

View all CSPI resources