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Rodrigo Sardinha was unsettled on what to do for a living. âI wasnât from a poor family exactly, but I didnât have so many opportunities,â he says. Then he heard about Gastromotiva â a Rio de Janeiro-based nonprofit that offers vocational kitchen training, nutrition programs, and food education. Mr. Sardinhaâs decision to enroll in the initiative was life-changing: âI didnât learn just to be a technical cook,â he says. âI learned to be a better person and to look out for others.â
The Brazilian-born David Hertz founded Gastromotiva in 2006. Today more than 6,000 people have graduated from the school, many of whom have gone on to launch restaurants, food banks, and soup kitchens in their own communities. Also, in 2018 Mr. Hertz co-founded a âsocial gastronomy movement,â which now has chapters in more than 38 countries, including the United States. Among other thin
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State Sen. Scott Wiener of San Francisco has been named chair of the California Senate Mental Health Caucus, “which focuses on improving California’s resources for mental health and substance abuse disorders,” according to a press release from his office. Wiener has also been named Legislator of the Year by the California Marriage and Family Therapists for his work on Senate Bill 855, which “has made California a nationwide leader in mental health care,” according to the press release.
Zoe Fertik of Palo Alto has been accepted into the Jewish Women Scholars’ Writing Fellowship, a new program of Yeshivat Maharat, which is best known for ordaining women as Orthodox clergy, and Sefaria, the online repository of Jewish texts. “The shelves of the Beit Midrash are overwhelmingly dominated by books and articles written by men we want to change that,” says the fellowship website. “The fellowship aims to elevate Jewish women’s scholarship by b