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Mandela MarketPlace
Mandela Partners, formerly Mandela MarketPlace, is a non-profit organization in Oakland, California, that works to aid low-income communities in improving access to food and healthcare resources. Past projects From 2007 to 2013, Mandela Partners sustained the West Oakland Youth Standing Empowered (WYSE) youth development program. The WYSE program focused on educating West Oakland's youth on the social justice impacts of food and health. WYSE's initiatives included improving the walkability of West Oakland, bettering the public transit infrastructure, cleaning and improving local parks, and starting an elementary school garden. Mandela Partners also implemented the Food to Families (F2F) program, which " rovidedhealth & wellness workshops, cooking demos, and group experiences for community families." F2F primarily worked with pregnant women and their families by educating them on how eating healthier and more nutritious food would improve their health and the health of their commu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mandela Marketplace Entrance
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (; ; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid activist who served as the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. His government focused on dismantling the legacy of apartheid by fostering racial reconciliation. Ideologically an African nationalist and socialist, he served as the president of the African National Congress (ANC) party from 1991 to 1997. A Xhosa, Mandela was born into the Thembu royal family in Mvezo, Union of South Africa. He studied law at the University of Fort Hare and the University of Witwatersrand before working as a lawyer in Johannesburg. There he became involved in anti-colonial and African nationalist politics, joining the ANC in 1943 and co-founding its Youth League in 1944. After the National Party's white-only government established apartheid, a system of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
