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First Lady Michelle Obama, flanked by Inglewood Mayor James Butts, left, and L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa,
*Remember the unsolicited advice Michelle Obama got from Arianna Huffington about putting some time in the hood? Well, either the FLOTUS listened or just by coincidence, that’s exactly what she did on her trip to LA.
The LA Times is reporting that Mrs. Obama made a stop in Inglewood to visit the site of a future grocery store on Wednesday and spoke about the importance of bringing fresh food to disadvantaged communities.
The market, which will open in April in an empty warehouse on South Prairie Avenue, is part of a statewide push to reduce obesity by attracting grocers to low-income neighborhoods and making healthy food more accessible.
“I’m here today because I believe every family in our country should have access to healthy food,” she said to a group of community residents and leaders. “When we bring healthy food into our communities, we are not just making this generation of kids healthier, but we are working on the next and the next and the next.”
Obama said parents shouldn’t have to travel by bus or taxi to find a place to buy fruit for their children’s lunches. “It sounds so simple — a place that sells healthy food at reasonable prices so they can feed their families,” she said.
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INGLEWOOD STAND UP! Born and raised in Inglewood California, The City of Champions on mine! Not all parts of Inglewood are bad as some people would think from tv.
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For starters.. african americans need to stop referring to african american neighborhoods as ” the HOOD”.. which has negative connotations… to it citizens and those outside of the african american neighborhood.
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Huh? Fuck does that have to do with this article?
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Being that this was an Inglewood event why was media whore L.A. “mayor” Tony even there? Inglewood Mayor James Butts should have had his photo op moment alone with First Lady Michelle Obama without intrusion from an opportunist.
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