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Walk Across the 1890s
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Dana Smith, marketing and communications coordinator for TSU’s Community Nutrition Education State Staff (left), and her husband Terry Smith, a retired firefighter (right), joined Walk Across the 1890s sometimes walking together, and sometimes separately, still always walking for HBCUs and raising awareness for the goodness that historically black universities bring to America. Dana. Photos courtesy of Dana Smith
Tennessee Walk Across the 1890s participants (left) were able to raise $2,004 for the MidSouth Food Bank. Pictured from left to right are Tasha McCraven, child nutrition manager of the Mid-South Food Bank, Ebony Lott, TSU’s Western Region Area Specialist, and Benneka Brooks, TSU SNAP-ED Program Assistant. Photo courtesy of Ebony Lott
Walk Across the 1890s
By JOAN KITE
From Arkansas to Tennessee to Alabama from March 22 to May 14 of 2021, supporters of HBCUs have been hoofing it to show their support for historically black universities by walking 840 miles, which is the distance connecting the 1890 landgrant institutions Tennessee State University, Alabama A&M University, and the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff.
Anyone could participate in “Walk Across the 1890s” regardless of age. Individuals could walk. Teams could be formed of three to six people.
“I tried to walk two to three miles daily,” said Dana Smith, marketing and communications coordinator for TSU’s Community Nutrition Education State Staff. “It allowed me to incorporate walking instead of driving. The walk was a healthy twist in the conference.”
Walk Across the 1890s is a healthy way to celebrate and recognize the virtual, multi-state conference, which was held on May 18-20. The event recognized community nutrition education in HBCUs. TSU hosted the first day on May 18. The conference’s purpose was designed to pool resources related to SNAP-ED and the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) at the three 1890 land-grant universities. The three universities are seeking to build community food accessibility and partnerships.
Smith formed a her walking team with fellow employees Angela Settles,
