Julia Cooper

Photographer

Julia Cooper is a Miami native and second-year Journalism major at UF. She is a photographer for The Alligator. When she isn’t taking photos or doing homework, you might find her painting, watching TikTok, or practicing her embroidery.

Members of the Food Justice Coalition pose for a photo with a "Boycott the Reitz" banner that was hung outside of the Tigert Hall administration building on Friday, April 23, 2021.

Julia Cooper

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF students and Gainesville activists denied opportunity to change the university’s food system

By Julia Cooper and Jake Reyes | May 21

The Food Justice Coalition, a group of 36 UF and Gainesville organizations, formed in January to address food injustice at UF. With less than two weeks for the coalition to incorporate its demands into UF’s next food service contract, UF denied the coalitions’ request for a seat on the committee shaping the new contract.

Solutions by The State News

Julia Cooper

UF students and Gainesville activists denied opportunity to change the university’s food system

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