FARE Neighborhoods Day
Washington, D.C. | October 30-31, 2025
Celebrating Our Collective Wins!
We are ensuring the best outcomes for all neighborhoods through building community support and partnership for those affected by food allergy!
FARE Neighborhoods Day will bring together over 75 participants from across the country, including patients, caregivers, researchers, dietitians, community health workers, and local organizations.
We gather to celebrate our ability to make positive progress and impact for individuals and families managing and preventing food allergy across differing cultures and nutritional needs, regardless of access levels, and to strategize ways to continue the momentum.
We’ve hit a milestone: 10,932 FARE Neighborhoods community members educated on food allergy since 2023, plus increases in allergist visits and epinephrine access.
Our 2025 Event
Featured Speakers Include
- Carla M. Davis, MD, Chair of Pediatrics and Child Health at Howard University, and incoming AAAAI President—the first-ever African American President of the American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology
- Dariush Mozaffarian, MD, DrPH, Director of the Food is Medicine Institute at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University and Distinguished Professor, Dean Emeritus, and Jean Mayer Professor at the Friedman School, Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine.
- Ruchi Gupta, MD, MPH, Director of the Center for Food Allergy & Asthma Research (CFAAR), and FARE Scientific Advisory Council member
- Amy Scurlock, MD, Professor at University of Arkansas Medical Sciences
- Emily Brown, Founder and CEO at Attane Heath, Aspen Health Fellow, and food allergy caregiver & advocate
- Chad Clem, Vice President of Research & Development at Applegate
Agenda at a Glance
October 30
- Breakfast, lunch, and dinner will be provided
- Morning: Keynote by Dr. Carla M. Davis, “The State of Food Allergy”
- Midday: Presentations and Panel Sessions on such topics as “Food Is Medicine,: Community and Clinical Solutions to Food Insecurity and Food Allergy”; “Speed Networking: Voices Across the Table”; and “Community Partnerships in Action”
- Afternoon: Town Hall, “Ripping the Band-Aid Off, Voices from the Neighborhoods”
- Evening: Socials & Dinner with Clinical Development Day attendees
October 31
- Breakfast and lunch will be provided
- Morning: Interactive Breakouts on Youth Perspectives on Food Allergy, Culinary Medicine, and Art in Food Allergy Work.
Event Co-Chairs
Andrea A. Pappalardo, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at University of Illinois
Edith A. Perez, MD
Professor Emeritus, Mayo Clinic
Elizabeth Bradford
Assistant Director of Community Health & Analysis
OctoberFARE
FARE Neighborhoods Day is part of OctoberFARE, which includes the Food Allergy Summit (October 31–November 1), which has open registration, and a special Teal Pumpkin Project celebration on Halloween.
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Our 2025 Venue
The Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20004
Public transportation, rideshare access, and parking available.
About FARE Neighborhoods Day
FARE Neighborhoods Day reinforces the power of local ecosystems in driving national change. With momentum building, the FARE Neighborhoods Initiative (FNI) is poised to expand its reach and deepen impact across new cities in 2026.
In 2024, FNI commissioned a painting by Washington, DC, artist Luis Del Valle, which symbolizes the hope and resilience of the FARE Neighborhoods Initiative. (Seen at right: Luis Del Valle with Elizabeth Bradford, FARE’s Assistant Director of Community Health & Analysis.)
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The sharing of ideas and initiatives with a diverse group of speakers was transformative. I gained more knowledge about food allergy disease and the complexities around food insecurity and food allergy in my community.
—2024 FARE Neighborhoods Day attendee
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