Power is Giving Inc

Lifestyle-driven chronic illness is stealing futures. We fight back with whole food, plant-based (WFPB) nutrition, movement, mentorship and culturally grounded physician and expert-led education that packs the power to reclaim optimal wellness equity.

Since 2016, Power is Giving has delivered evidence-based, culturally resonant programs in communities most impacted by systemic wellness and access inequities, proving that when you put resources where they've been withheld the longest, sustainable change happens.

We don't simply serve food, host programs or hand out health information. We connect. We engage. We educate. We build relationships. Our Black-led organization intentionally connects children and adults with Black and Brown physicians, nutrition professionals, athletes, educators and other trusted experts who bring professional expertise and shared lived experience to the communities we engage.

Our year-round Eat Drink Disrupt (EDD) programs provide free community access to physician-led and expert-led interventions rooted in whole food, plant-based nutrition and lifestyle education, movement, mentorship and nourishing food, helping equip individuals and families with the knowledge, tools and support necessary to prevent, arrest and reverse lifestyle-driven chronic diseases.

WHY NOW: Black communities continue to carry a disproportionate burden of lifestyle-driven chronic disease while inequities in access to evidence-based nutrition education, preventive lifestyle interventions and trusted, culturally aligned expertise persist.

Food access matters, but access alone isn't enough. Children and adults deserve credible, evidence-based education that clearly distinguishes foods and lifestyle interventions that promote health from those that contribute to disease progression. They deserve opportunities to taste healthier foods, ask questions of trusted experts, move their bodies and understand the power they possess to influence their own health trajectory.

That's the gap Power is Giving exists to disrupt and dismantle...

Our free, year-round programs impart curriculum-driven solutions in accessible and trusted public spaces.

Featured below are two of our three year-round Eat Drink Disrupt (EDD) wellness equity programs:

• EDD FIT & FUEL YOUTH TENNIS PROGRAM: Held up to 4 times annually, our curriculum-based, 1/2 day program is led by former NCAA Division I athletes from historically black colleges & universities (HBCU), and nutrition professionals that help combat childhood obesity through fun and engaging tennis, nutrition education, movement and opportunities for mentorship  EDD FIT & FUEL TENNIS CLIP
• EDD TALKS LUNCH & LEARN PROGRAM: Held up to 5 times annually, our 75-minute clinical and culinary program provides culturally resonant, physician-led education and chef-prepared whole food, plant-based (WFPB) meals in trusted community settings. Designed to address lifestyle-driven illnesses through evidence-based nutrition and interventional clinical insights. EDD TALKS LUNCH & LEARN TESTIMONIAL CLIP | EDD TALKS PROGRAM CLIP

At Power is Giving, we're not promoting chronic disease management, we're disrupting it with proven interventions designed to help  reclaim agency, while advancing optimal wellness equity.