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series of programs focused on reducing reliance on meat and dairy. PBA promotes a shift to plant-based diets for health, environment, animals and social equity.

On Feb. 6 at 4pm, Lauren Ornelas, president of the Food Empowerment Project, will discuss the power of food choices to create social change.

Food Empowerment Project is a vegan group founded by women of color working to create a more just and sustainable world by recognizing the power of our food choices.

Ornelas will highlight the depletion of natural resources, the unavailability of healthy foods in low-income areas, inequitable working conditions for marginalized people, and how to buy chocolate that is genuinely free of child labor.

➝ losgatosca.libcal.com/ event/9959403.

HUGHES NAMED TO DEAN'S LIST AT MIAMI UNIVERSITY

Haley Hughes of Monte Sereno was named to the Dean’s List at Miami University for the 2022-23 fall semester.

Miami University students who are ranked in the top 20 percent of undergraduate students within their division for the fall semester 2022-23 have been named to the Dean's list recognizing academic performance. Hughes is earning a B.S. in Kinesiology & Health.

Miami University is a public university located in Oxford, Ohio.

Hansen Honored At James Madison University

Los Gatos resident Sarah Hansen was named to the Dean’s List at James Madi- son University for the fall 2022 semester. Students who earn Dean’s List honors must carry at least 12 graded credit hours and earn a GPA of between 3.5 and 3.899.

Hansen is majoring in Engineering. James Madison University is a public university located in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley.

EMERY MAKES DEAN'S LIST AT PALMER COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC

John Emery of Los Gatos has been named to the fall 2022 quarter Dean's List at Palmer College of Chiropractic's West Campus in San Jose.

Palmer College of Chiropractic, the first and largest college in the chiropractic profession, has campuses in Davenport, Iowa; San Jose; and Port Orange, Fla.