When Ebony Yeboah-Amankwah chaired the Akron Heart Walk last year, she was struck by a statistic she heard about the high number of people in Summit and Portage counties who didn’t have access to fresh food in grocery stores. Yeboah-Amankwah couldn’t verify the figures, but the idea stuck with her: There are a lot of people in the area who live in food deserts. She wanted to help make a difference for them, improving their access to fresh food.
Author Archives: Kassi Filkins
Multimedia reporter/producer (she/her)
Kassi Filkins strives to be an active part of whatever community she finds herself in and joins Signal Akron in its mission to bring accessible and community-focused news to all Akronites.
Kassi was born and raised in Central Ohio and is a photojournalism graduate of Kent State University. She was a staff member at the Southeast Missourian and the Hartford Courant before working in non-profit communications.
Kassi lives in Highland Square and enjoys local coffee shops, walking along trails in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park and hanging out with her dogs, cat and husband.
