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Growing Food and Justice For All
Growing Food and Justice for All Gathering 2011
Sacred Soil: Cultivating Seeds of Community Transformation
September 9th - 11th, 2011
Come early for the Intensive Leadership Facilitator Training
"Building Diverse and Multicultural Alliances for Justice through the Food System"
September 7th - 8th, 2011
Location: Tommy G. Thompson Youth Center
Wisconsin State Fair Grounds
Milwaukee, WI
4th Annual Gathering Registration
The Gathering Planning Committee, GFJI Advisory Committee and Growing Power have worked hard to keep the registration rates as low as possible. Please register as early as possible to help us plan!
Registration (Early Bird ends July 31)
Lodging All participants must make their own arrangements!
(Onsite lodging is highly recommended for the spirit of the event and to build community)
Scholarship Application **Applications must be received by July 1, 2011** This date is firm Scholarships are designated primarily for limited income people of color, although exceptions may be made based on the information requested in the application forms. We will further evaluate based on commitment to food and social justice.
Sponsorship Information
Conference sponsorship is greatly encouraged! A wide range of sponsorship opportunities exist with benefits scaled to your contributions. We list our sponsors with their logos on conference materials and our website. We welcome in-kind contributions as well. Please contact maureen@growingpower.org if interested in sponsorship opportunities.
Mission: The Growing Food and Justice for All Initiative (GFJI) is aimed at dismantling racism and empowering low-income and communities of color through sustainable and local agriculture. This comprehensive network views dismantling racism as a core principal which brings together social change agents from diverse sectors working to bring about new, healthy and sustainable food systems and supporting and building multicultural leadership in impoverished communities throughout the world.
The vision for this initiative is to establish a powerful network of individuals, organizations and community based entities all working toward a food secure and just world.
For more information visit Growing Food and Justice for All website.
The Growing Food and Justice for All Initiative (GFJI) is hosted by Growing Power, Inc.
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work. Make a donation to Growing Food and Justice for All today!
The
Growing Food and Justice for All Initiative (GFJI), hosted by Growing Power,
Inc. is a new comprehensive network that views dismantling racism as a core
principal that brings together social change agents from diverse sectors working
to bring about new, healthy and sustainable food systems and supporting and
building multicultural leadership in impoverished communities throughout the
world.
The vision
for this initiative is to establish a powerful network of individuals,
organizations and community based entities all working toward a food secure and
just world. This initiative will support the following:
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Annual
conference/summit designed to share information, strategies and to build a
collective platform for the year;
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Support
local, national and international networking sessions between members;
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Establish
a voice and presence in the formation of policies that support justice, economic
opportunity and equity reflecting the values and integrity of GFJI members;
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Provide administrative support for members to host dismantling racism, policy
building and technical assistance;
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Host monthly teleconference calls for committees
;
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Publish
quarterly newsletter that features information on dR, social justice and policy
and information relevant to members (opportunity for members to promote
programs, activities, etc.)
;
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Establish
website for initiative
;
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Hire
full time initiative administrator; and
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Contract
Dismantling Racism training organization(s) to teach initiative members how to
train dR trainers.
History
and Scope of the GFJI
The
organizing of the GFJI reflects the need for innovative and genuine leadership
in the development of a sustainable, community-based food systems movement. The founding members of the initiative are the practitioners of
sustainable food systems work: mainly farmers, marketers and other workers who
are building new, local systems. Some
are familiar with coalition and advocacy work at the national and international
levels, while others are new to large-scale initiatives. This initiative strives
to outreach to other parallel social justice movements and build solidarity and
multidisciplinary support, in the tradition of Martin Luther King Jr.’s
philosophy of building “Beloved Community”.
The
principal objective of the GFJI Initiative network is to create support for the
local work that is already underway throughout North America, employing a
from-the-ground-up strategy to build power for broad food systems change across
the world.
Vision
To
work together with a shared vision of dismantling racism via network building,
shared leadership, economic growth and community food systems
:
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Every
neighborhood in low-income communities and communities of color has full access
to fresh, healthy, local, affordable, culturally appropriate food every day
through a variety of retail channels ranging from farmer’s markets to
locally-owned small corner stores and supermarkets.
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In
every neighborhood in low-income communities and communities of color the
residents of the neighborhood own and operate the small businesses that produce,
distribute and sell the fresh, healthy food consumed in the neighborhood.
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Through
ownership and operation of the local food system, every neighborhood in
low-income communities and communities of color provides opportunity for its
children to develop business skills and leadership capacity offering hope that
each child, every family and the community itself can achieve its
self-determined destiny.
Budget
We
are estimating $150,000 annual budget for this project.
List
of committees
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Fundraising:
Listing potential sources of funds, planning which funders to approach,
grant writing, etc.
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Membership/Partnership/Outreach:
Developing a membership/partnership policy, setting fees for membership, making
sure that our efforts can reach all people interested in dismantling racism (and
other related "isms") in a sustainable and socially just food system,
etc.
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Communications:
Develop website, do surveys, work closely with other committees (particularly
Education) to have relevant and up-to-date materials available for the purpose
of dismantling racism in a sustainable and socially just food system, etc.
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Conference/dismantling
racism/training of trainers (TOT): Developing conference scenario and
logistics, developing dismantling racism trainings at all levels, developing a
training of trainers program so that the initiative has well qualified trainers
in all geographical areas that might require them, etc.
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Education:
Developing and making easily accessible any material that relates to the mission
and vision of the initiative, working closely with the Communications committee,
etc.
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