Strengthening the Roots: Food & Justice Convergence
February 12-14, 2010
University of California, Santa Cruz
The Strengthening the Roots: Food & Justice Convergence will be held in Santa Cruz, CA on February 12-14, 2010. The convergence is organized by the California Student Sustainability Coalition/West Coast Real Food Challenge and regional partners. This regional gathering of students and allies will strengthen the roots of our movement for just and sustainable food by bringing 200 students and allies together for workshops, panel discussions, and leadership trainings. The convergence will empower high school and college students to actively engage in their local communities and institutions by providing them with leadership skills, successful models and case studies, and a broader network of activists and allies.
This will be the largest regional meeting in California exclusively dedicated to students and young leaders working on sustainable food, fair trade, and food justice! This convergence will be a rallying point that will inspire continued engagement throughout the 2009-2010 school year.
If you have any questions, email strengthentheroots@gmail.com.
Below you will find:
Registration
Sponsorship & Vendors
Housing
Schedule
Workshop Lists
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Registration and Fees
Register here: http://spreadsheets.google.
The first 100 students to register will receive free housing at the Live Oak Grange!
Registration fees are as follows:
Students: $35 per person
Non-students: $50 per person
Registration MUST be paid before the event.
The fee covers meals, programming, optional housing for the weekend, and support for the Real Food Challenge national campaign.
Online payment (via credit card) available here.
To pay with a check, please make it out to The Food Project with "CA Real Food Summit" in the memo line. Send checks to:
RFC California Summit
c/o Bob Roberson
The Food Project
10 Lewis St.
Lincoln, MA 01773
Scholarships are available -- please indicate your interest on the registration form and email strengthentheroots@gmail.com to inquire about scholarships.
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Sponsorship & Vendors
Would you like to sponsor the convergence or have a booth at the vendor fair? Fill out our sponsorship and vendor application and email it to strengthentheroots@gmail.com.
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The first 100 students to register will receive free housing at the Live Oak Grange! Contact strengthentheroots@gmail.com for other housing options.
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Schedule
Friday, February 12
Location TBA
4:00pm Registration opens
5:00-7:00pm Dinner on your own
7:00-10:00pm Opening activities: games, community-building activities, and casual networking (snacks provided)
Saturday, February 13
College 9/10 Multipurpose Room, UC Santa Cruz
8:00-8:45am Breakfast / Saturday morning registration
8:45-9:15am Planning team welcome
9:15-10:15am "Weaving the Real Food Wheel" featuring dynamic speakers from different parts of our food system
10:15-10:30am Break
10:30-12:00pm Workshop Session I: Unpacking the Issues
12:00-1:45pm Lunch & Vendor Fair
1:45-2:00pm Break
2:00-3:30pm Workshop Session II: Strengthening our Skills
3:30-3:45pm Break
3:45-5:15pm Workshop Session III: Successful Models & Case Studies
5:15-5:30pm Break
5:30-6:00pm Day feedback / evening announcements
6:00-7:30pm Dinner & celebration
7:30-10:00pm Go Live: Real Food Concert & Vendor Fair
10:00pm Shuttles & carpool back to the Grange
Sunday, February 14
College 9/10 Multipurpose Room, UC Santa Cruz
8:00-8:45am Breakfast / Sunday morning registration
8:45-9:00am Sunday morning announcements
9:00-10:00am Panel Discussion on Food Justice (speakers TBA)
10:00-10:15am Break
10:15-11:45am Workshop Session IV: Tying it all Together
11:45-12:45pm Lunch
12:45-1:00pm Break
1:00-2:30pm Closing Ceremony
2:30-3:00pm Evaluations / prep for open space
3:00-5:00pm Open Space (optional)
5:00pm Clean up / goodbyes
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Workshop List
Agribusiness & Deforestation in Amazonia
Animal Rights and the Sustainable Food Movement
Campaign Planning 101
Climate Foodprints of Campus Dining Services
Connecting Your Schoolwork to the Real Food Movement
Documenting the Movement: Putting your Voice into Advocacy Media
Extending our Roots: How to Start and Maintain a Campus Garden
Farmworker Rights and the Student/Farmworker Alliance
Food Justice 101
High Schoolers and and the Real Food Movement
Psychological Skills for Making Your Message Effective
Real Food Challenge: Are You Up For It?
Student-Run Food Cooperatives
Sustainable Agriculture Curriculum
The Fair Food Project: Exploring Fair Labor in American Agriculture
The Global Supply Chain & Alternative Trade Models (feat. the Community Agroecology Network & Guayaki)
The Next Generation of Protest
Urban Homesteading
Working with Dining Services
RFC Twitter
Challenge Partners
Sponsored by The Food Project and the California Student Sustainability Coalition