Northeast

SUMMER TRAININGS 2012!

WHAT
Join us in Boston, MA on August 16-20th for a full weekend of engaging with the tools, skills, stories, and personal connections that help make real change possible---and leave with a solid action plan to bring back to your campus community for the coming year!

WHO
These trainings are geared towards all college students looking to start or strengthen a campaign for real food on their campus. We encourage participants to attend with at least one other student from their school to help create a campaign action plan as a team.

WHY
These trainings will provide a unique opportunity for students to learn from one another and experienced organizers working with RFC. They are also a great way for students to connect with the northeast organizers who will be supporting students in the region throughout the school year--and we'd love to see you there.

WHEN AND WHERE

  • Boston, MA - August 16-20

PRICING
Pricing for the weekend (including all training costs, food & lodging) will be on a sliding scale of $30-$50. With a higher registration fee we will be able to offer more travel scholarships, but we also don't want to price students out of participating. Please pay as much as you are able to contribute!  

REGISTRATION

Registration is not yet open. Check back soon!

 


Want to get involved in the planning process and/or help recruit students in your area? Other questions?  Feel free to contact Stefy, Erin, or Jesse at northeast@realfoodchallenge.org

Northeast Real Food Roadtrip!

After an exciting year of real food campaigns and an incredible round of summer trainings, between September 28 and October 28 we went on the road to bring an amazing leadership & campaign-planning training to 15 campuses through all of New England and New York on our first regional Real Food Road Trip!

During the Road Trip we gave a one-night presentation or several action-packed workshop sessions to boost student's existing campaigns, get a campaign started, and definitely to build the skills & interest in student organizing!

The workshops included:

  • Corporate Food Service: Challenges and Opportunities for democracy in the dining hall
  • Strategic Campaign Planning: how your campus food service can GET REAL!
  • Real Food Calculator 101: everything you need to know to use the best tool for understanding your campus food.
  • The Food Movement: A holistic understanding of the nation wide movement building today and the students that have triumphed in getting their campuses to commit to real food.
  • ....and more! Let us know if there's something your student org needs that's not on this list!

We were able to visit all these campuses thanks to students succesfull fundraising!

We are very excited to have more schools on board in the fight for real food and look forward to another Road Trip in the spring!

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This August students from all across the Northeast gathered for a 4 day training in Stoughton, MA to build their student organizing skills and to learn about the ways they can change the food system by leveraging their student power and shift their institution's purchasing to REAL food!

Check out this clip from the Northeast Regional Summer Training this August! 

 

        

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Northeast Summer Training 2011!

This region includes New York, Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, and New Hampshire.

 

 Registration is now closed but if you didn't get a chance to participate in the training you can still bring the Real Food Challenge to your campus this fall!!

The Real Food Challenge Northeast Team will be on the road this September through October delivering workshops, meeting with students, and supporting campus efforts for real food LIVE!

Contact Stefy: stefy@realfoodchallenge

   

SUMMER TRAINING 2011!

What: Real Food Challenge’s Northeast leadership training! We will discuss how to plan an effective campaign, work with dining services, and engage your fellow students.

Where: Boston, MA. The event will be at the Packard Manse Ecumenical Retreat Center in Stoughton, MA (~30 minutes outside Boston and accessible via commuter rail).


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When: August 25-28 (Click Here for a Schedule Overview)

Who: You! All college students who want to start a real food campaign on their campus are welcome. We especially encourage folks to come with at least one other student from their school to help plan for the new school year. This training will be geared towards students who already understand the issues, and are ready to take action!

Why: Because with all that is going on around food issues today, as students we need to connect with each other and engage with organizing tools to effectively make change. This training will provide a unique opportunity for students to learn from one another and from experienced organizers working with RFC. This is also a great way for students to connect with the NE organizers who will be helping students in the NE organize campaigns throughout the school year.  

Cost: ONLY $25 for food, lodging, and programming.

 To PAY ONLINE (click the Paypal button below to pay) 

Want to get involved? Questions? Contact Stefy: Stefy@realfoodchallenge.org, Erin: erin@realfoodchallenge.org, or Kewe: kewe@realfoodchallenge.org.

PAST EVENTS

Northeast Food and Justice Summit 2011

Real Food Leadership Training 2010

2nd Annual Real Food Summit 2009

Real Food Summit 2007

  • Yale University, October 2007