Rooting for Change: Student Food Summit Keynote, March 25th, 2021 @7pm EST
UM Sustainable Food Program (UMSFP) connects food, environmental, and social justice-oriented clubs on campus to create a network of empowered students working to better our food system both on-campus and in the surrounding community.
From 5-8PM on Wednesday, March 24 and Thursday, March 25, we are inviting you to attend Rooting for Change: Student Food Summit! The two-day summit will consist of Zoom webinars and breakout sessions, as well as an optional networking happy hour after Wednesday's session. While breakout sessions and the happy hour are specifically for students, anyone is welcome to attend the Zoom webinars. A tentative schedule can be found below.
Our objectives in hosting this summit are to:
* Foster collaboration between UMSFP Member Groups, Working Group participants, UMSFP, Campus Farm, Maize and Blue Cupboard students
* Inspire deeper engagement with co-curricular opportunities to engage with sustainable food at U-M
* Promote a sense of personal and organizational connectedness to one another and to the food we grow, buy, sell, cook, and eat
* Challenge attendees to explore all aspects of the food system through the lens of social justice
* Center fun, relationship-building, and well-being in this work
Please don't hesitate to contact umsfp.core@umich.edu for more information!
DAY 1 - TENTATIVE: Wed, March 24 (5-9pm)
5:00 - Opening & UMSFP overview
5:20 - Message from Campus Farm Lead Manager
5:30 - Member Group Introductions
6:00 - Learnshop Session 1
6:45 - Wellness Break
7:00 - Tiny Talks About Food Justice
8:00 - Networking Happy Hour
DAY 2 - TENTATIVE: Thurs, March 25 (5-8pm)
5:00 - The Future of UMSFP
5:15 - Learnshop Session 2
6:00 - Wellness Break
6:15 - Learnshop Session 3
7:00 - Keynote: Food as Healing with Shane Bernardo
7:50 - Key Takeaways & Closing
Free to attend. Registration required: