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Register for Chicago Food Justice Summit and View Program Options
- Bob Benenson
- 10 minutes ago
- 2 min read
21st Annual Event Will Be Next Week: Virtual March 11 & 12 and Live on March 13
The Chicago Food Justice Summit, produced by Chicago Food Policy Action Council, brings together individuals and organizations that advocate for a better, healthier, more sustainable, fairer and more humane food system.
The 21st annual Summit will take place next week, with virtual programming on Wednesday, March 11 and Thursday, March 12 and a live gathering at Chicago's South Shore Cultural Center (7059 S. South Shore Dr.). The Summit is free to attend — click the button below to register.
As is always the case, the Chicago Food Justice Summit provides expert-driven programming that covers a wide range of issues facing the better-for-people-and-the-planet food community.
Here are the segments I have added to my agenda, though the multi-track schedule has many other great choices:
Wednesday (virtual)
11:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.: Building Power Together: you + me in shaping food & farm policy
Speakers: Molly Pickering (Illinois Stewardship Alliance); Kiara Jackson (Illinois Food Justice Alliance); Chad Wallace (Illinois Environmental Council); Claire Shipp (American Farmland Trust); State Rep. Sonya Harper (Chair of the Illinois House Agriculture and Conservation Committee)
2 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.: Cooperatively Owned Grocery: Wins and Challenges
Speaker: Mabel Shiu, Southside Grocery
3:45 p.m. to 5 p.m.: The Community Cookbook: Englewood Food Sovereignty Network Shares Ingredients for a Local Food Movement
Speakers: Stephan Hamer (Grow Greater Englewood); Brianna Hobbs (Teamwork Englewood); Ezra Lee (Growing Home); Karizma Blackburn (Grow Great Englewood); Samaria Harris (Inner-City Muslim Action Center)
Thursday (virtual)
10 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.: Beyond Good Intentions: What We Need to Make Food Recovery and Policy Work
Speakers: Stephanie Katsaros (Bright Beat); Jennifer Dowd (Seven Generations Ahead); Christina Seibert (Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County)
11:45 a.m to 1 p.m.: How A Westside Community Builds Resilience Through Food Access
Speakers: Eleanor Kole (Garfield Park Community Council); Angela Taylor (Garfield Park Community Council); Matthew Ruffi (Link Up Illinois); Megan Hinchy (Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital); Lashawn Miller (Finding Justice)
Friday (LIve)
10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.: Welcome Speech & Land Acknowledgement
Speaker: Calpulli Huehuecoyotl
11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: Make your own Fermented Kraut
Speakers: Vargo Brothers Ferments
1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.: Illinois Food System Roadmap
Speaker: Connie Spreen (Experimental Station)
Click below to get more information about the event.