Tue Mar 12, 8:30 AM - Wed Mar 13, 5:00 PM
3400 Beatties Ford Rd, Charlotte, NC

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2019 Come to the Table Conference, March 12-13 Called to Action: Uprooting Hunger and Cultivating Justice We invite faith leaders and laypeople, hunger relief advocates, farmers, farm workers, community organizers, community gardeners, food council members, extension

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2019 Come to the Table Conference, March 12-13
Called to Action: Uprooting Hunger and Cultivating Justice
We invite faith leaders and laypeople, hunger relief advocates, farmers, farm workers, community organizers, community gardeners, food council members, extension agents and others to join us March 12-13 to examine the root causes of hunger and collaborate to build a more just food system. At the 2019 Come to the Table Conference, we hope to energize attendees to go back to their communities with the knowledge to challenge the systemic nature of hunger and the skills and connections to grow structures that are based in justice. The 2019 Conference will:

Share resources, tools & knowledge to support attendees in being effective community organizers for a more just food system
Provide space for the knowledge and wisdom in the room to be shared and for us all to learn together
Provide space for people to connect with each other and build relationships that will sustain and support their work

Keynotes
"Freedom Farmers: The History of Black Agricultural Cooperatives and Building Sustainable Communities," by Dr. Monica White, author of Freedom Farmers: Agricultural Resistance and the Black Freedom Movement
"Farm Justice, Food Sovereignty, and the Transformation of Everything," by Eric Holt-Giménez, Executive Director of Food First
Workshop tracks include:
Addressing Hunger - This track explores four different strategies to address and alleviate hunger in food insecure communities.
Community Agriculture - This track examines how community gardens and farms can serve as spaces for building capacity, relationships, and access.
Economic and Labor Justice - This track reveals some of the ways labor and economic policies create economic, health, and human rights inequities that can lead to hunger.
Environmental Justice - This track explores how community members are addressing issues of environmental justice within their communities.
Faith, Food, and Justice - Learn how theology is shaping the way faith communities are addressing the immediate needs of hunger while challenging its systemic causes.
Food Policy Advocacy - Hear from speakers who are taking grassroots action on food issues and gain skil

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