[TheUWfarm] Real Food Challenge Seattle Conference Registration now Open!

Registration is now available for the Real Food Challenge Seattle Conferences on January 22nd and 23rd!

In Seattle, we're putting on TWO one-day Real Food Challenge Northwest Leadership Conferences for students interested in learning about institutionalized food justice issues and taking on the challenge!  The trainings will unite students working on (or getting ready to start) real food campaigns on their campuses!  

The Conference schedule is tentative as follows:

Saturday and Sunday, Jan 22nd and 23rd:

8 - 9             Registration and complimentary pastry breakfast 

9 - 930          Opening and Group Welcome:  Expectations and Agenda

930 - 1030     Stories from the Real Food Challenge:  The Real Food Wheel 

1040 - 11         Introduction to the Real Food Challenge

11 - 12          Foodservice 101:  An Intro to the Foodservice Industry 

12 - 1            Social Lunch: Provided 

1 - 2                  The Real Food Calculator:  An Intro to Auditing School Food Purchases 

215 - 3              Outreach and Messaging Basics:  Role Playing and Getting to Work 

315 - 5          Campaign Planning:  A Guide to Campus Campaigning 

5 - 530          Kuleana and Closing:  Success Stories of RFC 

6                  Special Community Dinner at the UW Farm

The conference will be held on the UW campus at the Botany Greenhouse (found off of the Burke-Gilman Trail).  Spaces are limited to 25-30 students for each day.

Only $10 per person per day gets you complimentary breakfast and lunch, a day of leadership and campaigning workshops, and meeting other students from other Seattle and Western WA schools working on similar issues at their prospective schools. 

Go to RealFoodChallenge.org/Northwest to register today!

Don't miss out on:

• New friends and allies from the Western Washington region!
• Delicious meals with real food!
• Applicable and FUN workshops on organizing, campaign planning, and the struggle for justice in the food system!
• Having a solid plan so your group can hit the ground running when school starts this fall!

Represent your school and your dedication to make real change in your communities and on your campus!  Register today at RealFoodChallenge.org/Northwest today!

 

 

For questions about the conference, please contact Samantha Ryder, the Northwest Regional Field Organizer for the Real Food Challenge, at sameliza@u.washington.edu

 

Hope to see you there!

Real Food Challenge

Northwest Regional Field Organizers

realfoodchallenge.org

northwest@realfoodchallenge.org