Community Ownership, Empowerment & Prosperity Action Team Overview of Co-Chair Application COEP Action Team Web Page http://www.chesapeakefoodshed.net/act/action-teams/
VISION A sustainable, resilient, inclusive, and equitable regional food system that supports healthy communities, land, and waterways. www.ChesapeakeFoodshed.net Chesapeake Bay map created by Kmusser.
Today’s Webinar Overview of the Application for Co-Chairs of the Community Ownership, Empowerment, & Prosperity Action Team (COEP) Resource Experts Rev. Dr. Heber Brown , Black Church Food Security Network Meredith Girard-Lathbury, The Town Creek Foundation Kara Blankner, The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation
Fannie Lou Hamer Food is used as a political weapon, but when you have a pig in your backyard and some vegetables in your garden, you can feed yourself and your family and nobody can push you around?
Karen Washington What I would rather say instead of “food desert” is “food apartheid”, because “food apartheid” looks at the whole food system, along with race, geography, faith, and economics. You say “food apartheid” and you get to the root cause of some of the problems around the food system.
A systemic problem requires A systemic solution
Systemic Problem “A systemic problem is a problem due to issues inherent in the overall system , rather than due to a specific, individual, isolated factor.”
Paulo Freire No pedagogy which is truly liberating can remain distant from the oppressed by treating them as unfortunates and by presenting for their emulation models from among the oppressors.
Different Models • La Via Campesina • Brazil’s Landless Workers Movement • Black Panther Party for Self-Defense • National Farmworkers Association/United Farmworkers
Things To Consider • What other examples, wisdom or models that are indigenous to historically oppressed communities should be centered in the process of establishing guidelines and strategies to advance equity and racial justice in the Chesapeake food shed? • How does my (our) privilege position me in the food system? • Who are you (or we) accountable to? • Who has the power? • How will success be defined?
▪ A little background, who was involved, what shaped INTRODUCING THE the thinking behind this effort COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP, EMPOWERMENT, AND ▪ Goals of the COEP Pilot, PROSPERITY PILOT what will the Co-Chairs PROJECT actually do, how to apply ▪ Q & A
WHERE DID THE COEP PILOT COME FROM? ▪ Collaboration between Chesapeake Foodshed Network leaders and Washington Regional Food Funders ▪ Recognition that a regional vision for the food system could drive collaboration, coordination, and innovation ▪ Chesapeake Region Food System Summit, January 2016
Community Ownership Workforce Empowerment Development and Prosperity Farm to Food Waste Institution and Recovery
WHO WAS INVOLVED? Jessica Culley , El Comité de Apoyo a Pastor Heber Brown , Black Church Los Trabajadores Agricolas (the Food Security Network Farmworker Support Committee) Sydney Daigle , Prince George’s Food Brandy Brooks , Progressive Equity Council Maryland/Northeast Sustainable Kara Blankner , The Morris & Agriculture Working Group Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Asha Carter , DC Greens Nancy Nunn , Harry Hughes Center for Lauren Schweder-Biel , DC Greens Agroecology Eric Jackson , Black Yield Institute Patti Miller , Consultant (WV)
ACTION TEAM FRAMEWORK
THE OUTCOMES Regional Guidelines Prioritized Replicable Process Focused on Equity & Strategies for for Other Food Inclusion Fundable Action System Priorities Outcomes will influence regional food system reform.
REGIONAL ROADMAP These strategies will become part of a Regional Roadmap that creates meaningful action toward the food system Vision.
COEP Farm to Institution Food Waste and Recovery Workforce Development
FUNDING The Morris & Oak Spring Gwendolyn Garden AARP Cafritz Foundation Foundation Prince Town Creek Total Budget: Charitable Foundation $115K Trusts
WHAT IS COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP, EMPOWERMENT AND PROSPERITY? ▪ Definition of COEP ▪ Communities of color and other disenfranchised groups not merely being beneficiaries but drivers of positive change in their communities ▪ Goal of Initiative: ▪ Clear strategies to build equity across all future food system reform efforts ▪ Grow economic opportunities for marginalized communities ▪ Build community ownership and resilience in regional food system ▪ Develop people-led, community-based solutions 23
▪ Introduce Community Ownership, Empowerment and Prosperity (COEP) Action Framework INVITATION ▪ Outline the Invitation to Participate • Explain the application process TO • Questions and answers PARTICIPATE All materials, including the Invitation to OVERVIEW Participate, can be found at: www.chesapeakefoodshed.net/act/action-teams.
Two Co-Chairs ● A $15,000 leadership stipend and $10,000 for stakeholder engagement efforts ● Help select the Action Team members INVITATION ● Contribute an anticipated 15 to 20 hours/month ● Project Duration: 12 to 18 months TO Up to ten Action Team Members ● A $5,000 stipend to contribute to development of PARTICIPATE regional strategies and guidelines, facilitate locally relevant stakeholder engagement, and – THE BASICS serve as liaison to home geographies or food-system sector ● Contribute an anticipated 6 to 8 hours/month ● Project Duration: 12 to 18 months
▪ Regional Equity Guidelines WHAT DO WE ▪ Targeted, on-the-ground strategies ▪ Indicators of success HOPE TO ACHIEVE ▪ Coordination with the CFN WITH COEP? ▪ Prioritized strategies for action & funding for implementation
▪ A $15,000 stipend to support your leadership and participation ▪ Access to resources, experts, and technical WHAT CAN YOU advisors that can enhance your organization’s capacity GAIN FROM ▪ Opportunities to collaborate on specific PARTICIPATION? initiatives with partners and funders ▪ New connections across sectors, communities, and geographies to regional and national efforts and networks
WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE CO-CHAIRS? Two Co-Chairs of the COEP Action Team will: ▪ Provide thought leadership ▪ Lead planning ▪ Work in concert with other Action Team members ▪ Facilitate stakeholder engagement ▪ Be responsible for grant deliverables ▪ Contribute an anticipated 15 to 20 hours/month for 12 to 18 months ▪ Help select Action Team Members
Applicants must be: ▪ Non-profit organizations that are tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code AM I ▪ Unincorporated organizations with a non-profit fiscal sponsor ELIGIBLE ▪ Individuals representing for-profit entities – such as farmers, community organizers and TO APPLY? consultants ▪ Located in AND your work must take place in the Chesapeake Bay watershed (Washington DC, Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia)
DELIVERABLES Development of DRAFT Regional Equity Strategies & Guidelines (6-9 months) to include: ▪ A review of existing food-system COEP strategies from across the region ▪ A regional policy scan to identify barriers to community empowerment and opportunities for growth ▪ A draft set of regional COEP strategies to inform future food system reform work ▪ Ground-level COEP solutions for specific neighborhoods, geographies, food-system sectors, or communities with greatest need ▪ Clear indicators to measure the success of COEP draft strategies
Meaningful, intentional stakeholder engagement and vetting of prioritized strategies (3-6 months) to include: ▪ A thoughtful, written stakeholder engagement plan that: DELIVERABLES ▪ clearly maps out goals and methods of engagement, ▪ represents a diversity of stakeholder perspectives (CONT.) ▪ proactively addresses structural barriers to participation for those most likely to be impacted ▪ Implementation of engagement plan to secure feedback on, further refine, and prioritize draft strategies
Development of FINAL Regional Equity Strategies & Guidelines (~3 months) ▪ A final, prioritized set of regional strategies; targeted, on-the-ground strategies for specific neighborhoods, geographies, food-system sectors, or communities with greatest need ▪ Final, prioritized indicators of success DELIVERABLES ▪ Details about what funding is needed for implementation (CONT.) ▪ Identified stakeholders and advocates to facilitate implementation ▪ A final, prioritized set of overarching COEP strategies to guide future work of CFN and other stakeholders, ensuring equity is an integral, intentional and relevant part of food system reform
▪ Strong community relationships ▪ A proven track record of coalition building and coalition leadership ▪ A commitment to equity ▪ An ability to serve as bridge-builder across sectors and with nontraditional WHAT WE’RE partners LOOKING FOR IN ▪ A history of sustained working relationships with multi-sector A CO-CHAIR? collaborators. ▪ Sufficient capacity to manage administrative activities of the Action Team and complete grant deliverables ▪ A history of working on the regional level and experience with root-cause justice analysis in the food system is preferred
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