Hunger at Home: Food for our Neighbors

Gathering Schedule*

8:30 am	Registration; Breakfast goodies and coffee/tea available
9:00	Welcome, Devotions, Introductions, Overview
9:15-10:55	Overview of "Offering of Letters" issues
11:00-12:00	Breakout session I – (parallel workshops) "How Development Happens" – Larry Hollar "Food, Hunger, and Ethics" – Chris Nelson "Sustainable Farming in Africa: How African Communities Can Feed Themselves" – Greg Bowman "New Local Efforts to Deal with Critical Food Issues" – Steven Hoog "America's Grow-A-Row: Growing, Gleaning, Giving" – Chip Paillex
12:00-1:00pm	Lunch with State Representative Jennifer Mann – 30-min. presentation / Q&A
1:00-2:00	Breakout session II – (parallel workshops) "Public Policy Advocacy" – how to do it tutorials: letter-writing basics, offering of letters, working with media, ... etc. "Second Harvest: Part of the Equation" – Ann McManus "How African Communities can Feed Themselves" – Greg Bowman "New Local Efforts to Deal with Critical Food Issues" – Steven Hoog, et al
2:00-2:55	Meet by Congressional Districts
2:55-3:00	Closing

Last Updated: 3/20/09
Created: February 26, 2009