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Enhancing Faith-Based Partnerships: From Ideas to Action
Faith-based organizations have been critical partners in our movement to end hunger. From serving as donors and agencies operating traditional food pantries and soup kitchens to being allies in our advocacy efforts, they have been an anchor for our collective work in service to people facing hunger.
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Enhancing the Experience of our Neighbors
How might we enhance the charitable feeding system to better serve our neighbors? What would it look like for us to put people at the center as we make decisions about how to improve access to charitable food? What role might people experiencing food insecurity play in an enhanced charitable feeding system? How would we measure our progress? Over the last year, Feeding America national office staff and food bank network members have partnered with McKinsey & Company to begin to answer these questions. During this session, we’ll share an overview of this project, findings from our research and conversations with people experiencing food insecurity, as well as identified opportunities for our network to enhance experiences for neighbors. Participants will hear from member of the Neighbor Experience project team and working group and will have the opportunity to brainstorm ways that our network might bring the initial concepts to life in communities to improve access to charitable food.
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Entertainment Webinar
Learn more about Feeding America's Entertainment Council and how we use notable people on the national level to support our work. Find out tips to help translate to your work at the local level, including details on who to target, how to outreach, activities, and more.
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Equity and Community Building Through Prepared Meals & Produce Purchase for Distribution
Minnesota Central Kitchen has leveraged partnerships to deliver more than one million fully prepared meals a year to those left behind by current meal programs. They use rescued food and a network of for-profit kitchens and community partners to offer culturally connected meals close to home and employ neighbors. The efforts are growing, as the program is replicated at Channel One Food Bank and two additional Feeding America food banks coming soon. Inter-Faith Food Shuttle seeks strategic partnerships to source fresh, local, and culturally specific foods for its distributions. Through intentional collaborations, its local produce purchasing strategy aims to create safety net purchases for local growers, decrease food waste and create a positive impact for the communities in which it serves. At the heart of the initiative is our unwavering focus on community building community and the overall goal of creating sustainable and strong local food systems. This session offers an introduction to the work, the lessons learned and plans for the future. Food banks contemplating a community-and-equity driven prepared meal program will gain valuable insights. It's also a shining example of how to partner to build a resilient food system by investing in the communities we serve.
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Equity Diversity & Inclusion - Taking the Journey Together
Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion (EDI) is not a box to check. Achieving true EDI in any organization is a journey that requires commitment, engagement, and resources. This session is designed to celebrate and share information about current EDI efforts across the network and at Feeding America.
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Equity in Disasters
This two-part Workshop aims to engage attendees across the network who seek to better understand challenges and opportunities for addressing equity, diversity and inclusion in disaster response and recovery. FANO’s Disaster Services team will provide an overview of EDI challenges in disaster, discuss current initiatives underway to ensure equity among disaster relief partners and stakeholders, and provide important resources for engaging assistance with EDI implementations. The second part of the workshop will include a panel consisting of network members. Session speakers include network and external partners who will share their challenges, incremental wins, and new resources available to help you move the needle forward in your organization’s EDI programs. Attendees are invited to join colleagues in discussions, share their experiences, and take advantage of learnings to address equity and food insecurity during disasters within your community.
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Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: Accelerating your Equity Initiatives During and After the Pandemic
We cannot solve hunger in America without prioritizing Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. Learn what steps Feeding America is taking and hear from three network members about their work in this space. Whether you are just starting to think about EDI or are further along in your journey, this session is for you.
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Establishing Equitable Food Systems Through Procurement
Anti-Hunger Policy Conference 2023:
Values-aligned procurement practices can support equitable food systems and also support growers, producers and the community. Learn how to center procurement practices in early childhood nutrition on race and health equity.
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Fall Forum 2022 Opening Remarks & Fireside Chat
Feeding America CEO Claire Babineaux-Fontenot delivered welcome remarks to officially kick off the start of the Fall Forum. Claire engaged with neighbors and network leaders for an insightful conversation and Q&A discussing the most timely issues around the network and in our communities.
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Fall Forum 2023 Opening Session: Welcome to Chicago & Strengthening Community Fireside Chat
Feeding America CEO Claire Babineaux-Fontenot will deliver welcome remarks to officially kick off the start of the Fall Forum.
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Fall Forum 2023: Closing Remarks and Town Hall
This is a recording of the Fall Forum 2023 closing town hall where attendees to posed questions and share reflections.
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February 2023 Choice Capacity Institute Call: Storytelling & the Neighbor Experience
Storytelling & the Neighbor Experience: Developing dignified stories to share the impact of Choice on neighbors. Often neighbor feedback and their stories shape how we build support for our programs and partners. Neighbor stories have the impact to motivate legislation, volunteers, donors, and systemic change, but true support comes from being able to center the relationship in a dignified and non-transactional manner. This is where the power of developing strengths-based messaging and centering relationships comes into play. The webinar discusses centering neighbor relationships to capture the impact of Choice in a dignified story.
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Feeding America Group Agreements & Guide
Authentic, transformational conversation centering racial equity require brave spaces, and group agreements provide guidelines for creating those brave spaces. The Network EDI Advisory Committee created this group agreements video to share guidelines about how we wish to engage with each other. We encourage you to play this video at the start of your organization’s events, and to use these agreements to support inclusive conversations around racial equity.
“Group agreements help us navigate challenging and complex conversations with increasing ease, reflection, and love. They help lay the groundwork for life and systems-changing work.”
-Jennifer Powell, Director of Development at Central Pennsylvania Food Bank
Group Agreements:
- Stay engaged
- Speak your truth responsibly
- Listen to understand
- Be willing to do things differently and experience discomfort
- Expect and accept non-closure
Confidentiality
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Feeding America: SNAP Work Requirements and Time Limits
Emerging and best practices of SNAP Application Assistance.
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Feeding People Where They Are: Two Innovative Models that Reimagine Equitable Food Access
Anti-Hunger Policy Conference 2023:
New Jersey is the Garden State, but fresh food remains out of reach for far too many residents. More than 1.5 million New Jerseyans live in food deserts and many SNAP recipients remain unable to tap into the exponential growth in online grocery shopping. Recognizing that food security is also a core economic issue, the NJ Economic Development Authority has earmarked more than $300 million in funds to address these issues head-on. Panelists discuss two innovative approaches building on Governor Phil Murphy’s commitment to creating a stronger, fairer New Jersey.
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Financial Leaders: CEOs partnering with Financial Leaders
CEOs and financial leaders have an informal conversation about challenges they have faced during COVID as well as how to forge a constructive relationship between Executive Team members.
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Financial Leaders: Grant Tracking and Reporting
Staff from the Northern Illinois Food Bank walks through their grant management program from tracking to monthly and annual reporting.
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Financial Leaders: Investments That Align With Your Food Bank’s Vision
This webinar answers the following questions. Why should we allocate portion of funds away from immediate relief efforts and towards long-term investments? How can we strategically invest our surplus today to build financial security when we hit a fiscal cliff? What are the tools that can help us manage and report on significant gifts to my organization’s stakeholders (including setting up Board Designate Funds)? What investment tools can help achieve my near-term and long-term goals?
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Financial Leaders: Mission-Aligned Investing
Hear from Bryan O'Connor from the Good Shepard Food Bank of Maine discuss the mission-aligned investing search performed at his food bank and how to implement at yours.
