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It Starts with a Question: Meeting Neighbor Food Needs with an Intercultural Understanding

We each have our own history, culture, and needs when it comes to being nourished. This session will highlight the work of food banks who are engaging with communities to understand food needs and preferences, utilizing best practices in sourcing to meet neighbor need, and leveraging technology and tools to more easily understand the nutritional ranking of products sourced and distributed across the supply chain. If you are familiar with Foods to Encourage, the new HER Nutrition Guidelines, and/or SWAP, you’ll not want to miss this session!

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January 2023 Choice Capacity Institute Call

The January Choice Capacity Institute call engaged participants in discussing the flow of information from neighbors to different departments at the food bank to build engagement around choice and to continue putting neighbors at the center of the decision-making process. Participants discussed successes in working with different food bank departments to build support for choice and reflected on how neighbor feedback flows to and from the food bank.

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Job Training Cohort: Winter Learning Series - EDI Session

The Job Training Cohort held a four part learning series. This session looks at equity, diversity and inclusion.

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Job Training Cohort: Winter Learning Series - Employer Engagement and Trauma Resiliency

The Job Training Cohort held a four part learning series. This session looks at employer engagement and trauma resiliency.

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Job Training Cohort: Winter Learning Series - Program Mapping

The Job Training Cohort held a four part learning series. This session looks at program mapping.

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Job Training Cohort: Winter Learning Series - Resource Mapping

The Job Training Cohort held a four part learning series. This session looks at resource mapping. 

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John van Hengel Award and Retiree Recognition 2021

The John van Hengel Fellowship is the highest honor awarded to a Network leader for their local community building and Network contributions. NAC Vice Chair and President and CEO of the River Bend Food Bank, Michael Miller, will host. We will hear remarks from last year’s John van Hengel Fellow Suzan Bateson, Executive Director Alameda County Community Food Bank, and this year’s fellow will be announced. We will also recognize retiring CEOs during this session.

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John van Hengel Award and Retiree Recognition 2022

In the John van Hengel Luncheon, we will recognize CEOs from across the network who will be retiring this year and hear from Eric Cooper, President & CEO of the San Antonio Food Bank and last year’s John van Hengel Fellow. We will also announce this year’s John van Hengel Fellow.

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July 2023 All Network SNAP Outreach Webinar

This webinar centered on relationship building best practices along with policy guidance from the UDSA regarding changes to the Able Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWD) implementation and exemptions.

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July 2023 Equitable Food Access Peer Learning Call

July 2023 peer learning call focused on Equitable Access

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July 2023 Government Relations Webinar

The monthly government relations webinar covers policy updates and priorities.

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June 2023 Government Relations Webinar

The monthly government relations webinar covers policy updates and priorities.

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Key Strategies to Expand Community Eligibility

Anti-Hunger Policy Conference 2023:

As schools transition back to normal school nutrition operations with the end of pandemic-era waivers and as momentum for Healthy School Meals for All grows across the country, implementing the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) is a key strategy for schools in high-poverty areas to provide free breakfast and lunch to all students without collecting school meal applications. Join us as we hear from state advocates who have successfully implemented advocacy and legislative strategies to expand participation in Community Eligibility in their states, as well as experts from USDA and FRAC as they discuss tools to help with community eligibility adoption.

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Kujichagulia: Uprooting the Bondage of Slavery, Redlining, and Systemic Racism

Anti-Hunger Policy Conference 2023:

Participants will learn from the year-round farmers’ market team in Savannah, GA, how embodying the Kwanzaa principle of self-determination by prioritizing black farmers and black leadership in the food movement creates a more inclusive food system that is beneficial for all. We will hear from a panel of experts whose lived experiences inspire their food justice work as an immigrant, a Gullah Gechee descendant, and women living in the rural South. Topics will include culturally relevant nutrition education, advocacy mentorship, produce prescription programs, food aggregation, mobile farmers’ markets, EBT redemption, social enterprise, community partnerships, etc.

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Lakota Culture and Food Demonstration

From the Black Hills of South Dakota Mark Ford and Chef Eagle Elk lead us in a Lakota culture and cooking demonstration.

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Leadership Development for Finance Professionals

This session features a panel of network financial leaders sharing their input and experience with leadership development and career growth. Hear perspectives on important "soft skills", activities, and other characteristics that have helped these leaders succeed in taking on additional responsibilities and overcome challenges. Attendees have an opportunity to identify and share their own personal and professional goals, and interact with peers to develop a plan of action for the future.

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Learn More on How Cluster Models Help Maximize Food Sourcing and Sharing

We have several models of food sharing including clusters and hub and spoke models. With rising costs of food and transportation, these models should be considered as a cost-efficient way to source, mix, share and move food. The proposed contract language also requires food banks to share excess food available in their service area. This session will allow you to learn about several existing network sharing models (Minnesota-Dakotas-Wisconsin; Texas-Oklahoma; and Kentucky-West Virginia) in an interactive setting, hearing from food bank leaders involved. You will help us look at ways to expand and improve upon current models and consider new opportunities to use technology, shared resources (people, space), assign reasonable shared maintenance operating costs, and unlock new ways to innovate including Boundless Collaboration grants.

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Lessons Learned: Rural Mobile Pantries Webinar Part 2

Learn from network peers who have transformed their organization's historic Culture of Philanthropy practices, grounding their approach in community-centric fundraising principles that center equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI).

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Lessons Learned: Rural Mobile Pantry Webinar Part I

Learn from network peers who have transformed their organization's historic Culture of Philanthropy practices, grounding their approach in community-centric fundraising principles that center equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI).

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Let's Talk About Direct Marketing + Data: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

Fundraising is part art and part science. This network panel discussion will focus on the science of fundraising and the important role of data in direct marketing programs. Everything is on the table – entering clean data, extracting and analyzing data, strategically using data for personalization, data privacy and more.