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Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) journeys are unique to each person and organization. This panel discussion aims to provide participants with stories and examples of how to authentically integrate your EDI journey into your fundraising program. Facilitated by Ami McReynolds, Chief Equity & Programs Officer, panelists will explore key considerations on how to talk to funders about your organization’s EDI work, ways to encourage cross-team collaboration in support of EDI initiatives, and what the path forward may look like for their teams.

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Learn about strategies of developing a health plan that will help your organization attract and retain top talent, better access to care AND cost less.

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As the talent market continues to increase competitiveness, what is your organization doing to grow the next generation of leaders? How are you tapping into employee talent and identifying high potential? In this session, practical and actionable processes will be shared. No matter the size of your food bank or where you are in your talent development journey, there will be a takeaway for you!

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In this session, we will discuss the issue of queer food insecurity, legal obligations to serve LGBTQIA2S+ neighbors, and service accessibility and inclusivity. A panel of network members will highlight the work they're doing to address queer food insecurity and share best practices for providing inclusive and equitable services for LGBTQIA2S+ neighbors.

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With food insecurity at an all-time high in the United States, it’s imperative that we think critically about building and maintaining a sourcing framework that is FA member-owned, and focuses on the equitable distribution of nutritious, affordable food. In this session, our panel of leaders will introduce an agile and ever-evolving roadmap that highlights opportunities to cultivate new relationships + ways we can work together to grow capabilities and resources across the network. We look forward to an interactive session, so come ready to share your questions and insights!

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Join us for our final session as we continue our focus on Better Together, including recognizing retiring CEOs and introducing our newest Network CEOs and time to connect with network colleagues. We will have hosted breakout discussions focused on topics of interest to network leaders. Join us as we end our day with celebrations and connections!

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Annual Conference 2023 Breakout Session:   

How can the Feeding America Network come together even further to create inspiring funding opportunities for donors through collaborative fundraising engagements? 

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Anti-Hunger Policy Conference 2023:

In this session, our panelists will present and discuss the planning and growth of a grassroots interagency collaboration that connects BIPOC farmers in the Pierce County, Washington area to a primarily BIPOC population. Facing food scarcity in the wake of the pandemic and in the context of increasing resource inequality, some 60,000 people are served per month while the program creates a sustainable model for economic empowerment for all participants, from farm to food bank to family. The program’s successes and challenges will be discussed from a variety of unique perspectives, from a front-line farmer to the lead agency CEO, from a program manager to a policy advocate. The structure, policies and procedures of the Farm to Foodbank to Families (F3) Program of the Making a Difference Foundation, based in Tacoma, Washington, and collaborating agencies will be explored through a racial equity lens as a model for replication in other urban/rural settings.

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Kathleen Stress will introduce the Feeding New York State Boundless Collaboration Dairy Research project and discuss how its data-gathering efforts informed Best Practice Sharing of a $1M investment into the acquisition and distribution of dairy products across food bank partners. Using research data collected, four pilot proposals were created to test how barriers can be overcome to efficiently increase dairy distribution. These pilots serve as the Boundless Collaborative team’s foundation to evaluate best approach(s) to create dairy sourcing & distribution models across New York State to meet the needs of our neighbors. These pilot projects include establishing PACT units for rural distribution, coolers and direct delivery, just in time delivery, and Shredding Hunger cheese distribution.    From the boundless collaborative teamwork, Feeding New York will share the following data set points:  • Initial Dairy Barriers Survey (Sept 2020) as baseline • Milk ordering costs and amounts with each pilot • Partner Agency Survey Data • Equipment Usage • Partner Agency Testimonials • Boundless Collaborative Team Input  In the spirit of boundless collaboration, we will also provide a short recap of the Midwest Dairy Symposium-an interactive opportunity for champions across the value chain to build relationships and create solutions to increase our neighbors’ access to dairy products.

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Anti-Hunger Policy Conference 2023:

 The goal of this session is to spark your brainstorming of how you can stretch your current CACFP program to help feed our very youngest, to school age, to the oldest population nutritious and much needed meals. The Food Bank of Eastern Michigan will share their success in providing nearly 420,000 healthy meals a year to children in afterschool, child care, and schools. Through supporting programs and vending the food bank is able to fully utilize their state-of-the-art production kitchen.

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We will take a look at three different approaches to budgeting across the network, share the pros and cons of these solutions, and finish with a lively discussion with all attendees covering what has and has not worked as we all look for the best budgeting process for our organizations.

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Regardless of size or scope, successful organizational change relies on ensuring there is a clear-cut plan for building buy-in, seamless roll out and adoption, and means to measure success.  In this webinar, a certified Change Management Practitioner will partner with member leaders to walk through the fundamental building blocks every leader should take into account when carrying out strategic changes.

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As food banks engage in economic mobility efforts to address the root causes of food insecurity, they encounter a unique and often predictable set of challenges. Some of the greatest challenges – and greatest promise – lie in sustainably building capacity to perform and integrate this work over time.

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Building Relationships between Food Banks and the Dairy Community to increase access to the protein and nutrients provided by milk and dairy products as it relates to long term impact, and our 2025 nutrition strategy. We will highlight food banks and community partnerships that have best practices in place with accessing dairy and serving our clients thru middle and last mile refrigeration capacity infrastructure support. Milk and other fresh dairy products are a source of high-quality protein that’s often in short supply in the FA network of food banks and is the best source of three of the top nutrients most likely to be missing in our client’s diet – calcium, vitamin D and potassium. We are convening community partners to provide inclusive and equitable access to increased dairy nutrition for the people we serve within the Feeding America network.

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Food bankers have been operating at an intense pace and the need for food has never been more acute. Staff may experience extreme burnout and compassion fatigue. How do food bank leaders build a culture of resilience to sustain themselves and their teams during a time when their mission is more critical than ever?  

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Anti-Hunger Policy Conference 2023:

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the critical role that school meals play in supporting student nutrition, health, and academic achievement. As the pandemic hit and schools closed, the U.S. Department of Agriculture allowed schools to serve free meals to all students, regardless of household income. This session is a timely opportunity to think big about what school meals can look like when all students participate at no cost. Hear directly from state advocates working to be the next group of states to have free school meal for all policies and learn how to start or enhance your own state campaign.

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Anchoring in key successes from the last SNAP grant cycles and COVID response, we'll explore what's next for Public Benefits Access including: local programmatic implications of changing state and federal policy; program expansion into other benefits and wraparound services; and a sneak peak of our emerging SNAP perceptions work.

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Have you started implementing the HER Guidelines and wonder what’s next? Do you want to combine food sourcing decisions with agency relations but are unsure how? Do you have ideas you’d like to share with other food banks?  Do you wonder what types of food neighbors in your service area prefer? If so, come learn and share about innovative strategies to build on the HER Guidelines. 

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Join us for a candid conversation with Food Bank for the Heartland's President and CEO, Brian Barks, who will share his story of reckoning with his board of directors, leadership team, staff, and key stakeholders about how much work is too much, and the importance of focusing on a few priorities that allow team members to breath and sustain themselves for the long haul.