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Community Ownership, Empowerment & Prosperity Action Team

Overview of Co-Chair Application

COEP Action Team Web Page http://www.chesapeakefoodshed.net/act/action-teams/

VISION

Chesapeake Bay map created by Kmusser.

A sustainable, resilient, inclusive, and equitable regional food system that supports healthy communities, land, and waterways.

www.ChesapeakeFoodshed.net

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

• f “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

• ppressed 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?

INTRODUCING THE COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP, EMPOWERMENT, AND PROSPERITY PILOT PROJECT

▪A little background, who

was involved, what shaped the thinking behind this effort

▪Goals of the COEP Pilot,

what will the Co-Chairs 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 Empowerment and Prosperity Workforce Development Farm to Institution Food Waste and Recovery

WHO WAS INVOLVED?

Jessica Culley, El Comité de Apoyo a Los Trabajadores Agricolas (the Farmworker Support Committee) Brandy Brooks, Progressive Maryland/Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group Asha Carter, DC Greens Lauren Schweder-Biel, DC Greens Eric Jackson, Black Yield Institute Pastor Heber Brown, Black Church Food Security Network Sydney Daigle, Prince George’s Food Equity Council Kara Blankner, The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Nancy Nunn, Harry Hughes Center for Agroecology Patti Miller, Consultant (WV)

ACTION TEAM FRAMEWORK

THE OUTCOMES

Regional Guidelines Focused on Equity & Inclusion Prioritized Strategies for Fundable Action Replicable Process for Other Food 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

Oak Spring Garden Foundation Prince Charitable Trusts AARP Town Creek Foundation The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Total Budget: $115K

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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

INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE OVERVIEW

▪ Introduce Community Ownership,

Empowerment and Prosperity (COEP) Action Framework

▪ Outline the Invitation to Participate

• Explain the application process
• Questions and answers

All materials, including the Invitation to Participate, can be found at: www.chesapeakefoodshed.net/act/action-teams.

INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE – THE BASICS

Two Co-Chairs

• A $15,000 leadership stipend and $10,000 for

stakeholder engagement efforts

• Help select the Action Team members
• Contribute an anticipated 15 to 20 hours/month
• Project Duration: 12 to 18 months

Up to ten Action Team Members

• A $5,000 stipend to contribute to development of

regional strategies and guidelines, facilitate locally relevant stakeholder engagement, and serve as liaison to home geographies or food-system sector

• Contribute an anticipated 6 to 8 hours/month
• Project Duration: 12 to 18 months

WHAT DO WE HOPE TO ACHIEVE WITH COEP?

▪ Regional Equity Guidelines ▪ Targeted, on-the-ground strategies ▪ Indicators of success ▪ Coordination with the CFN ▪ Prioritized strategies for action &

funding for implementation

WHAT CAN YOU GAIN FROM PARTICIPATION?

▪ A $15,000 stipend to support your leadership

and participation

▪ Access to resources, experts, and technical

advisors that can enhance your organization’s capacity

▪ Opportunities to collaborate on specific

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

AM I ELIGIBLE TO APPLY?

Applicants must be:

▪ Non-profit organizations that are tax-exempt

under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code

▪ Unincorporated organizations with a non-profit

fiscal sponsor

▪ Individuals representing for-profit entities – such

as farmers, community organizers and 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

DELIVERABLES (CONT.)

Meaningful, intentional stakeholder engagement and vetting of prioritized strategies (3-6 months) to include:

▪ A thoughtful, written stakeholder engagement

plan that:

▪ clearly maps out goals and methods of engagement, ▪ represents a diversity of stakeholder perspectives ▪ 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

DELIVERABLES (CONT.)

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 ▪ Details about what funding is needed for

implementation

▪ 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

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR IN A CO-CHAIR?

▪ 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 partners

▪ A history of sustained working

relationships with multi-sector 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

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR – SPECIAL EMPHASIS

The CFN is committed to supporting, promoting, and modeling diversity, equity, and inclusion in all Network

• activities. Therefore COEP especially

invites applications from:

• People of color
• Groups from underrepresented

geographies throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and

• Small-scale, relatively underfunded

groups or individuals

APPLICATION DETAILS

▪ A Cover Page ▪ Specific Co-Chair questions ▪ A bio or resume for yourself and other

key staff

▪ 3-5 references or letters of support ▪ If representing a nonprofit

• rganization, a letter, signed by
• rganizational leadership, indicating

support for staff involvement in this initiative

APPLICATION PROCESS & TIMELINES

Proposals due no later than Wednesday, June 27, 2018 COB

▪ Submit completed applications via email to

info@chesapeakefoodshed.net -- ***include “COEP Submission” in the subject line of the email.

▪ To submit application by mail, send to: CFN, 820 West Central Avenue,

P.O. Box 264, Davidsonville, Maryland 21035-2323. -- **MUST BE RECEIVED​ BY THE DEADLINE (not merely postmarked)

▪ Submit a video, if preferred to a written narrative, for answering one or

more of specific Co-Chair questions -- **It does not need to be professionally produced. Cell phone videos are perfectly acceptable! Co-Chair Applicants notified – Early August, 2018 Action Team Member selection – Early September 2018 Grant/Action Framework Start Date – Mid October, 2018

QUESTIONS?

If your question didn’t get answered today, please don’t hesitate to contact us: Christy Gabbard (P) 540-558-8010 Email: info@chesapeakefoodshed.net

Application Deadline for Co-Chairs -> June 27 Team Member Applications Released This Summer COEP Web Page Invitation to Participate www.chesapeakefoodshed.net/act/action-teams/ Questions? Email info@chesapeakefoodshed.net

THANK YOU!

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