UCI to host three-day food justice conference
Newswise — EVENT:Amid concerns about student access to affordable and healthy food, activists from several University of California campuses are sponsoring the second annual California Higher Education Food Summit. The three-day conference will feature workshops and speakers addressing food justice on California college and university campuses. The food justice movement aims to ensure equal access to nutritious, locally sourced food and living wages for all food system workers.
WHEN/WHERE: Jan. 22-24 at the UCI Student Center (bldg. 113, grid E8 on campus map: www.https://communications.uci.edu/documents/pdf/UCI_15_map_campus_core.pdf)
INFORMATION: Media planning to attend should contact Cathy Lawhon at 949-824-1151 or [email protected]. Attendance and parking are complimentary for media who RSVP in advance.
HIGHLIGHTS: Friday, Jan. 22 – Crystal Cove Auditorium8-10 p.m.: Screening of “Food Chains” documentary
Saturday, Jan. 23 – Crystal Cove Auditorium9:15-10:15 a.m.: Keynote address by LaDonna Redmond, founder of the Campaign for Food Justice Now
10:15-11:15 a.m.: “Food Security in Orange County,” with Christina Hall of the O.C. Food Access Coalition and Lara Fisher of South County Outreach
Sunday, Jan. 24 – Crystal Cove AuditoriumNoon-1 p.m.: “The Art of Food,” with artist Genevieve Erin O’Brien
BACKGROUND: The inaugural food summit, held at UC Santa Barbara in 2015, was a spinoff of the UC Global Food Initiative. This year’s gathering was planned by students and faculty from UCI, UC Santa Barbara, UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz. For more information, see www.http://www.cafoodsummit.com/uploads/6/4/5/0/64503933/food_summit_2016_program_final.pdf
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