TORONTO: FOOD JUSTICE & CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT
4:30 PM
LOFT Kitchen, 850 Bloor St. W.
Organized by: Horizons of Friendship
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Join OCIC and Horizons of Friendship for a special Focus in Development (FiD) session on the topic of local and global food justice and citizens engagement. This session will be focused on the principle that access to food is a human right and communities should be able to influence and define their own food systems.
Be part of a powerful discussion on how the Simiente Foundation and FoodShare are both working to engage communities on issues of local food security and food sovereignty. Learn more about the Istanbul CSO Development Effectiveness Principles in action through the sharing of best practices from Honduras and Toronto.
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Presenters:
Teresa Lopez - Simiente Foundation (Seed Foundation) - is a member of Fundacion Simiente in Honduras. Simiente formed in 2001 and focuses on sustainable agriculture and small livestock production, gender equity, micro-enterprise initiatives for women, and citizen participation. The organization works with some of the most disadvantaged communities of Honduras.
Utcha Sawyers - Community Food Animation & Food Justice Manager at Food Share - is a community food animation and food justice planner. With over 10 years of social justice activism within the Afri-Caribbean and low-income communities locally and internationally, she brings to the table valuable experience and diverse approaches to the ever growing Food Justice and Food Security movement.
http://www.facebook.com/events/486000534788748/
Join OCIC and Horizons of Friendship for a special Focus in Development (FiD) session on the topic of local and global food justice and citizens engagement. This session will be focused on the principle that access to food is a human right and communities should be able to influence and define their own food systems.
Be part of a powerful discussion on how the Simiente Foundation and FoodShare are both working to engage communities on issues of local food security and food sovereignty. Learn more about the Istanbul CSO Development Effectiveness Principles in action through the sharing of best practices from Honduras and Toronto.
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Presenters:
Teresa Lopez - Simiente Foundation (Seed Foundation) - is a member of Fundacion Simiente in Honduras. Simiente formed in 2001 and focuses on sustainable agriculture and small livestock production, gender equity, micro-enterprise initiatives for women, and citizen participation. The organization works with some of the most disadvantaged communities of Honduras.
Utcha Sawyers - Community Food Animation & Food Justice Manager at Food Share - is a community food animation and food justice planner. With over 10 years of social justice activism within the Afri-Caribbean and low-income communities locally and internationally, she brings to the table valuable experience and diverse approaches to the ever growing Food Justice and Food Security movement.