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Register for 2012 Critical Issues Seminar — “Eating Well: For Ourselves, For Our Neighbors, For Our Planet”

Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director · February 10, 2012 · Leave a Comment

To register for the 2012 Critical Issues Seminar and to choose your workshops, complete the form below. The Seminar is taking place April 19 in Winston-Salem.  This exciting day-long event focuses on the social justice implications of what we eat and how it is grown, and features experts on issues from farmworkers to food security to personal health. The event also offers a chance to meet with and learn from people who have successfully put their beliefs around food and faith into action.

Registration and Payment Information
The cost of the day is $25; for students, it’s $14. Registration includes lunch, but it must be recieved by April 5 to guarantee a meal.

For the first time, the Council will offer an optional add-on event at the end of the day. Join us as we partner with Stop Hunger Now to package food for those in need. Participation in the food packaging is an additional $25 to defray Stop Hunger Now’s costs.

You can complete the form below or you can click here for a print version of the form that can be mailed in. Please return to this page to complete payment by PayPal or send in a check.

Registration Fees

Details about the day follow and links to register are at the beginning and end of this page. Payment must be received before registration is confirmed, either via Paypal or by submitting a check to the Council at NCCC, 27 Horne St., Raleigh, 27607.

Date, Time, Location

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

520 Summit Street, Winston-Salem, NC

Thursday, April 19, 2012

8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

 

Order of Events

Registration [8:30-9:00]

Opening Plenary Session, Worship with Bishop Michael Curry, Episcopal Diocese of NC

Workshop Session I

Workshop Session II

Luncheon — Book signing with Fred Bahnson and the Presentation of the Distinguished Service Award to Father Joe Vetter.  Congresswoman Eva Clayton will address the status of international hunger.

Workshop Session III

Closing Plenary Session, Keynoter:  Alexis Kelley, Director of the Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships Center with the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C.

Post-Seminar Activity [3:30 – 4:30]   Meal Packaging, Stop Hunger Now

 

Workshops

Session 1:

Food, Faith, and Farms       

Take a look at how churches can get involved with community gardens, farmers markets, and other local projects.

Claire Hermann                       Director, “Come to the Table” project

 

Food and Water Insecurity and Peace

Find out about the connections between food insecurity, water insecurity, and peace.

David LaMotte                       Award-winning songwriter and itinerant peace activist

 

Going Organic — One Farmer’s Story

Hear how Neill and Cori Lindley made their dairy farm organic and transformed their relationship with their land, their animals, and their family.  

Neill Lindley               Owner, Chatham County’s first certified organic dairy farm

 

Food, Faith, and Climate Change

This workshop will show you how to “eat, pray, and save the planet” as you improve health, serve justice and promote peace.  Join us!

Kathy Shea                 Co-Director, North Carolina Interfaith Power & Light

Susannah Tuttle           Co-Director, North Carolina Interfaith Power & Light

Carl W. Sigel              Chair, Steering Committee, NC IPL

 

Food, Faith, and Health

Learn more about our spiritual call to healthy eating and living, and walk away with specific action steps to improve the health of your congregation.

Willona Stallings
Program Coordinator, Partners in Health and Wholeness

Annie Hardison-Moody
Member of the Faithful Families Development Team

 

Food and Spirituality

Hear stories of a variety of faith communities who have found renewal in the practices of field and table.

Fred Bahnson              Co-author of Making Peace With the Land: God’s Call to Reconcile With Creation and co-founder of the Anathoth Community Garden.

 

SESSION 2:

Creating a Better Food System

Learn more about food policy at the state and federal levels.

Shivaugn Rayl             Coalition Director, Sustainable Food NC

 

Economics of Hunger in the Midst of Plenty

How do some have too much while others have too little? Learn more about how hunger happens.

Jill Staton Bullard       CEO, Inter-Faith Food Shuttle

 

Food, Faith, and Climate Change (repeated from Session 1)

This workshop will show you how to “eat, pray, and save the planet” as you improve health, serve justice and promote peace.  Join us!

Kathy Shea                 Co-Director, North Carolina Interfaith Power & Light

Susannah Tuttle           Co-Director, North Carolina Interfaith Power & Light

Carl W. Sigel              Chair, Steering Committee, NC IPL

 

Food, Faith, and Health (repeated from Session 1)

Learn more about our spiritual call to healthy eating and living, and walk away with specific action steps to improve the health of your congregation.

Willona Stallings Program Coordinator, Partners for Health and Wholeness

Annie Hardison-Moody PhD candidate in religion, Emory University, Faithful Families Development Team

 

Statewide Initiatives

Hear the lessons learned from the 10% Campaign and NC Food Corps, and find out how faith communities can get involved.

Tes Thraves                 Coordinator, Youth and Community-Based Food Systems, Center for Environmental Farming Systems and Co-Coordinator, NC FoodCorps

 

Success Stories

Speak with invited guests who have made it happen! Visit and learn more about a few of our Eating Well success stories.

 

SESSION 3:

A Harvest of Dignity

Come see “A Harvest of Dignity” and learn about issues surrounding farmworker rights in North Carolina.

Melinda Wiggins         Executive Director, Student Action with Farmworkers

 

Toxic Free Food

Find out about the importance of toxic free food and how we can do more.

Fawn Pattison             Executive Director, Toxic Free NC

 

Lessons on Honoring Creation: a Native American View

Learn about the Native American view of honoring Creation and its importance to us all.

Tony Locklear             Executive Director, Native American Interfaith Ministries, Inc.

 

Introducing the Eating Well Curriculum — Training Session

Our newest curriculum is here! Find out more about it and how to use it from its authors.

Aleta Payne                 Development and Communications, NC Council of Churches

Lisa Talbott                Duke Divinity Intern, NC Council of Churches

Leslie Forrest              NC State Social Work Intern, NC Council of Churches

 

Food and Spirituality (repeated from Session 1)

Hear stories of how a variety of faith communities have found renewal in the practices of field and table.

Gail O’Day              Dean, Wake Forest Divinity School

Registration and Payment Information:

You can register by completing the form that follows.

You also have the option of printing the form and mailing it to the Council with payment.

Please make payment after you complete the form by using PayPal or by sending a check.

Registration Fees

—Aleta Payne, Development and Communications

 

 

 

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Children & Youth, Community Gardens, Economic Justice, Environment, Farmworkers, Food, Health, Immigration, Peace, Rural Life

About Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

Aleta Payne first joined the Council staff in the spring of 2001 as the Communications Associate. She continues to oversee that work along with development, represents the Council in several partnership efforts, and serves in other administrative roles, as well. Aleta is a graduate of the University of Virginia with a degree in government and foreign affairs and spent much of her early career as a journalist. She has three young adult sons who continue to come home to Cary for dinner, or at least groceries, and two young adult terrier-mix dogs who keep the nest from feeling too empty.

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