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.
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.
—Aleta Payne, Development and Communications
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