Oakland Food Policy Council

Hi All! Hope to see you tomorrow evening at 5p! See the event below for more information (including the correct date of Thursday, the 18th).

Hi all, We're looking forward to connecting with you this week! Join us for the June meeting (see event description for more details).

FRONTLINE FOOD WORKERS ARE NOT DISPOSABLE Congress Must Act to Protect ALL Workers Sign & Share bit.ly/ProtectFoodWorkersNow

East Bay: want to know how to practice #socialsolidarity during shelter in place? To support campaigns, buy local food, donate funds, and access free resources (food, funding): visit this site put together by some amazing, local food movement leaders bit.ly/BayAreaFoodInfo

Hey Oakland! Get in on a virtual huddle this Thursday to share and collaborate on all the ways our food community is addressing COVID19. Advocates and activists will share about ways to access food and assist our neighbors in solidarity right now. We’ll also discuss opportunities to get involved with OFPC to help build food sovereignty in Oakland’s food system.

This, sadly, is not unexpected: Black Americans are disproportionately dying from COVID19. "For many public health experts, the reasons behind the disparities are not difficult to explain, the result of longstanding structural inequalities."

"If you can feed yourself, you can free yourself." Loving this piece in Civil Eats on the rise of home gardening and food sovereignty around the US. What seeds are you planting?

"We count on cafeteria workers to care for students we shouldn’t ask them to sacrifice their own health and well-being to do so." #COVID19 is showing how essential school meals are for young people, cafeteria workers have long deserved protections (and a raise).

Mandela Partners started an Emergency Relief Fund to aid small businesses, workers and food-insecure families hardest hit by this pandemic. Click on the link below to find out about the relief efforts they are launching with community partners and support the Fund by following the link below. Spread the word. Donate.

Hi all - please use this form to share resources for Oakland folx to access food in the time of Coronavirus: https://docs.google.com//1FAIpQLScydaBGSBafPVPHib/viewform

Reminder: Thursday, March 19th, 2020, 5-7 pm This month’s OFPC meeting will happen, but will be online through Zoom and will be focused on 1) briefly updating folks on the OFPC transition, how to get involved, and 2) spend more time updating the community on how to maintain food security and take care of each other’s food needs during the COVID-19 crisis. We’d love input from anyone who has information about how folks can access food in Oakland and other resources that can ...help people navigate the impact of COVID-19. Please send ideas for what we should cover/resources to announce in this quick form.https://docs.google.com//1FAIpQLScydaBGSBafPVPHib/viewform To join by Computer: https://zoom.us/j/824964119 (please try to join with video, or at least from your computer, if you are able, so we can see each other, and you can see the slides we share) Or join by phone: One tap mobile: +16699006833,,824964119# Conference line: 669 900 6833 Meeting ID: 824 964 119

Thursday, March 19th, 2020, 5-7 pm This month’s OFPC meeting will happen, but will be online through Zoom and will be focused on 1) briefly updating folks on the OFPC transition, how to get involved, and 2) spend more time updating the community on how to maintain food security and take care of each other’s food needs during the COVID-19 crisis. We’d love input from anyone who has information about how folks can access food in Oakland and other resources that can help people ...navigate the impact of COVID-19. Please send ideas for what we should cover/resources to announce in this quick form. To join by Computer: https://zoom.us/j/824964119 (please try to join with video, or at least from your computer, if you are able, so we can see each other, and you can see the slides we share) Or join by phone: One tap mobile: +16699006833,,824964119# Conference line: 669 900 6833 Meeting ID: 824 964 119