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SUMMARY:Federal Headwinds\, Frontline Resilience: Understanding the Impacts & Opportunities for Action - Session 3
DESCRIPTION:This funder series is organized by The Funders Network\, Health and Environmental Funders Network\, Neighborhood Funders Group\, Chesapeake Bay Funders Network\, Climate and Energy Funders Group and Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders in partnership with ClimateMAX\, a new national collaborative and intersectional table of NGOs advancing and defending climate and environmental justice policy solutions. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn just a few months\, the current administration has dealt a series of significant setbacks to climate and communities: Billions of dollars\, including $2.6 billion for climate and environmental justice programs\, have been slashed from the federal budget. Agencies meant to protect our water and air have been gutted. And the promise of historic investments in climate-resilient infrastructure has been largely stripped away. \n\n\n\nBut despite these fierce federal headwinds\, there are opportunities for action — and models of collaboration\, partnership and frontline resilience. \n\n\n\nJoin us for a three-part learning series for funders Federal Headwinds\, Frontline Resilience: Understanding the Impacts & Opportunities for Action. \n\n\n\nThese webinars will bring together funders\, nonprofit and community leaders to share analysis of recent actions under the current administration\, including impacts on frontline communities and leaders. They’ll also create space for funders to look past silos and consider best ways to leverage their resources\, networks and expertise to meet this moment with urgency and flexibility.The series is designed as a three-part learning arc but funders are welcome to attend individual sessions as their schedules allow. Attendees will automatically be confirmed for all three sessions when registering. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Here\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSession 3: Rising from the Ashes: Collaboration & Innovation Advance Strategies that Work \n\n\n\nWe will end the series with a discussion of the work and key strategies moving forward to build collaborative efforts that will drive solutions that advance energy affordability\, resilience in the face of growing climate disasters\, and health and safety. We will acknowledge the issues at stake in the context of mid-term elections and upcoming state legislative sessions. The final session also will spotlight ways that philanthropy is mobilizing to support work in communities. And it will highlight funder initiatives that model collaboration and partnership\, urging funders to lean in and get involved. \n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\nMaria Doerr\, Program Officer\, Rural Climate Partnership\n\n\n\nByron Gudiel\, Executive Director\, Center for Earth\, Energy and Democracy\n\n\n\nJacqueline Patterson\, Founder and Executive Director\, Chisholm Legacy Project\n\n\n\nAiko Schaefer\, Executive Director\, Just Solutions\n\n\n\nJennifer Somers\, Co-Executive Director\, Collectrify: A Frontline-Led Energy Fund\n\n\n\n\nStay tuned for additional speaker updates!
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/federal-headwinds-frontline-resilience-understanding-the-impacts-opportunities-for-action-session-3/
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SUMMARY:SNAP Strategy Funder Working Group: Training and Technical Assistance Opportunities
DESCRIPTION:Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders and Grantmakers In Health are forming a funder Working Group to coordinate a strategic response to the SNAP cuts in H.R. 1. The Working Group is an actionable response to insights shared by field leaders in a SNAP-focused webinar in October. \n\n\n\nRecognizing the far-reaching implications of SNAP for food security\, health\, and economic equity\, this Working Group will serve as an information hub and a strategic coordination space\, designed to help funders act quickly\, effectively\, and in alignment with one another. We will organize three meetings to start and then assess next steps. The first Working Group call highlighted advocacy opportunities.The second Working Group call will explore how funders can support training and technical assistance for state agencies navigating significant and sudden changes in how SNAP operates\, including assessing the factors influencing error rates and technology solutions to reduce them. Tim Shaw\, Director of the Benefits Transformation Initiative at the Aspen Institute’s Financial Security Program\, will also provide a status update on state action and responses to H.R. 1 requirements.The third Working Group Call will focus on opportunities to support strategic communications. \n\n\n\nThis Working Group is open to all funders currently responding to or actively considering a response to SNAP cuts. Funders do not need to be members of SAFSF or GIH – if you are wrestling with the impact of SNAP cuts for your communities\, this space is for you. Please register below. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIntelligence Gathering with Experts\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTim Shaw\, Director\, Benefits Transformation Initiative and Senior Policy Advisor\, Financial Security Program\n\n\n\nAs the Director of the Benefits Transformation Initiative and Senior Policy Advisor for the Financial Security Program\, Tim works to advance promising policies that address the most pressing financial security challenges facing people in America. Working with leaders across levels of government\, Tim and Aspen FSP’s Benefits team seek to provide policy\, nonprofit\, and market leaders with the innovative ideas\, research\, and networks of leaders they need to design and enact policies that help people weather financial shocks and comfortably afford everyday life. \n\n\n\nBefore joining the Aspen Institute\, he was an Associate Director for Economic Policy at the Bipartisan Policy Center. While there\, he was the policy lead for BPC’s Paid Family Leave Task Force and led projects on economic opportunity\, retirement security\, and fiscal policy. Prior to that work\, he was a tax and budget staffer at the Government Accountability Office. His work has been featured in numerous publications\, including the Washington Post\, Politico\, and the Wall Street Journal. \n\n\n\nTim holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Spanish from Washington University in St. Louis and a Master of Public Policy and Management from Carnegie Mellon University.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/snap-strategy-funder-working-group-training-and-technical-assistance-opportunities/
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SUMMARY:Reimagining Food in Prisons: Opportunities for Funders and Advocates
DESCRIPTION:This event is hosted by Community Food Funders and co-sponsored by Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders. \n\n\n\nFood insecurity is often seen as a challenge faced outside of institutional walls\, but for millions of incarcerated individuals\, access to nutritious\, diverse\, and quality food remains a critical issue. In prisons across the Northeast\, food serves not only as sustenance but as a reflection of human dignity\, health\, and opportunity for rehabilitation. Yet\, many facilities still struggle with outdated systems that fail to recognize the importance of nutrition\, cultural relevance\, and community voice. \n\n\n\nAt this upcoming webinar\, you will hear from leading organizations working to reshape the food landscape within carceral facilities. Experts will present insights and data to help frame the issue\, and then share innovative strategies\, policy reforms\, and community-led initiatives aimed at improving the quality and diversity of food served. \n\n\n\nAddressing food inequities in prisons is a powerful entry point to advancing racial justice and promoting holistic community health. By investing in food justice within correctional systems\, we can nurture a more humane and equitable approach that benefits individuals\, families\, and communities across the region. \n\n\n\nJoin us to deepen your understanding of this often hidden issue. Together we can help forge a future where food in prisons reflects not just nutritional standards\, but values of dignity\, diversity\, and justice. \n\n\n\nLearn\n\n\n\n\nExamine the intersection of food justice\, racial equity\, and human rights within the criminal justice system.\n\n\n\nExplore how current prison food systems reflect larger issues of racial and economic injustice\, and the role funders can play in fostering meaningful change.\n\n\n\nHear firsthand from organizations leading efforts to incorporate local\, sustainable ingredients\, promote food justice\, and empower marginalized communities affected by incarceration.\n\n\n\nUnderstand the barriers faced by groups working to improve food offerings in correctional facilities\, and how they are being addressed. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Here\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMichael Capers\, Sweet Freedom Farm\n\n\n\n\nGrowing up in a food desert\, Michael was only able to understand food as a tool for survival. Over time\, Michael started to see food for what it truly is\, a tool to heal and resist. Through his work as a farmer\, activist\, and community bridge builder at Sweet Freedom Farm\, he seeks to give marginalized people\, including prisoners\, agency in defining their own health through education\, opportunity\, and access. Michael became active in the food justice movement while he was serving his 14-year prison sentence. He doubled down on his efforts immediately after his release in February of 2022. Since his release\, Michael has worked towards creating a food justice network that can expand his overall impact. Michael has helped to pioneer the bring back care packages movement\, speaking about it in interviews and publishing an article about it. He has worked with the Sing Sing Family Collective; RAPP (Releasing Ageing People in Prison campaign); All Of Us; Vocal-NY; Kites Nest; Center for Community Alternatives\, and the Shared Plate Fun. As a bridge-builder\, Michael created a panel discussion series to highlight the struggles of formerly incarcerated people and has been hosting farm stands at Sing Sing Correctional Facility. He attends rallies and protests; advocates to senators and assembly members; while continuing to write and speak about the issues he cares about. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBritt Florio\, Program Manager\, Farm to Institution New England\n\n\n\n\nBrittany Florio (she / her) is the program manager at Farm to Institution New England. In this role\, Britt managing program development\, outreach\, and communications to catalyze change in the dynamic farm to institution movement. She has been working in the food system since 2010. Prior to her work at FINE\, Britt co-owned a regenerative herb and vegetable farm business in the Hudson Valley\, New York. After leaving the farm life\, she worked at UMass Amherst as the Sustainability Coordinator for UMass Dining and as an adjunct faculty member\, teaching Sustainability Science. Britt holds a Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture and Natural Resources from the University of Connecticut and a Master’s degree in Sustainability Science with a concentration in Sustainable Food Systems and Agriculture from the University of Massachusetts\, Amherst. In her free time\, Britt loves fermenting foods\, kayaking\, foraging\, and making wild flower bouquets. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJalal Sabur\, Sweet Freedom Farm\n\n\n\n\nIn 2010\, Jalal began farming with Wassaic Community Farm – growing produce for farmers markets while running a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program and gleaning project. While at Wassaic Community Farm Jalal co-founded the Freedom Food Alliance and the Victory Bus Project. The Freedom Food Alliance is a collective of small rural and urban farmers\, activists\, artists\, community folks and political prisoners who use food as an organizing tool. The Alliance founded the Victory Bus Project to connect urban and rural communities and to support families of prisoners by providing transportation (along with a box of farm-fresh food) for folks visiting prisoners in the Hudson Valley. In 2013\, Jalal started Sweet Freedom Farm in Germantown\, NY\, to continue the work of the Alliance. Sweet Freedom Farm is growing and distributing vegetables\, grains\, herbs\, and maple syrup\, prioritizing the folks affected by the incarceration system. Sweet Freedom is also a training site for young BIPOC farmers\, a gathering space for partnering projects in the alliance\, and building a Grow Food\, Not Prison movement. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJennifer Scaife\, Executive Director\, Correctional Association of New York\n\n\n\n\nJennifer joined CANY as Executive Director in 2018. She previously held positions at the New York City Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice\, the San Francisco Adult Probation Department\, and the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office. Jennifer started her career as Program Director at Prison University Project (now Mount Tamalpais College) running the day-to-day operations of a college program at San Quentin State Prison in California. Jennifer holds a BA from the College of William and Mary\, an MA from Hollins University\, and an MFA from Indiana University Bloomington. She has taught creative writing workshops in prisons\, jails\, juvenile detention facilities\, and community arts studios. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLeslie Soble\, Senior Program Manager\, Food In Prison\, Impact Justice\n\n\n\n\nLeslie Soble (she/her) manages the Food in Prison Project and is the lead author of Impact Justice’s national report\, Eating Behind Bars: Ending the Hidden Punishment of Food in Prison. An ethnographer and folklorist\, she has spent over five years immersed in research on the carceral eating experience and its impacts on individuals\, communities\, and the environment. In her current role\, she oversees the organization’s initiatives at the intersection of food and incarceration.Beyond Impact Justice\, Leslie is the founder and artistic director of Story Soup\, a project that creates contexts for dialogue across cultural and generational borders through food and narrative. Her ongoing academic research focuses on food as a cultural text\, aesthetic domain\, and site of performance. Leslie also serves as a teaching artist with various DC-based arts programs and has over a decade of experience designing and facilitating cultural competency workshops to explore identity\, systems of oppression\, and intercultural/intergenerational communication. \n\n\n\nLeslie holds an MA in cultural sustainability from Goucher College\, with a focus on the intersection of foodways\, narrative theory\, and social practice art\, and received her BA in gender studies from Brown University\, where her course of study focused on grassroots movements for social change.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/reimagining-food-in-prisons-opportunities-for-funders-and-advocates/
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SUMMARY:December Health Funders Learning Community Call
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our last Health Funders Learning Community call of the year on December 10 at 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET. This call is an excellent opportunity to connect with fellow SAFSF members funding at the intersection of health\, agriculture\, and food systems\, and engage in a meaningful discussion around specific challenges in funding health solutions.2025 marked the start of a crisis that will continue to play out over many years. We will see ripple effects of the Trump administration’s decisions to cut thousands of staff positions at federal agencies like HHS\, EPA\, and USDA\, slash billions in public health funding\, and sign into law unprecedented changes to programs like Medicaid and SNAP. During the last Health Funders Learning Community call of 2025\, we will reflect on this year’s key lessons that can carry us into 2026 with more clarity and strength.  \n\n\n\nThis is a SAFSF member-only call. If you are interested in exploring membership\, please contact our membership team. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo register for this learning community\, you must be logged in and a member of SAFSF. \nPlease log in or register for an account.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/december-health-funders-learning-community-call-2/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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SUMMARY:Maximize Your Membership Q4
DESCRIPTION:Maximize Your Membership is an orientation webinar for SAFSF members\, new and veteran! If you are new staff at a new or long-time SAFSF member organization\, have not engaged in SAFSF programming or member benefits yet yourself\, want a refresher on all that is available to you as a SAFSF member organization\, or just want to connect\, join us! \n\n\n\nThis quarterly membership call features our newest SAFSF members  – help us welcome them into this community. Join Clare Fox\, Executive Director\, and Holly Hanes\, Senior Membership Associate\, for a deep dive into all things SAFSF\, including: \n\n\n\n\nCelebrating & sharing your membership internally and externally;\n\n\n\nMember Perks – including the annual Forum\, exclusive offerings\, and Learning Communities; \n\n\n\nHow to access your SAFSF benefits; \n\n\n\nSAFSF Professional and Leadership Development Pathways; \n\n\n\nTools and resources available to you; \n\n\n\nEvent Preview \n\n\n\n\nThis energizing conversation will excite you for the quarter ahead and expose you to one (or many!) benefits of membership that you were not utilizing to help in maximizing your SAFSF experience. Meet other members\, learn the SAFSF processes\, and get engaged! This event is a free\, SAFSF member only event. Interested in SAFSF membership? Email us. (membership@safsf.org)
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/maximize-your-membership-q4/
CATEGORIES:Member Only,Webinars
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SUMMARY:Gather Round Monthly Membership Call: Reflecting on 2025
DESCRIPTION:The Gather Round Monthly Membership Calls\, held on the 3rd Thursday of every month at 1 pm PST / 4 pm EST\, serve as a regular “drop in” space for SAFSF members. These calls are focused on connection and continuing dialogue on topics explored in virtual learning events and other programs hosted by SAFSF during the month.  \n\n\n\nWhat a year 2025 has been! As the year comes to a close\, how are you making sense of the losses and the gains? How has the year changed and challenged you and your work? Join us for the last Gather Round to reflect on how far we have come and what we hope the next year will bring.  \n\n\n\nSAFSF members are automatically enrolled in Gather Round meetings\, and will see the calendar invitations. If you do not\, email membership@safsf.org to receive access. 
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/gather-round-december/
CATEGORIES:Member Only,Webinars
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