OFPC Introductory Event Agenda
Sign in period
Review information tables, graze food selection, network
Welcome
Keynote Introduction
Keynote Address
Judith Bell, President of PolicyLink
Additional brief remarks
OFPC Coordinator: Alethea Harper
Oakland Food System Assessment authors: Heather Wooten & Serena Unger
City of Oakland representative: Susan Shelton, Manager, Community Housing Services Division, Department of Human Services
Alameda County Public Health Department representative: Kimi Watkins-Tartt / Diane Woloshin
Audience participation/interactive activity
Additional brief remarks (panel format)
Food First representative: Eric Holt-Giménez, Executive Director
HOPE representative: Allison Pratt, Director of Policy and Services at the Alameda County Community Food Bank
Local leaders: Willow Rosenthal (City Slicker Farms), Brahm Ahmadi (People's Grocery), Grey Kolevzon (PUEBLO)
Food System Sector Stakeholders:
- Production: Temra Costa (CAFF)
- Processing: Jose Corona (Inner City Advisors), Erin Lewellen (Revolution Foods), Jenny Huston (Culinary Social Enterprise, Bay Area Community Services)
- Distribution: Annie Ratto (Leo Cotella Co.)
- Consumption/Retail: Justin Garland (Nomad Cafe); Dr. Preston Maring (Kaiser Permanente)
- Waste Management: Tom Padia (StopWaste.Org)
Closing, additional networking time
