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Friday, March 4, 2011
4:00pm – 8:00pm Registration open at the Capital Hilton
4:00pm – 5:00pm USDA Hunger Free Communities Grant Applicant Feedback Session with USDA Staff
The Alliance to End Hunger will host a Hunger Free Community Grant Program feedback session with USDA Food and Nutrition Service staff. Hunger Free Community Grant applicants, prospective applicants and Summit participants are encouraged to attend. This is an opportunity to ask questions, offer feedback and gain insights on the application process.
6:00pm – 8:00pm Welcome Reception at the Capital Hilton
Saturday, March 5, 2011
7:00am – 9:00am Registration open
7:00am – 8:00am Breakfast Buffet
8:00am – 8:15am Opening Welcome & Goals for the Day
PLENARY SESSION
Welcome:
Ambassador Tony Hall, Alliance to End Hunger
Julie Bosley, Kellogg Company on behalf of the Corporate Hunger Coalition
8:15am – 9:15am “Hunger Free Communities: Our Common Commitment”
Moderator:
David Beckmann, Bread for the World/Alliance to End Hunger
Panelists:
Vicki Escarra, Feeding America
Pat Nicklin, Share Our Strength (view presentation)
Jim Weill, Food Research and Action Center
BREAKOUT SESSION
9:30am – 10:45am Hunger Free Communities in Action: Sharing What Works in Your Community
Three concurrent breakout rooms will have moderated panels of hunger free community organizers involved in successful statewide, citywide, and countywide initiatives. Panelists will share their distinct strategies, successes and lessons learned and respond to audience questions. After a brief period for small group discussion, the moderator of each breakout session will summarize audience-identified “common elements of successful Hunger Free Communities” to report at the plenary session.
New York Room
Moderator:
Jay Connor, Rubicon Partners LLC (view presentation)
Panelists:
Katherine Moos, Hunger Free Colorado (view presentation)
Amy Maheswaran Lopez, Twin Cities Hunger Initiative (view presentation)
Paula Jones, San Francisco Food Security Task Force (view presentation)
Marissa Parisi, Hunger Free Vermont (presentation forthcoming)
Massachusetts Room
Moderator:
Duke Storen, USDA Office of Strategic Initiatives, Partnerships, and Outreach
Panelists:
Nancy Pope, New Mexico Collaboration to End Hunger
Robyn Johnson, Partners for a Hunger Free Oregon (view presentation)
Ann Hindery, Hunger Free Heartland (view presentation)
Joel Berg, New York City Coalition Against Hunger
Pan American Room
Moderator:
Sophie Milam, Feeding America
Panelists:
Jeremy Everett, Texas Hunger Initiative (view presentation)
Ellie Lucas, Hunger Free Minnesota
Mariana Chilton, Center for Hunger Free Communities, Drexel University
David Miner, Indianapolis Food Resource Network
PLENARY SESSION
11:00am – 12:15pm Multi-generational Perspectives on Hunger
Moderator:
Pat Nicklin, Share Our Strength
Panelists:
Enid Borden, Meals On Wheels Association of America
Alfredo Estrada, LATINO Magazine
Jo Ann Jenkins, American Association of Retired Persons Foundation
Panelists will explore the linkages between hunger among older Americans and children. What do seniors and children facing the threat of hunger have in common? How can service providers to these communities work together? What are points of connection and the common agenda? What are the unique needs of and obstacles for each population?
12:30pm – 2:00pm Plenary Lunch “Engaging Your Elected Officials in Your Hunger Free Community”
Introduction:
Ambassador Tony Hall, Alliance to End Hunger
Moderator:
Max Finberg, USDA Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
Panelists:
Rosemary Johnston, Maryland Governor’s Office for Children
Edith Murnane, Director of Food Initiatives, City of Boston (view presentation)
Ann Morse, National Conference of State Legislatures (view presentation)
Hear how some of our nation’s most innovative anti-hunger champions are using elected office to convene, coordinate and bolster collaborative community efforts to end hunger. The panel conversation will examine ways in which holders of high public office can support coalition efforts to develop unified strategies, bring diverse and influential stakeholders to the table, and amplify a coalition’s ability to generate public interest and awareness.
WORKSHOPS
2:15pm – 3:15pm Session 1 Workshops (concurrent)
Using New Data Sources as Tools for Community Planning and Action (101)
Presidential Ballroom
Moderator:
Cody Fischer, Alliance to End Hunger
Panelists:
Emily Engelhard, Feeding America (view presentation)
Rachel Cooper, Food Research and Action Center (view presentation)
Presenters will give an overview of hunger data sources and tools for calculating SNAP, School Breakfast and Summer Meals participation rates and unclaimed federal dollars in your community. Learn how to use FRAC’s downloadable calculators to estimate local program participation rates and Feeding America’s soon to be release “Map the Meal Gap” data to understand how public programs and private assistance are meeting the needs of hungry people in your community.
These resources can help identify strategic priorities for action, guide the Hunger Free Community planning process, and measure progress on your coordinate community plan. This session is ideal for those beginning the community assessment and planning process.
Coalition Building for Community Impact (201)
New York Room
Moderator:
Jay Connor, Rubicon Partners, LLC
Panelists:
Mark Winne, Community Food Security Coalition
Dorigen Keeney, Hunger Free Vermont
Carla Johnson, Hunger Free Minnesota (view presentation)
Engaging a diverse array of community partners is vital to the success and sustainability of Hunger Free Communities. Presenters will provide an introduction to well established strategies for building broad-based coalitions and provide examples of successful collaborations. Participants will have the opportunity to dialogue, share and develop best practices towards creating the key to success of your initiatives: stakeholder involvement.
This session is ideal for those in the initial stages of forming a Hunger Free Community coalition, as well as those looking to expand partnership opportunities within the community.
From Planning to Monitoring and Evaluation: Accountability & Measurability (301)
Massachusetts Room
Moderator:
Elisabeth Tuckermanty, US Department of Agriculture (view presentation)
Panelists:
Courtney Smith, Share Our Strength (view presentation)
Amy Maheswaran Lopez, Twin Cities Hunger Initiative (view presentation)
Quantifiable goals and benchmarks help mobilize public engagement, but a plan to track your coalition’s progress is critical for sustaining long term support for your Hunger Free work. Presenters will provide an introduction to monitoring and evaluation strategies to help you translate your goal of a Hunger Free Community into a measurable reality, track and promote your progress, and adjust your investments and action steps within your strategic framework.
This session is ideal for those uncertain about how to ensure goals and progress is reportable to donors and understandable to the public.
Models for Private-Sector Partnerships (401)
Pan American Room
Moderator:
Rebecca Freyvogel, Business Civic Leadership Council, US Chamber of Commerce
Panelists:
Marta Haley, Elanco Animal Health
Stephanie Childs, ConAgra Food Foundation
Julie Gehrki, Walmart Foundation
Private sector partnerships can mean far more than foundation dollars. Moving beyond the traditional donor dynamic, businesses are looking to make transformational change and finding innovative ways to share their expertise, engage their employees, and even lend their executive leadership to hunger free community efforts. Presenters will share innovative examples from personal experience and provide insight into the motivations beyond traditional philanthropy – employee satisfaction, productivity and retention.
This session is ideal for those interested in how to effectively communicate with and engage the business community in anti-hunger coalition work.
3:15pm – 3:45pm NETWORKING BREAK
WORKSHOPS
4:00pm – 5:00pm Session 2 Workshops (concurrent)
Tools for Analyzing, Integrating and Improving Your Hunger Relief System (102)
Presidential Ballroom
Moderator:
Courtney Smith, Share Our Strength
Panelists:
Robin Miner, Six Sigma Consultant (view presentation)
Elizabeth Ballstadt, Des Moines Area Religious Council (view presentation)
Kim Caldwell, Office of Governor Mike Beebe (view presentation)
Presenters in this session will share the innovative strategies they have used to map their communities food needs and resources to guide their coalition planning and decision making process. Learn how to identify inefficiencies, duplication and gaps in food access to help your community better leverage its resources using Geographic Information Systems and the Six Sigma analytical methodology. Participants will have the opportunity to dialogue and share strategies that have worked in their communities.
This session is ideal for those looking for ways to better understand and coordinating their hunger relief system.
Coalition Building for Community Impact II: From Formation to Action (202)
New York Room
Moderator:
David Lee, Feeding America
Panelists:
Amy Maheswaran Lopez, Twin Cities Hunger Initiative (view presentation)
Jeremy Everett, Texas Hunger Initiative
Now that you’ve formed your coalition, what’s the best way to harness the members to effectively move your common agenda? Presenters will provide an overview and give examples of how to map coalition assets, engage members’ strengths and ensure accountability.
This session is ideal for those uncertain about how to maintain buy-in as you move from planning to implementation, and how to ensure stakeholder accountability for coalition goals.
Funding & Staffing Your Hunger Free Effort (302)
Massachusetts Room
Moderator:
Ann Steensland, Alliance to End Hunger
Panelists:
John Kelly, Corporation for National and Community Service
Duke Storen, USDA Office of Strategic Initiatives, Partnerships, and Outreach
Nancy Withbroe, Share Our Strength (view presentation)
Lydia Botham, Land O’Lakes Foundation (view presentation)
Learn about the variety of public and private funding sources available to help support your collaborative capacity building work. What resources are out there? What are the barriers to accessing them? What resonates with donors?
This session is ideal for anyone who does not have an endowment to support their work indefinitely.
Hospitals, Health Care Networks and Hunger Free Communities (402)
Pan American Room
Moderator:
Rick Carne, Strategic Health Care
Panelists:
Stephanie Cihon, ProMedica Health Solutions
Noreen Kelly, Project Bread
Katherine Shocas, UMass Memorial Medical Center
Hospitals and health care networks can serve as valuable partners and anchor organizations when building a Hunger Free Community, as they most often deal with the problems resulting from hunger. This session will explore how and why your local hospital or health system could help your Hunger Free Community.
CLOSING RECEPTION
5:00pm – 7:00pm A Vision for Hunger Free Communities
Imani Sullivan, Witness to Hunger (view presentation)
Congressman James P. McGovern, Co-sponsor, Hunger Free Communities Act