Hi Ruckus, Happy MLK day! Just thought I'd send you all this opportunity to learn about food systems virtually, including a keynote speaker for MLK day today! Cheers, Professor Ong ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: UM Sustainable Food Systems Initiative <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 7:29 AM Subject: Planted in History: A Food Future Informed by the Past To: <[log in to unmask]> Common Ground viewing & panel January 13th, Food Literacy for All beings January 16th, Farm Stop Conference March 1-3 View this email in your browser <https://mailchi.mp/90ff0a01146c/planted-in-history-a-food-future-informed-by-the-past?e=ea1b084fe8> [image: Logo] Register for Food Literacy here <https://umich.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f700b2bbcd1c18b8181309a0a&id=41861d104e&e=ea1b084fe8> Food Literacy for All begins January 16th *Join us for the kickoff event at the University of Michigan Museum of Art.* As part of the MLK Jr. Symposium at the University of Michigan, Michigan Dining and Food Literacy for All is proud to host “Food as Resistance.” The event is on Tuesday, January 16, 2024, at the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA). *The event is free and open to the public.* Event doors open at 6pm for food prepared by Michigan Dining Chefs. Shiloh Maples will speak at 6:30pm, and the event will be livestreamed (link below). *Register here for the in-person event.* <https://umich.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f700b2bbcd1c18b8181309a0a&id=f27ca558dc&e=ea1b084fe8> Livestream link <https://umich.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f700b2bbcd1c18b8181309a0a&id=ed1553dba7&e=ea1b084fe8> “Food as Resistance” speaker, Shiloh Maples *Shiloh* is an Anishinaabe community organizer, seed keeper, and storyteller. Shiloh's primary focus has been serving the Indigenous food sovereignty movement and revitalizing her ancestral foodways. For nearly a decade, Shiloh worked within Detroit's Indigenous community to create a food sovereignty initiative that increased access to ancestral foods, offered culturally-based nutrition education, and created opportunities for the community to practice their cultural foodways in the urban landscape. *Talk description:* Bringing together stories from fields, kitchen tables, and the streets, this presentation will discuss some of the ways in which food has been a catalyst for social change and a means for resisting social, economic, and environmental injustice. *Common Ground* viewing & panel at the Michigan Theater January 13th Tickets here <https://umich.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f700b2bbcd1c18b8181309a0a&id=8fd5b9a655&e=ea1b084fe8> Upcoming Food Literacy Speakers *January 23 *Christy Spackman *“The Taste of Water”* *January 30 *Labor Organizers *February 6 *TBD *February 13 *Helen Zoe Veit *“Small Appetites, history of children's food culture”* *February 20 *The History and Future of Food in Detroit *March 5 *Ashanté M. Reese *“How Nostalgia Shapes Food Stories from Deanwood to Sugarland”* *March 12 *Reem Kassis *“Cuisine in Context: The History, Evolution, and Challenges of Palestinian Food”* *March 19 *Jahi Chappell *“Agroecology and food security in Brazil”* *March 26 *Blain Snipstal *April 2 *Marcia Chatelain "Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America, A Talk about Food and Racial Justice” *April 9 *Inuit Seal Hunters *April 16 *Fast Food for Thought *Fast Food for Thought is an annual event where a group of interdisciplinary UM SFSI faculty and staff affiliates give a series of 5 minute talks related to food and/or agriculture.* *April 23 *Class synthesis Farm Stop Conference March 1-3 Building Strong Retail Systems for Local Farmers and Local Food Learn more & Register here <https://umich.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f700b2bbcd1c18b8181309a0a&id=6b9243f803&e=ea1b084fe8> Join us for an exciting opportunity to learn about business operations and share best practices. 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