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

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Common Ground viewing & panel January 13th, Food Literacy for All beings
January 16th, Farm Stop Conference March 1-3

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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
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“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
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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
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share best practices.


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-- 
Theresa W. Ong, PhD.
Assistant Professor
Environmental Studies
Ecology, Evolution, Environment & Society
Dartmouth College

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