Good Food, Good Jobs Policy Summit 

Register Now!                    This event is free of charge.  Because of limited space, online registration is required.

A healthier Detroit is a stronger Detroit.

Join researchers, policy makers, press, and community leaders to discuss a groundbreaking research report and community survey on food access and safety in Detroit's corner and grocery stores, and its implications for economic development, public health, equity and families with children.

 

Good Food Good Jobs Summit Agenda

3:00-3:30 pm: Registration, Networking, and Refreshments

3:30-5:00 pm: Panel and Policy Roundtable

Join us in hearing:

REV. D. ALEXANDER BULLOCK

Pastor of Greater St. Matthew Baptist Church & Member of M.O.S.E.S

 

CONGRESSMAN HANSEN CLARKE

United States House of Representatives

 

CONGRESSMAN JOHN CONYERS

United States House of Representatives

 

ORAN HESTERMAN

 President and CEO, Fair Food Network & Author, Fair Food

 

COUNCILWOMAN BRENDA JONES

Detroit City Council

 

KURT METZGER

Director, Data Driven Detroit 

COUNCILMAN ANDRE L. SPIVEY

Detroit City Council

 

STATE REP. RASHIDA TLAIB

Michigan House of Representatives

AND THE 

DETROIT FOOD POLICY COUNCIL

 All participants will receive the Good Food, Good Jobs report and community engagement toolkit and are invited to join us for the Good Food, Good Jobs Week of Engagement the week of February 6th! 

 This event is convened by Doing Development Differently in Detroit  and Good Food, Good Jobs Coalition partners who include:

Bridging Communites, Inc.*Capuchin Soup Kitchen*Corporation for a Skilled Workforce*Data Driven Detroit*Detroit Eastside Community Collaborative (DECC)*Detroit Food Justice Task Force*Detroit Food Policy Council*Detroit Local Initiatives Support Corporation*Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice*Earthworks*Food and Water Watch*Fair Food Network*Greater Detroit Building Trades Council*Greater Woodward CDC*Metropolitan Detroit AFL-CIO*Michigan Building Trades Council*Michigan Suburbs Alliance*Michigan Teamsters, Join Council 43*MOSES (Metropolitan Organizing Strategy Enabling Strength)*ROC-Michigan (Restaurant Opportunities Center of Michigan)*Rosa Parks Institute for Self-Development*Russell Street Deli*Sierra Club*SE Michigan Jobs with Justice*Southwest Detroit Community Benefits Coalition*Southwest Detroit Development Collaborative (SDDC)*Southwest Detroit Environmental Vision*Sugar Law Center for Economic & Social Justice*UNITE-HERE Local 24*United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW)* Local 876 & Statewide*United Way of Southeastern Michigan*Vanguard CDC