Food PAC January 10, 2019 Agenda • Welcome & Introductions Alice Huang Food Access Planner, Baltimore Food Policy Initiative • No Boundaries Coalition Saché Jones Health and Food Justice Director • Black Girls Cook Chef Nichole A. Mooney Founder/Executive Director • Discussion Groups
FOOD POLICY ACTION COALITION January 10, 2019 Baltimore City Department of Planning
FOOD POLICY ACTION COALITION INTRODUCTIONS 1. Name 2. Organization 3. Updates
NO BOUNDARIES COALITION
BLACK GIRLS COOK
USING AN EQUITY LENS - ORGANIZATIONS
USING AN EQUITY LENS - ORGANIZATIONS
FOOD POLICY ACTION COALITION TABLE DISCUSSION #1 Staffing and Hiring 1. How did you get your current position (if you have one)? How did you find out about it? • • Did you have any connections that helped? 2. How can you help others with fewer connections access positions in your network?
FOOD POLICY ACTION COALITION TABLE DISCUSSION #2 Access to Funding 1. What makes access to funding challenging especially for communities of color? 2. What are questions you wished grant applications and funders would ask?
FOOD POLICY ACTION COALITION TABLE DISCUSSION #3 Partnership and Collaboration 1. How do you decide who to work with? 2. How often do you create new partnerships? 3. How often do you evaluate your selection criteria? How often do you switch up your criteria and/or strategy for identifying partners? 4. Does equity play any role in this process?
CONTACT INFORMATION Alice Huang Food Access Planner Alice.Huang@baltimorecity.gov
Fresh at the Avenue: A Story of (In)Equity Presented by No Boundaries Coalition Saché Jones, Director of Health & Food Justice
Our Neighborhood: Central West Baltimore Central West Baltimore (21217) is home to some of the wealthiest and poorest neighborhood Neighborhood Comparison: Bolton Hill vs. Sandtown-Winchester* Bolton Hill (Midtown) Sandtown-Winchester/Harlem Park Total Population: 15,518 Total Population: 15,521 Prominent Age Group: 45-64 year, Prominent Age Group: 25-44 years, 0-17 years 18-24 years Racial Mix: Black 96.7%, White 0.8%, Racial Mix: Black 30.3%, White Asian 0.4% 54.4%, Asian 8.6% % of Families in Poverty: 50.3% % of Families in Poverty: 7.1% Adult Educational Attainment: 5.5% Adult Educational Attainment: 60.6% Lead Paint Violation: 34/10,000 Lead Paint Violation : 1/10,000 Life Expectancy: 70.0 Life Expectancy: 76.4 Top 5 Causes of Death: Heart Disease, Top 5 Causes of Death: Heart Disease, Cancer, Drug-Alcohol Related/Induced, Cancer, Drug-Alcohol Related/Induced, Lung Cancer, Homicide Lung Cancer, Stroke *Information gleaned from 2017 Neighborhood Health Profiles
“Our systems are not broken they are inequitable”
NBC-Fresh History 2008- Group of residents organize a block party on neighborhood’s dividing line to increase neighbor-to-neighbor conversations 2010- “The No Boundaries Coalition is a resident-led advocacy organization building a unified and empowered Central West Baltimore across the boundaries of race, class, and neighborhood.” 2013- 501(c)3 status; host first community-wide listening campaign. Results highlight public safety and food justice as two most important advocacy issues 2014- Save-a-lot secret community audits, working with BDC to attract grocery store, Fresh Beets monthly pop-up 2015- Fresh at the Avenue opens for business, 9am-12pm 2016- Fresh extends hours to 4pm, opens 2nd day 2017- Corner store sales begin
Deep Dive: Advocacy vs. Direct Service ● Neighborhood demographics made it difficult to attract a traditional grocery store ● Advocacy to City Government and to our local Save-a-lot’s did not permanently meet the need because they are the only store that will come to the community ● We switched the model to use community power and interest where political will and external interest was lacking ● The final product is a weekly produce market in one of the most underutilized public markets in Baltimore, MD
We have flipped the narrative! When customers come to Fresh, they can expect: - High quality fruits and vegetables - Warm and welcoming shopping environment - Knowledgeable and friendly staff and volunteers - Nutrition Education - Affordable Prices - Dignity - Respect
Successes To Date Last Year We…. Sold $48,695 in fresh fruits and vegetables Provided $11, 270 in Double Dollars match funding to EBT customers Served 6,695 residents from 21217, 21216, 21223, 21215, 21206, and 21136 to name a few Were gifted 1,008 hrs of volunteer support from over 50 volunteers
- For profit enterprise by non-profit - Funding - Low Income match program→ Challenges helpful to our customers, difficult to fund - Grocery business (just produce) not that profitable - Volunteer run→ burn out
Questions? Contact Us: Saché Jones sache@noboundariescoalition.com Ashiah Parker ashiah.parker@noboundariescoalition.com
Food PAC Discussion Group Notes – January 10, 2019 Access to Jobs 1. How did you get your current position (if you have one)? • How did you find out about it? • Did you have any connections that helped? 2. How can you help others with fewer connections access positions in your network? Group 1 (Entry Level) - Created position - Grad school connections - Supervisors knew each other - College “pipeline” resources to neighborhood nearby - Idealist.org / online searching - Connections within org – let them know when to apply - Make friends with HR professional and share opportunities with those who are looking Group 2 (Mid Level) 1. Americorps (3 responses) Online/knew organization Social Same school Knew previous employee Sought out 2. Sending email to job seekers Mentorship/Communication Organizing/Transparency Group 3 (Senior Level) 1. Start business Indeed.com – have knowledge of field Academic – Education Urban farming from a training event Baltimore Going Back Could not find a non-community service Right place at the right time Background Need a change – new direction Networking Community Organization 2. Networking Community Involving others – here to help – ask questions
Access to Funding 1. What makes access to funding challenging especially for communities of color? 2. What are questions you wished grant applications and funders would ask? Group 1 (Entry Level) - Need a grant writer/training in grant writing Challenges - Finding funder and how to apply for funding - Challenging to make case for funding to external orgs and need for data to make your case - Grant language (i.e. “audits”) can be intimidating - Finding funding that’s focused on the specific problems rather - Access to grant cycle info – having enough time Wish funders would ask - Ask about needs of the people doing the work. Paying the people who administer the programs - Communities of color competing with anchor institutions that have lots of paid grant writers - Ask anchor institutions: who is/are your community partners? To encourage collaboration rather than competition Group 2 (Mid Level) 1. Short term Knowing opportunities in time Capacity (staff) – time 2. Who from the neighborhood/community asked for this/created this/thought this was a good idea? What do you need to most? How/Are the “outputs/outcomes” meaningful/impactful? Group 3 (Senior Level) - Lack of trust from white community - History of race/ism - Everyone applying for SAME pot of funding - Lack of sharing - Access information - Lack of Mentors - Letters of Support - Knowledge
Partnership and Collaboration 1. How do you decide who to work with? 2. How often do you create new partnerships? 3. How often do you evaluate your selection criteria? How often do you switch up your criteria and/or strategy for identifying partners? 4. Does equity play any role in this process? Group 1 (Entry Level) - Alignment (mission) - As it fits needs, work with people who aren’t jut in it for $ - Work with people who are DOERS - Statewide vs national branch of org has different priorities for partnerships - Have to go out to meetings … word of mouth … to find/develop new partnerships/collaboration - Assess need - Meetings like Food PAC are a way to find partners Group 2 (Mid Level) 1. Consistency Patience Follow Through 2. Sometimes forced Work repeatedly with orgs that trust and follow through 3. Project specific Shared goals MOU Group 3 (Senior Level) - Developing a network - Passion - Respect - Freedom - Corporation structures - Opportunities - Listen to gut - Women, Minority
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