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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

Baltimore City Department of Planning January 10, 2019

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

Bolton Hill (Midtown) Total Population: 15,521 Prominent Age Group: 25-44 years, 18-24 years Racial Mix: Black 30.3%, White 54.4%, Asian 8.6% % of Families in Poverty: 7.1% Adult Educational Attainment: 60.6% Lead Paint Violation: 1/10,000 Life Expectancy: 76.4 Top 5 Causes of Death: Heart Disease, Cancer, Drug-Alcohol Related/Induced, Lung Cancer, Stroke

*Information gleaned from 2017 Neighborhood Health Profiles

Sandtown-Winchester/Harlem Park Total Population: 15,518 Prominent Age Group: 45-64 year, 0-17 years Racial Mix: Black 96.7%, White 0.8%, Asian 0.4% % of Families in Poverty: 50.3% Adult Educational Attainment: 5.5% Lead Paint Violation: 34/10,000 Life Expectancy: 70.0 Top 5 Causes of Death: Heart Disease, Cancer, Drug-Alcohol Related/Induced, Lung Cancer, Homicide Central West Baltimore (21217) is home to some of the wealthiest and poorest neighborhood Neighborhood Comparison: Bolton Hill vs. Sandtown-Winchester*

“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

• ver 50 volunteers

Challenges

• For profit enterprise by

non-profit

• Funding
• Low Income match program→

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