2019 Come to the Table Conference Request for Proposals for Workshops |
2019 Come to the Table Conference Request for Workshop Proposals
Organizational and Program Description: RAFI-USA and Come to the Table
The Come to the Table Conference is hosted by Come to the Table Program of the Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI-USA). RAFI cultivates markets, policies, and communities that support thriving, socially just, and environmentally sound family farms. The mission of the Come to the Table program is to relieve hunger and strengthen just and sustainable agriculture in rural North Carolina. We do this by engaging and mobilizing people of faith, farmers, and communities. We envision a future in which people working in partnership build strong, self-reliant communities where everyone can eat healthy, just, and sustainable food.
Since 2007, the Come to the Table Conference has been holding biennial conferences to convene persons of faith, farmers, and community leaders to come together around issues of food access in their communities. Previous conference themes have included Bridging Divides: Cultivating Food & Faith Connections (2017), and Head, Heart, Hands (2015). For more information about previous conferences, visit http://rafiusa.org/cttt/conferences.
Conference Description: 2019 Come to the Table Conference
The 2019 Conference will be held March 12-13 at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Charlotte, NC. The theme of the Conference is Called to Action: Uprooting Hunger and Cultivating Justice. The goals of the 2019 Conference include:
The Come to the Table Conference is hosted by Come to the Table Program of the Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI-USA). RAFI cultivates markets, policies, and communities that support thriving, socially just, and environmentally sound family farms. The mission of the Come to the Table program is to relieve hunger and strengthen just and sustainable agriculture in rural North Carolina. We do this by engaging and mobilizing people of faith, farmers, and communities. We envision a future in which people working in partnership build strong, self-reliant communities where everyone can eat healthy, just, and sustainable food.
Since 2007, the Come to the Table Conference has been holding biennial conferences to convene persons of faith, farmers, and community leaders to come together around issues of food access in their communities. Previous conference themes have included Bridging Divides: Cultivating Food & Faith Connections (2017), and Head, Heart, Hands (2015). For more information about previous conferences, visit http://rafiusa.org/cttt/conferences.
Conference Description: 2019 Come to the Table Conference
The 2019 Conference will be held March 12-13 at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Charlotte, NC. The theme of the Conference is Called to Action: Uprooting Hunger and Cultivating Justice. The goals of the 2019 Conference include:
- Sharing resources, tools & knowledge that support attendees in being effective community organizers for a more just food system
- Providing space for the knowledge and wisdom in the room to be shared and for us all to learn together
- Providing space for people to connect with each other and build relationships that will sustain and support their work
Through this conference, we hope to energize attendees to go back to their communities with the knowledge to challenge the systemic nature of hunger, and the skills and connections to grow structures that are based in justice. Workshop proposals that have these goals will be prioritized.
Workshop Information:
Workshop Information:
- To view the full RFP form before completing it, click here.
- We are looking for workshops covering the following topics (this list is not exhaustive): community development, organizational development, theology and food, creative expression, self-care, disaster relief/preparedness, public policy/advocacy, racial equity/inequities in the food system. gender equity, environmental justice, poverty/economic justice, immigration, workers' rights, agriculture/farming, and community gardening.
- Each workshop session will be 75 minutes long.
- The deadline to submit your proposal is 5 p.m. on August 31, 2018.
- If your workshop proposal is accepted, you will receive a free registration to the conference for each presenter.
- Session presenters for the conference will also be offered an honorarium of $150 ($200 for more than one person from a single organization) in consideration of your time and expertise. If you represent an organization that can fund your time, please consider choosing to let us use the honorarium towards conference scholarships.
- All submitted information that will be included in the conference program (workshop title, description, presenter biography) is subject to editorial review by RAFI staff.
- If you would like to discuss your workshop idea before completing this form or if you have any questions, please contact Michelle Osborne at 919-704-6920 or michelle@rafiusa.org