Oakland Food Policy Council

Hi all,

We're looking forward to connecting with you this week!
Join us for the June meeting (see event description for more details).

FRONTLINE FOOD WORKERS ARE NOT DISPOSABLE
Congress Must Act to Protect ALL Workers

Sign & Share
bit.ly/ProtectFoodWorkersNow

East Bay: want to know how to practice during shelter in place? To support campaigns, buy local food, donate funds, and access free resources (food, funding): visit this site put together by some amazing, local food movement leaders bit.ly/BayAreaFoodInfo

This, sadly, is not unexpected: Black Americans are disproportionately dying from COVID19. "For many public health experts, the reasons behind the disparities are not difficult to explain, the result of longstanding structural inequalities."

Black Americans Face Alarming Rates of Coronavirus Infection in Some States Data on race and the coronavirus is too limited to draw sweeping conclusions, experts say, but disparate rates of sickness — and death — have emerged in some places.

"If you can feed yourself, you can free yourself." Loving this piece in Civil Eats on the rise of home gardening and food sovereignty around the US. What seeds are you planting?

The Moment for Food Sovereignty is Now | Civil Eats From panic planting to cooperative gardens, farmers focused on equity and food justice know that ‘if you can feed yourself, you can free yourself.’

"We count on cafeteria workers to care for students — we shouldn’t ask them to sacrifice their own health and well-being to do so." is showing how essential school meals are for young people, cafeteria workers have long deserved protections (and a raise).

Cafeteria workers need support during the COVID-19 pandemic Cafeteria workers need to be recognized with labor protections for risking their own health to continue serving free meals to students.

Mandela Partners started an Emergency Relief Fund to aid small businesses, workers and food-insecure families hardest hit by this pandemic.

Click on the link below to find out about the relief efforts they are launching with community partners and support the Fund by following the link below. Spread the word. Donate.

Emergency Relief Fund | Mandela Partners In the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Mandela Partners is doubling down on our efforts to support local residents, farmers, workers, and our network of small businesses whose health and economic livelihood has become even more threatened. To provide relief throughout the next three mon...

Hi all - please use this form to share resources for Oakland folx to access food in the time of Coronavirus:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScydaBGSBafPVPHibz3904PtSPmVCA9ICio-dWrh12kdD120w/viewform

Reminder: Thursday, March 19th, 2020, 5-7 pm
This
month’s OFPC meeting will happen, but will be online through Zoom and will be focused on 1) briefly updating folks on the OFPC transition, how to get involved, and 2) spend more time updating the community on how to maintain food security and take care of
each other’s food needs during the COVID-19 crisis. We’d love input from anyone who has information about how folks can access food in Oakland and other resources that can help people navigate the impact of COVID-19. Please send ideas for what we should cover/resources
to announce in this
quick form.https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScydaBGSBafPVPHibz3904PtSPmVCA9ICio-dWrh12kdD120w/viewform

To join by Computer: https://zoom.us/j/824964119
(please try to join with video, or at least from your computer, if you are able, so we can see each other, and you can see the slides we share)
Or join by phone:
One tap mobile: +16699006833,,824964119 #
Conference
line: 669 900 6833 Meeting ID: 824 964 119

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Thursday, March 19th, 2020, 5-7 pm
This month’s OFPC meeting will happen, but will be online through Zoom and will be focused on 1) briefly updating folks on the OFPC transition, how to get involved, and 2) spend more time updating the community on how to maintain food security and take care of each other’s food needs during the COVID-19 crisis. We’d love input from anyone who has information about how folks can access food in Oakland and other resources that can help people navigate the impact of COVID-19. Please send ideas for what we should cover/resources to announce in this quick form.

To join by Computer: https://zoom.us/j/824964119
(please try to join with video, or at least from your computer, if you are able, so we can see each other, and you can see the slides we share)
Or join by phone:
One tap mobile: +16699006833,,824964119 #
Conference line: 669 900 6833 Meeting ID: 824 964 119

Join our Cloud HD Video Meeting now Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars across mobile, desktop, and room systems. Zoom Rooms is the original software-based conference room solution used around the world in board, confer...