Roots of Change

ENACT Summer Training Webinar
2015-07-21 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | CA
Register today for the ENACT Summer training webinar at 10 am on July 21st!
ROC is a co-presenter.
This webinar will prepare you for continued advocacy on ENACT legislation in the communities where you live, work, and play.
Sign up today for a one hour webinar on July 21st where you can learn how ENACT bills have fared, and what you can do when state Assemblymembers and Senators are back home during the legislature’s summer recess. This is a great opportunity to continue building relationships with your state representatives and to highlight healthy eating and active living issues that are important to you. This webinar is free and open to the public. Please register using the link below:
ENACT Summer Webinar
July 21, 2015
10:00 am to 11:00 am
Click here to register!

Twitter Chat on SSBs
2015-06-30 12:00 - 13:00 | CA
In honor of National Fruits and Vegetables Month, Community Health Councils (CHC) will be hosting a twitter chat on June 30, 2015 12:00pm – 1:00pm. Join Roots of Change as an Expert Guest for an in-person twitter event in downtown LA.
The Twitter Chat will engage and convene local and statewide organizations in a conversation around current advocacy efforts and implementation strategies that prioritize healthier options for disadvantaged communities. CHC will be discussing community driven recommendations that were developed by Community Health Councils’ Health Impact Assessment on a Sugar Sweetened Beverage Tax.
Build partnerships and your social media advocacy skills by participating in this event, which will highlight CAFPC policy priorities, provide social media training and opportunities for social networking.
Contact holly@rootsofchange.org for more information and to confirm your participation.

Kilusan: At the Intersection of Health & Social Justice
2015-06-20 09:00 - 19:00 | Oakland Asian Cultural Center, 388 9th Street , Oakland, 94607

NorCal Regional Meeting, May 14 & 15, 2015
2015-05-14 09:00 - 2015-05-15 17:00 | Unnamed Venue, Crescent City, CA, United States
The CAFPC is holding its NorCal regional meeting in Crescent City, CA on May 14 & 15, 2015.

The meeting’s objectives are to enhance collaboration and share best practices, develop a shared narrative for the Northern Region, and identify ways to move our food work forward.
Click on FIND OUT MORE to RSVP and download a tentative agenda.
Learn more, bond with colleagues, enjoy the region’s beauty and advance the food movement!
Click here for a tentative meeting agenda.
Please RSVP at this link by April 24, 2015

ENACT Nutrition and Physical Activity Day
2015-05-06 09:00 - 15:00 | Sacramento Masonic Temple, 1123 J Street , Sacramento, CA, United States
Register Now for ENACT Day!
The annual ENACT Nutrition and Physical Activity Day brings community members and advocates from all over California together in Sacramento to learn about and support state policies promoting nutrition and physical activity. ENACT Day is FREE, and lunch will be provided. Registration closes April 24th.
A limited number of travel scholarships are available. We encourage you to register early to help us determine the potential need for travel assistance. If you would like to apply for a travel scholarship, you must register by April 8th, and indicate your interest on the registration form. We will contact you with details.
Register HERE for ENACT DAY
ENACT Day is sponsored by:
California Food Policy Advocates
California Convergence
California Center for Public Health Advocacy
California Pan-Ethnic Health Network
Prevention Institute
Public Health Institute
Roots of Change
Safe Routes to School National Partnership
Strategic Alliance

Join us for a Farm to School Evaluation Webinar Series Starting Wednesday 4/8/15
2015-04-08 14:00 - 15:00 | Webinar, United States
Evaluation Made Easy: Learn How to Evaluate your Farm to School Activities
Register now for this 5-part webinar series Wednesdays 4/8 – 5/6 at 2 pm Pacific/5 pm Eastern.
The Farm to School Evaluation Toolkit, created by the Colorado Farm to School Task Force and Spark Policy Institute, is a resource to help farm to school programs of all sizes, in all states, undertake evaluation. Evaluation can serve many purposes for your farm to school program, including enabling you to demonstrate your program’s success or progress. Evaluation information you collect allows you to better communicate your program’s impact to funders, parents, school leadership, and other stakeholders. Evaluation can be a tool for you to recruit new funders. It can also be useful for program improvement. The toolkit and its webinar training series, specifically designed for non-evaluators, will walk you through each step of an evaluation, providing easy-to-follow guidance for planning, implementing, and reporting on your evaluation. Hyperlinks to the data collection tools are ties to the farm to school outcomes, making it simple to find the right tool for measuring the impact of your program.
Learn more and register today!

California Climate & Agriculture Summit
2015-03-24 08:00 - 2015-03-25 17:00 | UC Davis Conference Center
ROC is attending and participating in the lightning talk at the California Climate & Agriculture Summit

Food Justice Through Food Systems Policy Making
2015-02-21 08:30 - 16:00 | Holy Names University
ROC is presenting a workshop with Navina Khanna:
“Food Justice Through Food Systems Policy Making”: This workshop will introduce what our food system is, how it relates to food justice, and how community organizing is an essential strategy to developing food systems policy fit for the 21st century. Presenters will use current work of Oakland Food Policy Council’s Economic Security & Development Work Group to demonstrate how community-centered policy can drive a healthier, more equitable and more resilient local food system.

Water 2015
2015-02-19 08:00 - 15:30 | Sacramento Masonic Temple, 1123 J Street , Sacramento, CA, United States
ROC is attending “Water 2015”

Food Policy & Regional Food Systems: Opportunities for Networking across Jurisdictions
2015-02-11 09:30 - 17:00 | Online
Webinar hosted by the Institute for Public Health Innovation and The Center for a Livable Future. ROC’s Michael Dimock is a panelist. Here is the webinar link.

Special Screening of FOOD CHAINS
2015-02-09 18:00 - 20:30 | Crest Theater, 1013 K Street, Sacramento, CA
Join us for a special screening of the film FOOD CHAIN$, hosted by Assemlymember Roger Hernández, at the Crest Theater, 1013 K Street, Sacramento, 6:00 pm on February 9, 2015. The film’s Producer, Smriti Keshari, will attend to share insight about the film in panel discussion following. She will be joined by Gail Wadsworth of the CA Institute for Rural Studies; and representatives from the UFCW, UFW and the CA Primary Care Association who serve farm and food chain workers.
Admission is free.
6:00 pm – Film Screening
7:40 pm – Panel Discussion
For tickets, click here

CAFPC Regional Meetings
2015-02-09 10:00 - 12:00 | CDFA Auditorium, 1220 N Street, Sacramento, CA, United States
Central Valley/Mountain Region
NorCal
SoCal

CAFPC Statewide Meeting, Feb 9-10
2015-02-09 - 2015-02-10 | USC State Capitol Center and CDFA Auditorium, Sacramento, CA
Feb 9, 2015
12 noon to 4:40pm
Location: University of Southern California, State Capitol Center
1800 I Street
Sacramento, CA
Map It
Feb 10, 2015
8:30 am – 3:30 pm
Location: CDFA, Auditorium
1220 N Street
Sacramento, CA
Map It

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition Biannual Meeting
2015-01-26 - 2015-01-28 | ekyll Island Club Hotel, 371 Riverview Drive, Jekyll Island, GA, 31527

Panel at the ¡Salud por Vida! Conference
2015-01-16 10:00 - 12:00 | The California Endowment Conferencing Center, 1000 N. Alameda Street, Los Angeles, CA

Great Valley & Mountain Regional Meeting
2014-12-15 10:00 | CDFA Auditorium, 1220 N Street, Sacramento, CA, United States

Petaluma Fundraiser & Report Release Event
2014-11-18 17:30 | Petaluma, CA, United States
Interfaith Sustainable Food Collaborative in Petaluma is having a "Harvest the Bounty" Fundraising Celebration on Tuesday, November 18. The event also serves as the North Bay release of the California Food Policy Council's Report on Legislation Related to Food and Farming. For more information about the event and directions click here.
Learn about North Bay legislatros' positive voting records on sustainable food issues. Michael Dimock, President of Roots of Change, will share progress of grassroots leaders from around the state that have come togehter to work for polciies supporting food justice, ecological agriculture and farmworker rights.

CAFPC Member Capacity Building Webinar
2014-11-11 13:00, 2014-03-18 13:00 | Online

National Call to Connect Food Policy Councils and Build the Power of the Food Movement!
2014-10-22 08:30 - 10:00 | Webinar, United States
Food policy councils are the growing title wave of the food movement. Since 2010, the number of food policy councils in the nation has doubled from 111 to 220. Communities small and large have food policy councils – from Alamosa, Colorado, population 15,000, to Los Angeles, CA, population 3.8 million! They are winning on a wide range of issues from allowing homeowners to raise chickens in their backyards to fighting expansion of factory farms in a region; from reducing the amount of junk food available at schools to making more locally grown food available in school meals; from making more land available for urban gardeners to making more farmers' markets available for more SNAP recipients. Food Policy Councils are powrefully positioned to transform the system because they are placed-based and all politics are local. Now is the time to fire up the engines of change and begin networking food policy councils across the nation.
Center for a Livable Future, Food Day 2014 and Roots of Change invite you to participate in national call dedicated to the empowerment of food policy councils and other place-based stakeholder bodies committed to transforming the food system on October 22, from 8:00am to 9:50am PT. Please join us to hear from colleagues across the nation who, like you, are building the new food system through processes and projects that are transformative for cities, counties and states.
Six councils will offer seven-minute presentations that reveal visions, lessons and triumphs from a variety of situations: urban and rural, large and small, state and local. No matter your situation, there will be something to gain. Throughout the call participants will have time for comments and questions.
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Agenda
8:30 am Welcome, Process & Introductions
8:40 am Presentations & Dialogue
9:45 am Closing Comments
9:50 am End

Presenting Food Policy Councils
1. California
2. Colorado
3. Douglas County, Kansas
4. Duval County, Florida
5. Missoula, Montana
6. Worcester, Massachusetts

RSVP for the call using this link. For questions, please contact Michael@rootsofchange.org.

Statewide CAFPC Meeting, Santa Clara, CA - Sep 18 & 19, 2014
2014-09-18 10:00 - 2014-09-19 15:30 | Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, United States
MEETING DETAILS & LOGISTICS
Statewide Meeting Location 9/18 and 9/19: Sobrato Residence Hall, Main Conference Room, Santa Clara University_

Click here for Campus Map & Directions to Sobrato Hall Conference Room
Walking directions from the hotel to the conference center (12 min): https://goo.gl/maps/zXhdv

Regional Meetings, Thu, 9/18, 10am to 12noon:
NorCal and SoCal regions meet in the Sobrato Residence Hall, main conference room
Valley/Mountain Region meet at the FORGE GARDEN
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Accommodation
If you requested hotel accommodation in the RSVP form, your reservations have been made and are under your name at:

Best Western Airport Plaza Hotel
2118 The Alameda, San Jose, CA 95126-1140_
Phone: 408/243-2400 | Fax: 408/243-5478 | _Check Out Time: 11:00 AM | Check In: 3:00 PM_

Hotel Reservations
ROC has a room block for Wed 9/17 and Thu 9/18. The rooms are pre-paid for ratified members and members of the steering committee only. Non-ratified members must pay upon arrival. Breakfast is included.__

Parking for Participants staying at the Best Western Airport Plaza Hotel
The hotel offers free parking. You may park your car at the hotel in the morning of Sep 18, then check into the hotel after the meeting. The conference is within walking distance of the hotel. Directions from hotel to conference center are here: https://goo.gl/maps/zXhdv

Airport Transfers: Free Shuttle
_Take the No. 10 VTA Airport Flyer shuttle bus from the Metro Airport LRT Station (Ground Transportation center/island across from Terminal A or B of SJ airport) to the Santa Clara Transit Center/Caltrain station. The campus main entrance is across the street from the station at 500 El Camino Real. Click here for detailed instructions

Directions & Parking Info for Arrival by Car for Bay Area Participants
Please enter the campus through the main entrance at 500 Camino Real, Santa Clara. Tell the attendant at the kiosk by the main entrance that you are attending the "California Food Policy Council" meeting at Sobrato Hall. They will direct you to the closest parking lot.
Directions from:

San Francisco via 101 (shorter, but check traffic, 280 may be better option): https://goo.gl/maps/0n2QJ
San Francisco via 280:https://goo.gl/maps/c2oKJ
East Bay/Richmond: https://goo.gl/maps/7Ouw1
South Bay: https://goo.gl/maps/WKR0N

Cost of Meals at the Conference for Non-ratified Members and Additional Participants of Ratified Members
The cost for lunch is $15 per day (includes lunch box, drinks, coffee/tea) the banquet dinner is $60 per person (includes appetizers, main course, dessert and and an open bar with beer and wine). Please note that the statewide meeting starts with a working lunch/icebreaker at 12:15pm. Please bring a check to the meeting that covers your meals: $15 if you are only there for one lunch/day, $30 if you are there for both lunches but not attending dinner, and $90 if you are there for both lunches and dinner. The check should be made out to PHI, memo line: Roots of Change, CAFPC meeting. Thank you; we appreciate your contribution. If you have any questions, please contact Doris.

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MEETING AGENDA

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM :: Simultaneous Regional Meetings

– SoCal Region -> Sobrato A
– NorCal Region -> Sobrato B
– Valley/Mountain Region -> Forge Garden (to be confirmed)

12:15 PM – 1:30 PM :: Lunch and Icebreaker (Forge Garden)

Rose Madden, garden manager, to give us a brief talk and tour
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM :: State of the CAFPC (Sobrato A+B)

– Report back from the regions
– Report back from the working groups (Branding, Prezi)
– Metrics – Presentation of data collected so far, analysis
– How do we get a handle on participation and evolution
3:00 PM – 4:15 PM :: Candidate Questionnaire/Forum (Sobrato A+B)
– Report on status by Justin, councils
– Best practices for councils who want to work locally
– Questionnaire by CAFPC to statewide offices, press release

4:15 PM – 4:30 PM :: break

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM :: Next Steering Committee – Elections/Timing (Sobrato A+B)
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6:30 PM :: Banquet Dinner in Adobe Lodge on campus. See campus map for directions: Campus Map & Directions to Sobrato Hall Conference Room
We’d like to express our appreciation for the Bon Appétit Management Company for underwriting a portion of the banquet.

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMER 19

8:30 AM – 10:15 AM :: Policy Update (Sobrato A+B)

This session is available to participate remotely. Dial-in number is 1-866-305-2467, access code [REDACTED]#
10:15 AM – 10:30 PM :: break
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM :: 2014 CAFPC Legislative Report (Sobrato A+B)
– Presentation of draft by Justin, discussion of format and content
– Vote to endorse by CAFPC for release on Food Day (Oct 24)
12:00 PM – 12:20 PM :: Lunch (Sobrato A+B)
12:20 PM – 3:30 PM :: Open Pitch Session – Ideas for Policy in 2015 (Sobrato A+B)
– Searching for common ground
– Focus on equity
– Each organization gets 8 minutes to talk about their priorities
-Q&A after each presenter
Organizations pitching:
1. CA Association of Food Banks
2. CAFF
3. CalCAN
4. CCOF
5. CCPHA
6. CA FarmLink
7. CFPA
8. CPEHN
9. Interfaith Sustainable Food Collaborative
10. LCHC
11. PolicyLink
12. Silicon Valley Health Trust
Wrap up: [Proposed] Detail-oriented discussion re: the CAFPC officially supporting legislation, potentially one that was just pitched?
3:30 PM Adjourn
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Reimbursement of Expenses
Expenses for this meeting will be reimbursed according to the following Roots of Change guidelines:
• Steering Committee Members: Travel, accommodation and meals are covered.
• Ratified Members: Travel, accommodation and meals are reimbursed for one member per council.
• Non-ratified members and additional participants of ratified councils must pay for their own travel, accommodation and conference meals. The cost for lunch is $15 per day, the banquet dinner is $60 per person (includes appetizers, main dish, dessert and and an open bar with beer and wine). Please note that the statewide meeting starts with a working lunch/icebreaker at 12:15pm on 9/18. Please bring a check to the meeting that covers your meals: $15 if you are only there for one lunch/day, $30 if you are there for both lunches but not attending dinner, and $90 if you are there for both lunches and dinner. The check should be made out to PHI, memo line: Roots of Change, CAFPC meeting. _
Travel Expense Reimbursement Requests
Please click HERE to download the travel expense claim form. Please keep all receipts and submit reimbursement requests within 30 days of the event. Please note: if you have never received any payment from ROC/PHI, please also fill out a W-9 form and submit along with the travel expense claim. Allow about two to three weeks for processing or the claim form.

Transportation: ROC requests that you carpool when possible to reduce cost, or take the train.
· Mileage: Personal car travel will be reimbursed at $0.56 per mile (please attach Google or Mapquest maps)
· Airfare: Please travel coach class.
· Transportation from airport to hotel/conference: please take the free airport shuttle that is available to and from the airport to the Santa Clara University.
· Parking: Parking is free for hotel guests at the Best Western Airport Plaza Hotel in San Jose. Participants not staying at the hotel will be directed to a parking lot closest to the conference at the main campus entrance, at 500 Camino Real, Santa Clara. Parking on campus is free but you must tell the attendant that you are attending the CAFPC conference at Sobrato Hall.

For any questions or concerns, please contact Doris at doris@rootsofchange.org, 510-285-5639.

CAFPC Member Capacity Building Webinar
2014-09-09 13:00 | ReadyTalk webinar, United States
CAFPC Member Capacity Building Webinar, topic tbd

CAFPC Member Capacity Building Webinar: Food "System Thinking" - What System Theory can tells us about how to change our food system
2014-07-08 13:00 | Online

CAFPC NorCal Regional Meeting
2014-06-24 10:00 - 17:00 | Shone Farm, Santa Rosa, CA, United States
First CAFPC NorCal meeting for either late June or first half of July. The meeting will be a great opportunity to find synergies, discuss new opportunities and policy updates.

2014 Legislative Report - Policy Work Group Meeting
2014-06-13 13:00 - 16:00, 2014-05-15 14:12 - 17:00, 2014-05-15 14:00 | ROC/PHI or ReadyTalk webinar, United States
Policy Work Group Meeting

CAFPC SoCal Regional Meeting
2014-05-09 10:00 - 17:00 | First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood, Middle Terrace, 1760 N. Gower St., Hollywood, CA 90028, United States
First CAFPC SoCal Regional Meeting w/ agenda sections related to Activities Update & Issue/Policy briefing webinar

CAFPC Social Justice Curriculum Development Call
2014-05-07 14:00 | ReadyTalk webinar, United States
CAFPC Social Justice Curriculum Development

Webinar on AB 2385 / Coordinate Education of Legislators
2014-04-15 11:00 - 12:00 | Webinar, United States
Join us to discuss AB 2385 Asm Phil Ting’s bill: The Market Match Nutrition Incentives Program. The bill is an opportunity to educate the Assembly Ag Committee on the priorities of the CAFPC and its serious commitment to food system change. Legislators need to know your views on this bill. In this 1-hour call Karen Bocaling from Asm Ting’s office will brief attendees on the bill and answer questions. Then the conversation will turn to a process for educating Committee members and your own legislators on your position on AB 2385. ROC will provide materials for your review and potential use. We look forward to the call.
Webinar (Recording, incl. PowerPoint)
Webinar (PowerPoint only)
AB2385
Bill Language
Bill Fact Sheet
Support Letter (Word Doc)
Oppose Letter (Word Doc)
Ag Committee Contacts
