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Sunday, May 7, 2023
8:00 AM – 7:00 PM
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Quiet Room
8:00 AM – 7:00 PM
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Quiet Room
Location: Council
8:00 AM – 7:00 PM
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Registration
8:00 AM – 7:00 PM
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Registration
Location: West Lobby – Lower Level 1B
10:00 AM – 11:15 AM
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Mugs & Meetings
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
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Mugs & Meetings
Location: Bird Cage Walk
11:30 AM – 1:15 PM
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Lunch Plenary: Community Conversations: The Power of Lived Experience
11:30 AM – 1:15 PM
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Lunch Plenary: Community Conversations: The Power of Lived Experience
Location: Regency Ballroom
Keynote Speaker:
Deborah Weinstein
– Coalition on Human Needs
Moderator:
Claire Babineaux-Fontenot
– Feeding America
Speaker:
Reynaldo Green
– Quality Care for Children
Speaker:
Luis Guardia
– Food Research & Action Center (FRAC)
Panelist:
Jimmieka Mills
– Equitable Spaces
Panelist:
Tori Overton
– Department of Human Services
Panelist:
Lawson Picasso
– WSP USA
Panelist:
Crys Riles
– Tennessee Justice Center
1:30 PM – 2:35 PM
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A Thriving Transition: UnRooting the Barriers to SNAP for Those Formerly Incarcerated
1:30 PM – 2:35 PM
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A Thriving Transition: UnRooting the Barriers to SNAP for Those Formerly Incarcerated
Location: Hampton
Moderator:
Kameron Mims-Jones, MSW (she/her/hers)
– Nourish California
Speaker:
Karina Apodaca German
– Center for Healthy Communities California State University
Speaker:
Alissa M. Moore
Speaker:
Trinh Phan, JD (she/her/hers)
– Justice in Aging
1:30 PM – 2:35 PM
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Advancing Health Equity: Primary Prevention in the First 1,000 days
1:30 PM – 2:35 PM
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Advancing Health Equity: Primary Prevention in the First 1,000 days
Location: Congressional A/B
Moderator:
Jennifer A. Weber, MPH, RD (she/her/hers)
– Weber Moore Partners, LLC
Speaker:
Kofi Essel, MD, MPH, FAAP
– Children's National Hospital and The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Speaker:
Blythe Thomas, BS (she/her/hers)
– 1,000 Days, an Initiative of FHI Solutions
1:30 PM – 2:35 PM
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CACFP
1:30 PM – 2:35 PM
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CACFP Advocacy Institute: Speaking Up for Access and Equity
Location: Executive
Speaker:
Reynaldo Green
– Quality Care for Children
Speaker:
Geraldine Henchy
– Food Research & Action Center
Speaker:
Margaret McDonald
– Clarendon Early Education Services Inc.
Speaker:
Angeles Nelson
– Nourish California
Speaker:
Ellen Teller
– Food Research & Action Center
1:30 PM – 2:35 PM
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Enabling food pantries on Native American Reservations to receive surplus garden harvests from gardeners in the community on a sustained basis.
1:30 PM – 2:35 PM
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Enabling food pantries on Native American Reservations to receive surplus garden harvests from gardeners in the community on a sustained basis.
Location: Cabinet
Moderator:
Gary Oppenheimer, CNN Hero, Points of Light Winner, World Food Prize nominee (he/him/his)
– AmpleHarvest.org
Speaker:
Henry Red Cloud
– Lakota Solar
1:30 PM – 2:35 PM
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State Advocacy for Farm Bill Priorities
1:30 PM – 2:35 PM
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State Advocacy for Farm Bill Priorities
Location: Palladian
Moderator:
Alejandrai Williams
– Oregon Department of Human Services
Speaker:
Colleen Moriarty
– Hunger Solutions Minnesota
Speaker:
Becky Silva, MRP (she/her/hers)
– California Association of Food Banks
Speaker:
Christina Wong, M.A., J.D. (she/her/hers)
– Northwest Harvest
1:30 PM – 2:35 PM
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Strengthening TEFAP: An Advocacy Framework for State-Based Reform
1:30 PM – 2:35 PM
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Strengthening TEFAP: An Advocacy Framework for State-Based Reform
Location: Diplomat
Moderator:
Adam LaRose
– Capital Area Food Bank
Speaker:
Ryan Healy (he/him/his)
– Feeding New York State
Speaker:
Vincent E. James, Sr.
– Dare to Care Food Bank; Feeding Kentucky
Speaker:
Corey Malone-Smolla (she/her/hers)
– Feeding America
1:30 PM – 2:35 PM
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The Roundtable: A Model for Collaboration among Community-Based Frontline Anti-Hunger Organizations
1:30 PM – 2:35 PM
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The Roundtable: A Model for Collaboration among Community-Based Frontline Anti-Hunger Organizations
Location: Empire
Moderator:
Ben Kerrick, MS, MCRP (he/him/his)
– KK&P
Speaker:
Jorge L. Negron (he/him/his)
– New York Common Pantry
Speaker:
Greg Silverman, MSc.
– West Side Campaign Against Hunger
Speaker:
Dickran (D.J.) Jebejian, MPP (he/him/his)
– Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty (Met Council)
1:30 PM – 2:35 PM
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To Advance Equitable Policy, We Must End Stigma
1:30 PM – 2:35 PM
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To Advance Equitable Policy, We Must End Stigma
Location: Ambassador
Moderator:
Diane Sullivan (she/her/hers)
– Equitable Spaces
Speaker:
Janelle Harris Dixon (she/her/hers)
– The Write or Die Chick
Speaker:
Allison Karpyn, PhD
– University of Delaware
Speaker:
Timothy Klipp-Lockhart, MSW
– FRAC
2:35 PM – 3:00 PM
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Coffee Break
2:35 PM – 3:00 PM
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Coffee Break
Location: Bird Cage Walk
3:00 PM – 4:05 PM
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CACFP
3:00 PM – 4:05 PM
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Establishing Equitable Food Systems Through Procurement
Location: Executive
Speaker:
LaMonika Jones
– DC Hunger Solutions
3:00 PM – 4:05 PM
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Creative Ways to Address Anti-Hunger Work: Explaining the Barriers and Positive Impacts Of SNAP
3:00 PM – 4:05 PM
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Creative Ways to Address Anti-Hunger Work: Explaining the Barriers and Positive Impacts Of SNAP
Location: Palladian
Moderator:
Rebecca Vallas
– The Century Foundation
Speaker:
Jordan Baker
– FRAC
Speaker:
German Chiriboga, M.P.H. (he/him/his)
– UMass Chan Medical School
Speaker:
Kim Johnson, Nonprofit
– Florida Impact
3:00 PM – 4:05 PM
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Food over Fear: Strategies to Bring Equitable Access to Nutrition Programs for All Immigrants
3:00 PM – 4:05 PM
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Food over Fear: Strategies to Bring Equitable Access to Nutrition Programs for All Immigrants
Location: Congressional A/B
Moderator:
Betzabel Estudillo, MSW (she/her/hers)
– Nourish California
Speaker:
Adriana Cadena (she/her/hers)
– Protecting Immigrant Families Coalition
Speaker:
Benyamin Chao (he/him/his)
– California Immigrant Policy Center
Speaker:
Melody Yang (she/her/hers)
– Chinese-American Planning Council, Inc.
3:00 PM – 4:05 PM
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Food versus Medicine: Ensuring No Older Adult Has to Make this Impossible Choice
3:00 PM – 4:05 PM
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Food versus Medicine: Ensuring No Older Adult Has to Make this Impossible Choice
Location: Diplomat
Moderator:
Alex Ashbrook, JD, LLM (she/her/hers)
– Food Research & Action Center
Speaker:
Gina Plata-Nino, JD
– Food Research & Action Center
Speaker:
Meredith Ponder Whitmire, JD (she/her/hers)
– National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services Programs (NANASP)
Speaker:
Rachel Zimmer, RN, DNP, AGPCNP-C (she/her/hers)
– Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
3:00 PM – 4:05 PM
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From the food pantry to the kitchen table to the policy roundtable: Moms taking action and driving policy change
3:00 PM – 4:05 PM
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From the food pantry to the kitchen table to the policy roundtable: Moms taking action and driving policy change
Location: Ambassador
Moderator:
Jessica N. Burroughs, MSW, MPH (she/her/hers)
– MomsRising
Speaker:
Jessica Aguilar (she/her/hers)
– MomsRising
Speaker:
Mary Beth A. Cochran
– MomsRising
Speaker:
Kyler D. Daniels (she/her/hers)
– MomsRising
3:00 PM – 4:05 PM
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How Data Coordination Can Improve Access to SNAP and Other Benefits Post Pandemic
3:00 PM – 4:05 PM
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How Data Coordination Can Improve Access to SNAP and Other Benefits Post Pandemic
Location: Hampton
Moderator:
Jillian Humphries, MPA (she/her/hers)
– Benefits Data Trust
Speaker:
Amanda Bank, MPH (she/her/hers)
– Center for Health Care Strategies
Speaker:
Mary Falls-Staley (she/her/hers)
– Benefits Data Trust
3:00 PM – 4:05 PM
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Key Strategies to Expand Community Eligibility
3:00 PM – 4:05 PM
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Key Strategies to Expand Community Eligibility
Location: Empire
Moderator:
Allyson Pérez (she/her/hers)
– Food Research & Action Center
Speaker:
Wesley Gaddie
– USDA Food & Nutrition Service
Speaker:
Julia Gross, MPH (she/her/hers)
– Maryland Hunger Solutions
Speaker:
Claire Lane, MPA (she/her/hers)
– Anti-Hunger & Nutrition Coalition (WA)
3:00 PM – 4:05 PM
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Not All Knitters: Expanding perceptions of aging to address hunger
3:00 PM – 4:05 PM
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Not All Knitters: Expanding perceptions of aging to address hunger
Location: Cabinet
Moderator:
Susan Beaudoin (she/her/hers)
– Food Research & Action Center (FRAC)
Speaker:
Sonya Begay
– US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Speaker:
Josh Protas (he/him/his)
– MAZON | A Jewish Response to Hunger
Speaker:
Atalaya Sergi, MSW (she/her/hers)
– AmeriCorps
4:05 PM – 4:20 PM
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Break
4:05 PM – 4:20 PM
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Break
4:20 PM – 5:25 PM
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CACFP
4:20 PM – 5:25 PM
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Broadening Your Reach in CACFP: Food Banks, Sponsors, and Advocates
Location: Executive
Moderator:
Lynn M. Cavett, M.E.d
– Michigan Department of Education
Speaker:
Will Farkas
– Food Bank of Eastern Michigan
Speaker:
Gina Maniscalco
– Clarendon Early Education Services
4:20 PM – 5:25 PM
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Child Nutrition Mini-Plenary: Making this Summer a Success
4:20 PM – 5:25 PM
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Child Nutrition Mini-Plenary: Making this Summer a Success
Location: Palladian
Moderator:
Cindy Long
– USDA
Speaker:
Aaron Dworkin
– National Summer Learning Association
Speaker:
Derek C. Polka, MPA (he/they)
– Los Angeles Regional Food Bank
Speaker:
Ashley St. Thomas, MA (she/her/hers)
– Arizona Food Bank Network
Speaker:
Michael J. Wilson (He/Him/His)
– Maryland Hunger Solutions
4:20 PM – 5:25 PM
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Combating Military Hunger: Learning from Military and Veteran Family Experiences to Find Scalable Solutions
4:20 PM – 5:25 PM
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Combating Military Hunger: Learning from Military and Veteran Family Experiences to Find Scalable Solutions
Location: Empire
Speaker:
Gabby L'Esperance, Ph.D.
– Military Family Advisory Network
Speaker:
Delia C.L Johnson, JD (she/her/hers)
– Military Family Advisory Network
Moderator:
Shanna A. Smith, DBA, CTE, CTA (she/her/hers)
– Military Family Advisory Network
4:20 PM – 5:25 PM
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Engaging Food Pantry Client and Manager Voices to Drive Policy and Culture Change
4:20 PM – 5:25 PM
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Engaging Food Pantry Client and Manager Voices to Drive Policy and Culture Change
Location: Congressional A/B
Moderator:
Chaleiah Henderson (she/her/hers)
– Foundation for Essential Needs
Speaker:
Kate Burggraff (she/her/hers)
– Foundation for Essential Needs
Speaker:
Mary Marczak, PhD (she/her/hers)
– University of Minnesota Extension, Department of Family, Health and Well-Being
Speaker:
Susie West, MPH (she/her/hers)
– University of Minnesota Extension
4:20 PM – 5:25 PM
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Kujichagulia: Uprooting the Bondage of Slavery, Redlining, and Systemic Racism
4:20 PM – 5:25 PM
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Kujichagulia: Uprooting the Bondage of Slavery, Redlining, and Systemic Racism
Location: Ambassador
Moderator:
Nichele Hoskins, MA
– Forsyth Farmers' Market
Speaker:
Deidre Grim, PhD (she/her/hers)
– Forsyth Farmers' Market
Speaker:
Bernette Lanier, MPA (she/her/hers)
– City of Savannah / Ivory Bay CDC
Speaker:
Tasha Wei
– Forsyth Farmers' Market
4:20 PM – 5:25 PM
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Using A Multi-pronged Approach to Increasing Access to SNAP & Other Benefits
4:20 PM – 5:25 PM
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Using A Multi-pronged Approach to Increasing Access to SNAP & Other Benefits
Location: Hampton
Moderator:
Lisa Mayse-Lillig, MSW (she/her/hers)
– Feeding America
Speaker:
Juanita Burden, M.A.T (she/her/hers)
– Mid-Ohio Food Collective
Speaker:
Caitlin Cook
– Mountaineer Food Bank
Speaker:
Lazaraly Guzman (she/her/hers)
– Feeding South Florida
Speaker:
Kam McKenzie (she/her/hers)
– Freestore Foodbank
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
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Reception - sponsored by Instacart
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
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Reception - sponsored by Instacart
Location: Diplomat
Speaker:
Sarah Fleisch
– Instacart
