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Agenda for Friday, February 19

 

8:30 a.m.         Registration

9:00 a.m.         Summit Begins
                          Welcome: Daniel Little, UM-Dearborn Chancellor

                          Open Discussion – Where are we today?

                          Introductions: Kate Davy, UM-Dearborn Provost

                          Panelists:
                          Ashley Atkinson, The Greening of Detroit
                         Oran Hesterman, Fair Food Network
                         Susan Schmidt, The Henry Ford
                         Kami Pothukuchi, SEED Wayne
                         Malik Yakini, Detroit Black Community Food Security Network
                         Moderator: Bruce Pietrykowski, Professor of Economics, UM-Dearborn

10:30 a.m.       Break

10:45 a.m.       Urban Food Systems: Urban Farming
                          Facilitator: David Susko (Nat Sci)
                          Facilitator: Brahim Medjahed (CECS) 

                          Urban Food Systems: Public and Personal Health
                          Facilitator: Marilee Benore (Nat Sci)
                          Facilitator: Bruce Maxim (CECS)

                          Urban Food Systems: Land Use and Local Ecology
                          Facilitator: Kent Murray (Nat Sci)
                          Facilitator: Tim Davis (COB)

                          Urban Food Systems: Building Local Economies
                          Facilitator: Kim Schatzel (COB)
                          Facilitator: Bruce Pietrykowski (Soc Sci)

                          Urban Food Systems: Social Justice
                          Facilitator: Suzanne Bergeron (WGST/Soc Sci)
                          Facilitator: Lara Rusch (Soc Sci)

                          Urban Food Systems: Impact of Art and Media
                          Facilitator: Nick Tobier (School of Art, UM-Ann Arbor)
                          Facilitator: Jim Gilmore (Language Culture and Communications) 

                          Urban Food Systems: Education
                          Facilitator: Chris Burke (SOE)
                          Facilitator: Katie Silverman (SOE)

                          Urban Food Systems: Influencing Public Policy
                          Facilitator: Tim Kiska (Language Culture and Communications)
                          Facilitator: Paul Draus (Beh Sci)

                          Integrative Theme: Civic Engagement
                          Bill DeGenaro (Language, Culture and Communications)
                          Joy Beatty (COB)
                          Francine Dolins (Beh Sci)

11:45 a.m.       Report Outs

12:30 p.m.       Lunch
                          Keynote Address: Robert Kenner

1:30 p.m.         Break

1:45 p.m.         After lunch session

2:30 p.m.         Next Steps

3:00 p.m.         Meeting Adjourns

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