Conference on LI

 

Combating Hunger on Long Island: Addressing the Obstacles

Please join us this year on May 17th as Island Harvest MICAH continues to expand its efforts and deepen its commitment to advocacy against hunger on Long Island. 

  

Fiscal challenges abound for our nation and our local community.  It is especially important that we remain both informed on issues and active in the policy process. 

  

This conference is gathering high level policy makers and advocates for you - to not only explain and discuss - but to offer clear advocacy actions.    Be assured -- this is a follow up to - not a repeat of - the successful conference MICAH held last March.  

  

We hope to see you there! 

 

P.S.  Thank you!  We know each of you is combating hunger every day and it’s a very busy day.  Perhaps there does not seem to be room for one more event.  Yet we do need to take time to gather, share, support, strengthen, focus, plan and yes - charge forward again with one united voice.

Conference Agenda  

 

8:30 AM Registration/Networking/Breakfast/Exhibitor booth area open

 

9:00 AM Welcome Remarks

 

9:30 AM USDA Under Secretary Kevin Concannon will discuss the upcoming Farm Bill, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP), food insecurity and more

 

10:15 AM Break

 

10:25 AM General Session - Advocacy on the Federal Level

           

            Learn strategies from industry professionals in government

            and advocacy, on aspects of the Farm Bill that may affect

            your hunger relief work and the advocacy strategies you can

            employ to overcome program limitations

 

11:25 AM Breakout Sessions:

            Hunger: Seniors- Presentations on effective advocacy

            strategies for senior nutrition programs.

           

            Hunger: Children - Presentations on effective advocacy

            strategies for a wide range of child nutrition programs.

 

12:10 PM Break and Exhibits open

 

12:25 PM Lunch

 

1:00 PM General Session - Access to Healthy Local Food

           

            Address the barriers, and develop concrete solutions to

            overcoming the notion that nutritious local foods are not

            accessible to all Long Islanders

 

2:10 PM Keynote Wrap-Up and Closing Remarks - Reverend Derrick

            Boykin, Northeast Regional Organizer, Bread for the World

 

2:30PM Conference Concludes