SSAWG Reclaiming Our Food: Value of Community Engagement
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Tanya Denckla Cobb Associate Director UVA Institute for Environmental Negotiation 434/ 924-1855 [email protected]
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Transcript of SSAWG Reclaiming Our Food: Value of Community Engagement
Tanya Denckla Cobb Associate Director
UVA Institute for Environmental Negotiation 434/ 924-1855 [email protected]
3 Keys to Food Justice
� Procedural justice � Substantive justice � Distributive justice � From: Sustainable Communi2es and the Challenge of Environmental Jus2ce, Julian Agyeman, 2005, p 26
These“CoreValues”wereadoptedbytheInternationalAssociationforPublicParticipation(IAP2)www.iap2.org
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InvolveEarlyandOften
AllThoseWho:1. Aredirectlyimpacted
2. Canblockthedecision
3. Canprovidetechnicalassistance
4. Aredecision‐makers
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InvolvementShouldComewithRealInfluence
I.e.,enoughleveragetoensurethattheprojectsgoalsandmissionandmethodsareadheredto.
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InvolvementShouldComewithRealInfluence
I.e.,enoughleveragetoensurethattheprojectsgoalsandmissionandmethodsareadheredto.
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InvolvementShouldComewithRealInfluence
I.e.,enoughleveragetoensurethattheprojectsgoalsandmissionandmethodsareadheredto.
ExploreMethodsThatDOReachPeople
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GotoThem
Don’tExpectThemtoCometoYou
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OneisNotEnough
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OneisNotEnough
BeTransparentAbout• Process
• Decisionbox
• Issues
• Differentstakeholders
• Everyone’srole
• Wayspeopleparticipate
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Identifypeopleandstrategiestoreachthem,withstakeholdersteeringcommittee
Identify The“interests” Thepeople
representingthoseinterests
Strategiestoengagethem
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• Guidelines
• MeetingFormat
• Location
• Timing
• Informationneeds
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• Guidelines
• MeetingFormat
• Location
• Timing
• Informationneeds
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Whatkindsofinformation(ask!)
Presentations,fieldtrips,workshops,training
Languages
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Whatkindsofinformation(ask!)
Presentations,fieldtrips,workshops,training
Languages
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Honesty
Transparency
Howcommunicated
Whencommunicated
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Reclaiming Our Food
Reclaiming Our Food
How the Grassroots Food Movement is Helping Communities
STAND UP!
