6:00 – 6:20 Arrive,
Fill Your Plate, Settle In
6:20 – 6:25 Welcome,
Group Announcements
6:25 – 6:35 Defining
the Problem – Food Deserts in Chicago
Daniel Block & Howard Rosing
6:35 – 7:25 Roundtable
Panel Discussion - The Solution Makers in Chicago
6:35 – 6:55 Panelist
Introductions & Solutions
1. Introductions:
Name, Title, Organization, Organization Mission
2. Panelists
Provide Overview of Their Solutions
a.
Organization’s Major Achievements
b.
Current Objectives
6:55 – 7:25 Roundtable
Discussion Questions
1.
What role and relative importance do you see the fight against
food deserts playing within the larger sustainable healthy/ good/ slow food
movement?
2.
If food deserts are a symptom of a broken food system, what
role should major 'industrial' groceries and convenience stores play in solving
the problem? Or are they the problem?
3.
What role do you think the different levels of government
(local, state, federal) and government policy should play in food desert issue?
Funding and/or Legislation?
4.
How do you feel about the current Chicago administration using
major corporate groceries and convenience stores to solve the problem verses
giving the same incentives to smaller, locally owned businesses?
5.
Do you think the different groups involved in food desert
issues are cooperating effectively, and what can be done to improve
cooperation?
6.
What do you think needs to be done to convince the majority of
the population that action needs to be taken against food deserts? What action
can they take now?
7:25 – 7:35 Audience
Q & A
7:40
- 8:00 Start
of Networking
