College Students in Southwest are Invited to Regional Food Summit in Santa Fe on Feb. 27-March 2

Santa Fe is one of eleven communities around the country that will host a Winter Strategy Retreat weekend sponsored by the Real Food Challenge (RFC) campaign. At each of these regional strategy retreats, about 20-40 students and veteran organizers will come together for a powerful weekend of strategizing and community-building, workshops, cooking, skill-shares and storytelling. These retreats are geared for students who want to take on (or are in the midst of) real food campaign on their campus--and are ready to dive into RFC's regional and national efforts.

The Santa Fe retreat will be held from Thursday, February 27, through Sunday, March 2. 

The weekend  will include workshops and open time to explore:
~ issues & opportunities with corporate food service
~ the Real Food Calculator food procurement assessment tool
~ power & privilege in the food system
~ strategic campaign-planning
~ good group structures & facilitation
~ resource-sharing and planning among all participating student leaders and groups

(From the RFC Web site)

 "The retreat is a fantastic opportunity to build community with other student leaders from around the region, share & learn about the food system, and develop leadership and organizing skills for projects and campaigns to further support local, sustainable, fair food efforts on-campus," said Southwest Regional organizer Jeff Ethan Green.

 The full registration cost for housing, meals, and programming is just $35, and RFC can provide fundraising support.

For more information click on this link or contact Southwest Regional Field Organizers Jeff Ethan Green (jeff@realfoodchallenge.org) or Kelly Kusumoto (kelly@realfoodchallenge.org)  Please visit the Facebook Event that Jeff created for this Southwest Regional Summit.