Hawaiʻi Food System Summit Listening Sessions
Tune in to Transforming Hawaiʻi Food Systems Summit Listening Session #3 coming up tomorrow!
November 15 Listening Session
Speaker: Darren Modzelewski, Counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Chairman Brian Schatz (D-HI)
Information Provided from Event Coordinators below:
BACKGROUND: Transforming Hawaiʻi’s Food System Together (THFST) is a collaborative and multi-sectoral food system change initiative that seeks to convene key stakeholders, conduct applied research, articulate policy and planning recommendations, and build statewide capacity to achieve a more economically robust, sustainable, equitable, and resilient food system for Hawaiʻi.
As a valued community leader working on food system change in Hawaiʻi, the THFST core team invites you to participate in the 2nd Annual Hawaii Food System Summit 2023. The Summit will be held on December 14-15, 2023 at the University of Hawaiʻi - UH West Oʻahu campus with pre-summit sessions on December 13, 2023.
The Summit is designed to build upon three Listening Sessions (information below) to be held in October - November of 2023 and aims to prioritize key public policies for advocacy and implementation during the 2023 legislative session.
DATES FOR LISTENING SESSIONS:
October 11th Recording - Link
November 15, 2023 4:00-5:00 PM (confirmed)
December 1, 2023 4:00-5:00 PM (confirmed)
The intended outcomes of the Hawaiʻi Food Systems Summit 2023 are multifold:
Share and prioritize a short list of policy initiatives with colleagues and attending policy makers for state and county level legislation for the 2024 legislative session.
Discuss and articulate advocacy strategy for the prioritized policy initiatives.
Discuss action items for the food system partners.
Present, discuss and refine the first iteration and terms of reference for a proposed Statewide Food Policy Network/Coalition.
Draft new proposals for state and county level legislation for the 2024 legislative session, as needed and time allows.
To ensure a productive summit, we are also inviting you to participate in one of three listening sessions to provide early input into the design of the Food Systems Summit.
These listening sessions will be formatted to be Zoom based, roughly 60 minutes long and will provide participants an opportunity to share their county and/or state-level policy initiatives for 2023; offer time for questions or feedback from colleagues regarding priority initiatives; participate in preliminary prioritization of policy areas to be workshopped at the Hawaiʻi Food System Summit 2023; and provide early feedback on previously identified activities and guiding principles of an eventual Statewide Food Policy Network/Coalition.
Hawaiʻi Food System Summit Dec 13-15
About the Author
Nanea Lo, HAPA’s Administrative and Programs Coordinator
Nanea Lo is from Papakōlea, Oʻahu. She is a Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian). Lo's educational expertise is in community planning and urban planning infrastructures. She is also a podcast host for Native Stories.
Lo is a public servant and serves as the Kona representative for the Oʻahu Burial Council, a commissioner on the Oʻahu Historic Preservation Commission, sits on the board of the Hawaiʻi Workers Center, and serves on the grant making committee for Hawaiʻi People’s Fund.
Through civic engagement, podcast hosting, and community organizing, Lo advocates for Hawaiian sovereignty, Aloha 'Āina, and feminism on the national and international scale. She has been a part of innovative local and international education and advocacy programs such as Planned Parenthood “National” Storyteller for the Pacific Northwest and Hawaiʻi, Hawaiʻi-Asia Pacific Leadership Program, Native American Political Leadership Program, Kuleana Academy, Young Pacific Leaders, and Peace Scholars. She believes that relationships are the fabric of life and that Aloha ʻĀina is forever.
