Center for Regional Food Systems Michigan Good Food Charter

What is the Policy Action Forum?

The 2024 Michigan Good Food Charter Policy Action Forum is an in-person event designed to bring together Michigan's food systems partners leading on policy action to collaborate on advocacy. The event will feature collaborative breakout sessions called “roundtables” where participants will engage in facilitated discussions to find alignment on advocacy opportunities. 

June 10, 2024  | MSU STEM Education Building, 642 Red Cedar Rd, East Lansing, MI 48824

Our Goals

Our main goal is to connect people working on Good Food goals through policy advocacy. At the event, participants will be able to: 

• Plan for policy action together
• Learn about a specific policy action and how to bring that back to their community
• Gain tools for how to frame policy advocacy conversations
• Gather feedback and grow support for a specific policy action

Who is the forum for?

In-Person Event: Limited Space

Unlike our MI Good Food Summits, this event is not open for everyone, but rather for a strategic group of folks to come together to amplify a statewide food policy voice for food systems transformation. The event will feature collaborative breakout sessions called “roundtables” where participants will engage in facilitated discussions to find alignment on advocacy opportunities. 

Participants

Registration for the event will be available at this site likely in early-to-mid April. The event will be free, but registration will be required, and due to a cap on the number of attendees we can have, we may not be able to accommodate all who wish to participate. We will work closely with our roundtable organizers and partners to find meaningful ways to engage interested folks who are not able to join, including through our virtual workshops before and after the in-person event (see below). 

Roundtable Facilitators

Currently, partners across the state are being invited to apply to facilitate a roundtable discussion on the policy issues they are leading on. If you are interested in applying, or if you have any questions or feedback for us about this event, please reach out to Jordan Lindsay (lindsa57@msu.edu) and/or Lindsey Scalera (scaleral@msu.edu).

Pre- & Post-Event Virtual Workshops: Open to All

We are also planning to engage roundtable facilitators in pre- and post- event virtual workshops as a way to help prepare participants for the event, as well as support people to take further action coming out of the event. These virtual workshops will also allow us to reach partners who may not be able to attend the in-person session on June 10th. 

Youth Engagement

Our leadership team is actively reaching out to youth-serving organizations to explore ways to incorporate youth voice into statewide food policy action. If you would like to talk to us about how youth voice could be incorporated into the event,  please reach out to Jordan Lindsay (lindsa57@msu.edu) and/or Lindsey Scalera (scaleral@msu.edu).