Winter and Spring 2012 Appearance Schedule
2012
January 11&12 – Birmingham, Alabama – training for Alabama food policy council (1/11) and Birmingham-Jefferson County Food Policy Council. For more information contact Jennifer Ropa at bhamfoodsecurity@gmail.com.
January 21 – Santa Fe, New Mexico – 12:30 PM – Il Piatto Restaurant, 95 West Marcy Street, Santa Fe, NM – Slow Food Santa Fe Luncheon and book talk.
January 31 – February 2 – Louisville, Kentucky – Presentation to the Louisville Food Policy Forum – 3:30 PM on 1/31. For more information contact Josh Jennings at joshua.jennings@louisvilleky.gov. Public lecture at the University of Louisville – 6:00 PM. For more information contact Dr. Lisa Markowitz at lisam@louisville.edu.
February 7&8 – Seattle, Washington – 7:00 PM – 2/8: Third Place Books (Ravenna location; www.ravenna.thirdplacebooks.com/contact.html). Book talk by Mark Winne. For more information contact Rita Weinstein at metermaid@q.com. 2/7 Sunset Hill Community Association – 5:30 PM – 3003 NW 66th St., Seattle. For more information see www.sunsethillcommunity.com. Sponsored by Sustainable Ballard www.sustainableballard.org.
February 16 – 18 – Dallas and Mesquite, Texas – Texas Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association Annual Conference at the Mesquite Conference Center in Mesquite, TX. Food Policy Council workshop on 2/17, 8:30 to 11:30 AM; Dinner keynote address on 2/18 at 6:00 PM. For more information contact Lee McKay at info@tofga.org. February 16 – 7:00 Pm – First Unitarian Church of Dallas – 4015 Normandy, Dallas. Book talk and lecture by Mark Winne. For more information contact Charles McMullen at (214) 884-1221 or Susie Marshall at susie@gleantexas.org.
February 23 – Albuquerque, New Mexico – 7:00 PM at Bookworks on Rio Grande Ave. Talk by Mark Winne. For more information contact Bookworks.
March 2 – Washington, DC – presentation to the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) Board of Directors. For more information contact Maggie Biscarr at MBiscarr@aarp.org.
March 20 – Omaha, Nebraska – training for Douglas County Food Policy Council. For more information contact Amy Yaroch at ayaroch@centerfornutrition.org.
March 13 & 14 – San Diego, CA – The Association of American Indian Physicians Annual Conference – Plenary talk and workshop by Mark Winne. For more information contact Noelle Kleszynski at nkleszynski@aaip.org.
March 22 – 24 – Lexington, Kentucky – Bluegrass Local Food Summit – Keynote address on March 22; food policy workshop on March 23. For more information contact Jim Embry at embryjim@gmail.com.
March - 28- 30 – Melbourne, Australia – Several appearances on behalf of hunger and policy organizations. For more information contact Laurie Staub at staublaurie12@hotmail.com.
April 24-25 – Harrisburg, Pennsylvania – Pennsylvania Nutrition Education Network 2012 Annual Conference. Keynote address at dinner on April 24; food policy workshop on April 25. For more information contact Rose Pallotta-Cleland at rcleland@phmc.org.
April 26 – Columbus, Ohio – Food policy council training and campus/community lecture – Sponsored by Ohio State University. For more information contact Nick Benson at benson.229@osu.edu.
May 9 – New Orleans, LA – Presentation at NeighborWorks Conference. For more information contact Michael Brown at mjbrown246@gmail.com.
May 10 & 11 – San Antonio, Texas – various appearances and keynote address for regional food summit. For more information contact Leslie Provence at lprovence@sbcglobal.net.