About the Series

Advancing Justice in the Community Food Sector is a series of four workshops designed for folks — especially BIPOC — working in community-based programs and organizations that revolve around food. Working in these spaces, it's crucial to have the latest tools, knowledge, and skills to build pathways for professional career advancement.

Through this workshop series, participants will learn and engage with subject matter around: BIPOC solidarity across the non-profit sector, storytelling as a tool for impact, and more.

About this Workshop

Being in Good Relation: Actioning Solidarity in the BIPOC Non-Profit Sector with Shady Hafez

This presentation will explore the topic of solidarity between BIPOC Non-Profits (those led by and that serve BIPOC), through an Indigenous lens, utilizing Indigenous conceptualizations of relationality to identify how we can relate better to one another. The challenges and successes of this kind of relationship building will be highlighted to demonstrate positive movements towards solidarity. And, we will explore the impacts on the community and the outcomes of when we don't engage in positive relationship building and solidarity within our sector.

About Shady

Shady Hafez (he/him) is an Algonquin Anishinabe and Syrian member of Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg. Shady is currently a PhD Candidate in Sociology at the University of Toronto, a Yellowhead Institute Research Fellow and is the Policy and Research Manager to the National Association of Friendship Centres. With over 15 years’ experience working directly with and for Indigenous communities, Shady has

supported communities in the development of programs and services related to health and social well-being as well as supported First Nations in their cultural resurgence, governance, political and economic autonomy.

Priority Ticketing

As part of our ongoing commitment to equity and justice, we are prioritizing access to these workshops for Black and Indigenous people and people of colour (BIPOC).

Priority tickets for these workshops will be made available for BIPOC individuals and BIPOC-led organizations and grassroots community groups who do not have access to large operating budgets to cover the costs of staff training. A limited number of General Admission tickets will also be available, and we will open up a waitlist as needed.

Schedule

There are four workshops in this series — check back soon for more details on the other two upcoming workshops in the series.

• Being in Good Relation: Actioning Solidarity in the BIPOC Non-Profit Sector with Shady Hafez | Wednesday, January 22 from 1 - 2:30PM EST
  
• The Heart of Stories in a Data-Driven World with Inda Intiar and Njoki Mbũrũ | Wednesday, February 5 from 1-2:30PM EST

Logistics

All workshops in the series will take place online via Zoom. After registering for the event, you will have access to the online event page, where you can find the Zoom link once available. We will also email the Zoom details to all registrants closer to the date of the workshop.

Accessibility

FoodShare strives to host inclusive, accessible events that allow everyone to fully engage. To request an accommodation or for inquiries about accessibility, please contact jade at jade@foodshare.net.

• An option for closed captioning via Zoom will be available during the event
• A phone-in option will also be available

About FoodShare

FoodShare is a Toronto-based food justice organization, advocating for the right to food, and working to challenge the systemic barriers that keep people from accessing the food they need to thrive. Learn more at www.foodshare.net