BFC Neighborhood Group Guide 2011

What Neighborhood Groups Do

• Identify one or two group priorities based on BFC’s 2011 Visioning Sessions
• Host at least one food-related event per calendar year with support from BFC staff
• Initiate relationships with at least five community-based organizations in your neighborhood
• Support BFC bylaws Report to Steering Committee and Staff on meeting and event attendance, topics of discussion, and goals

How BFC Staff and Steering Committee Support Neighborhood Groups

• Provide $200 stipend per Neighborhood Group per calendar year
• Help procure volunteers for outreach events
• Coordinate Park Slope Food Coop FTOP credit for volunteer work on specific projects and events; FTOP credit is also available for neighborhood group leaders
• Provide support for one neighborhood-hosted event including planning, advertising, outreach, and logistics
• Communicate opportunities for Neighborhood leaders to table, present, or attend food-centric and food access events
• Support Neighborhood Group applications for mini grants that fund outreach activities and priorities
• Provide networking opportunities
• Provide two community organizing/food systems training events per calendar year
• Provide other opportunities for connecting with individuals, groups, organizations, and elected officials for the sake of advancing the group’s work

From the January 2011Visioning Sessions: Three Main Program Areas for BFC Community Organizing 

Organizing efforts initiated and happening at the neighborhood level through BFC neighborhood groups; partner with other community groups as much as possible.

Research and Advocacy – Seeking to understand larger trends and issues and advocate for policies and systems that impact all Brooklyn. (e.g. community food mapping; testifying at a City Council hearing about the need for locally-sourced school food)

Public Education – Increasing public awareness, dialogue, and understanding of food justice and food system issues relevant to Brooklyn residents. (e.g. putting on a regular conference to convene people interested in food issues in Brooklyn; raising awareness of Food & Farm Bill through public campaign)

Priorities for 2011

• Creation of clear organization structure (expected to be complete by May 2011)
• Membership drive (expected to launch in May 2011)
• Food and Farm Bill
• School Food
• Dismantling institutional racism in the food system
• Leadership cultivation
• Conference (tentatively scheduled for May 2012)
• Fundraising
• Networking/Skillshares

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