The Community Food and Justice Coalition promotes the basic human right of access to healthy food. CFJC was formed in 2003 by community groups and farmers in urban, suburban, and rural California to focus on equity in the Farm Bill process.
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In 2012, CFJC changed it's name to Community Food and Justice Coalition with a clear commitment to social change and policy reform that address inequities and support a food system that is sustainable for our people, the economy, and land.
In 2012, CFJC changed it's name to Community Food and Justice Coalition with a clear commitment to social change and policy reform that address inequities and support a food system that is sustainable for our people, the economy, and land.
Mission: The Community Food and Justice Coalition promotes the basic human right of access to healthy food. By partnering with individuals and organizations at the local, state, and national level, CFJC works on grassroots initiatives to develop and support a food system that is equitable, healthy, environmentally sustainable, and community-driven.
Operating as usual
It’s the very least we can do...
SERVICE WORKERS ARE NOT DISPOSABLE. We refuse to work under such dangerous conditions. We need basic protections like gloves and masks. We need hazard pay. We need paid sick leave. We need RESPECT on the job. #WalkoutWednesday
OP-ED: Big Soda Is the New Big Tobacco
Retweeted HavenBourque (@HavenBourque):
Big soda is the new tobacco: strong OpEd by @OAKFoodPolicy and @annalappe: Pls RT https://t.co/k1VXeUVXsy
The Times They are a’Changing
December Executive Director Letter:
"Maybe it will be different this time. Maybe the outcry from women in 2017 will have marked a turning point in the honesty and maturation of the psyche of a culture exemplified by election of a self-proclaimed bombastic repeated sexual harasser to the office of President of the United States.
Maybe something will change now, unlike when the murder of children at Sandy Hook five years ago which held the national attention but ultimately resulted in no legislation to address the proliferation of gun violence, and killing of innocents.
Maybe it will be different this time. When the Ferguson community rose up in anger and frustration and said enough! More than a year ago, the cameras and focus gave a platform for highlighting the continued killing of black men, women and children while in police custody. In a country with 5% of the world’s population that houses at least 20% of the planet’s incarcerated prisoners, a young black man has a one-in-three chance of ending up in prison. Compared to 1 n 17 for white males.
Maybe now we can continue the discussions and move to change the status quo that witnessed the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. and where Rep. John Lewis was nearly beat to death and other Freedom Riders attacked, and now the U.S. Justice Department under Attorney General Jefferson Beauregard Sessions, III and individual states move to restrict the voting rights of ethnic populations.
Maybe now...."
http://comfoodjustice.org/2017/12/13/the-silence-of-the-men/
Dear Friends and Colleagues: Maybe it will be different this time. Maybe the outcry from women in 2017 will have marked a turning point in the honesty and maturation of the psyche of a culture exem…
CFJC's November Executive Director Letter:
"Because of the nature of computer algorithms and data farming, modern politics has become about energizing “the base.” But increasingly the millions outside those metrics will likely determine the future of politics in Alabama, and in communities across the country in 2017, 2018 and beyond."
http://comfoodjustice.org/2017/11/19/high-holiday-season/
Dear Friends and Colleagues: November heralds the beginning of a traditional high holiday season and the beginning of the end of 2017. Here in the United States we celebrate Thanksgiving, that awkw…
"The Republican tax plan foreshadows a new transfer of wealth, and not just with regard to the inheritance tax.
If the last move—intergenerational transfer of wealth—resulted in the loss of a vibrant middle class, we are now looking at the next step which will be the loss of the commons.
That is the big picture perspective.
Back to gratitude. While not thrilled with the outcome of the last presidential election, nor with the policy changes emanating from the White House, I am grateful that perhaps never have I seen so clearly the elements in play that support the loss of a commons."
http://comfoodjustice.org/2017/11/19/high-holiday-season/
Dear Friends and Colleagues: November heralds the beginning of a traditional high holiday season and the beginning of the end of 2017. Here in the United States we celebrate Thanksgiving, that awkw…
Read the full Executive Director letter by clicking the link.
Dear Friends and Colleagues:
"Last November, in Long Beach California, my mother’s children and grandchildren gathered at a neighborhood elementary school to witness a ceremony formally changing the school’s name in her honor. Olivia Nieto Herrera was an amazing woman, but of course, to me she was just, mom.
Her achievements included partnering with Rep. Shirley Chisholm, the first African American woman elected to Congress, on the Chisholm Trail when the feisty Congresswoman was the first Black woman to run for President of the United States. That was only one among many groundbreaking moments in the life of my mother but I am writing of that elsewhere.
No, this column is about how small the world and our country are, about how local all politics really is, and about how interconnected we all are with one another. Because you see, the newly renamed Olivia Nieto Herrera Elementary School was originally named Robert E. Lee Elementary School.
What is in a name?"
http://comfoodjustice.org/2017/09/04/whats-in-a-name/
Dear Friends and Colleagues: Last November, in Long Beach California, my mother’s children and grandchildren gathered at a neighborhood elementary school to witness a ceremony formally changing the…
"...It came as no surprise that Congressional opposition to Trumpcare decried efforts at repeal and replace of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) as a thinly disguised tax cut plan for wealthy Americans—roughly the lion’s share of $800 billion. Now that initial efforts have failed, the Farm Bill process is next up with another large pot of money—roughly $800 billion in SNAP benefits—that will likely be in the cross-hairs by a Congressional majority party seemingly desperate to find any way to redistribute more wealth to the 1% whose agents are unrelenting in pursuit of amassing ever more wealth. Led by the current White House resident...."
http://comfoodjustice.org/2017/08/03/o-captain-my-captain/
Dear Friends and Colleagues: When Walt Whitman wrote his poem about the death of President Abraham Lincoln, he captured the sorrow and depth of loss in a nation torn asunder by the clash of culture…
http://comfoodjustice.org/2017/07/09/your-new-normal-is-vigilance/Dear Friends and Colleagues:
I’ve been on something of a hiatus, spending time in the Santa Barbara/Carpinteria/Rincon area writing and attending the Santa Barbara Writers Conference (SBWC). It was an adventure-filled two weeks about which I will write elsewhere. During that time I pretty much ignored the news and didn’t turn on a television set, not once. However, one thing I did do was continue to facilitate the weekly GOAT (Getting Our Act Together) conference call, and it is that about which I want to write this month.
As the result of a side meeting at the CFSC 15th Annual Food Justice Conference in 2011 held in Oakland, California, a group that included members of CFJC, the Rural Coalition, National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC), National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC), Public Health Institute (PHI), and Food First among many others met to organize a new kind of collaboration to work on the 2012 Farm Bill. Since that moment, and now entering our sixth year of weekly conference calls and annual meetings, the GOAT participants have maintained an evolving and safe space where community members, activists, policy wonks, farmers, and D.C. watch dogs can meet to freely express their views, hopes and frustrations with a surprisingly diverse group of participants from across the country. It is a place to discuss and develop food policy that works for people and communities, instead of just for corporate interests.
Dear Friends and Colleagues: I’ve been on something of a hiatus, spending time in the Santa Barbara/Carpinteria/Rincon area writing and attending the Santa Barbara Writers Conference (SBWC). It was…
Unfortunately our friends at Phat Beets Produce had their truck stolen, which supports their youth pickling company. If you support jobs for youth, food justice, good food then please donate what you are able today to help ensure that their good work continues.
Beloved Community! Our youth catering/pickle co pickup truck was stolen today from our youth community kitchen loading doc. The truck was full of jam, plant starts, seed potatoes, and tools. Please help us keep our youth jobs program employee 5 young people by helping us raise funds for a new pick-up truck. We need to make our catering and retail deliveries this week for the Phat Beetz Youth Pickle & Catering Co...
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Chief environmental justice official at EPA resigns, with plea to Pruitt to protect vulnerable communities
Mustafa Ali quits after 24 years, as new administrator prepares deep cuts in programs affecting the poor and minorities.
September 22-24th:
MESSAGE TO THE COSMOS
KOKOPELLI SPIRIT JOURNEY
MESSAGE TO THE COSMOS
KOKOPELLI SPIRIT JOURNEY
Blythe Giant Geoglyph Site & Palo Verde College Blythe, CA
Thursday Sept. 22 to Saturday Sept. 24 2016
Presented by Casa de Culturas www.facebook.com/Casa-de-Culturas
www.kokopellispiritjourney.com
Schedule current as of 9/9/16
BLYTHE GIANTS FALL EQUINOX EXPERIENCE
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 6:00am – 10:30am (Sunrise @ 6:27am)
BLYTHE GIANT INTAGLIO SITE
Located off US Highway 95, 15 miles north of Blythe
$19.95 donation in advance via Paypal, $25 day of the event.
Refreshments available. Hiking clothes and hats recommended
Meet 6:00am @ Albertson’s 840 East Hobsonway Blythe, CA 92225. Caravan to Geoglyphs.
Expand your knowledge at one of the most ancient sacred sites on the planet. Welcome the 2016 Fall season at sunrise on a special journey with Indigenous Scholar Alfredo A. Figueroa, author of Ancient Footprints of the Colorado River.
• Observe the first sun of the Fall equinox as it rises between the two peaks at Moon Mountain and other celestial alignments
• Explore mystical sites unlike anything on the planet
• Enjoy an indigenous musical and dance performance
CRADLE OF AZTLAN SACRED SITES EXCURSION
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 7:00am – 11:00am
Limited Seating $23.95 in advance via Paypal $30 day of the event (inquire about group rates) Refreshments available. Picnic lunch, hiking clothes and hats recommended.
Buses Depart @ 7:20am from Albertson’s 840 East Hobsonway Blythe, CA 92225
Travel along the Lower Colorado River with Indigenous Scholar Alfredo A. Figueroa, author of Ancient Footprints of the Colorado River. Experience the wonder and power of sacred spaces from beyond time immemorial on this unique and powerful journey
• Observe the seasonal sun as it shines on the celestial alignments in the Big Maria Mountains
• Explore majestic geoglyphs and other sacred sites on both sides of the river
MESSAGE TO THE COSMOS
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 8:00am to 1:00pm
BLYTHE GIANTS SACRED SITES GATHERING
Blythe Giant Intaglios, Located off US Highway 95, 15 miles north of Blythe
$21.95 in advance, $30.00 day of the event, includes admission to all activities, workshops, and Kokopelli Award Ceremony. Refreshments available.
Picnic lunch, folding chair, hiking clothes and hats recommended.
Experience one of the most ancient sacred sites on the planet with Indigenous Scholar Alfredo A. Figueroa, author of Ancient Footprints of the Colorado River and other noted elders.
8:00AM OPENING CEREMONIES
• Blessings from elders representing regional tribes
• Ancient Footprints Trail and Giant Geoglyphs World Heritage Site dedication
• Danza Azteca performance
9:00am-1:00pm UNIVERSAL WISDOM WORKSHOPS
CHEMEHUEVI ELDER MATTHEW LEIVAS Salt Song Stories
AKIMEL O’OTHAM ELDER PETE JACKSON Native American Medicine Culture
4:30pm – 10:30pm SONG TO KOKOPELLI
An Evening of Music, Dance and Celebration of Indigenous Cultural Heritage
PALO VERDE COLLEGE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (PAC)
1 College Drive, Blythe CA (6th Ave, west of Defrain)
4:30-6:00pm PAC Plaza
Blessing to Mother Earth
PENELOPE RICHARDS Celebration of the Goddess: Dance performance
MARICELA RODRIQUEZ LOU & KELLY TEZKATLCHALCHIUITL Danza Azteca performance
5:00-6:30pm PAC Lobby
MERILEE HARKINSON Blythe Centennial Commemoration
ALFREDO FIGUEROA Ancient Footprints of the Colorado River Book Signing
6:30pm - 10:30pm
PALO VERDE COLLEGE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (PAC)
Video Ancient Footprints of the Colorado River
ALFREDO FIGUEROA La Cuna de Aztlan
DR. ARTURO CUSHMAN Native American Path of Souls
BOOKER FIGUEROA TRIO Musical Performance
AG VASQUEZ Kokopelli Spirit Awards Presentation
CRADLE OF AZTLAN Musical Performance
ACCOMODATIONS AVAILABLE AT BEST WESTERN SAHARA 825 W HOBSONWAY, BLYTHE, CA 92225 760.922.7105 SPECIAL SPIRIT JOURNEY RATE AVAILABLE IF BOOKED BEFORE SEPTEMBER 14.
Today, the Coalition is led by a 65 year old man, me, who wants to help guide the work into the next decade, and the next Farm Bill, and the new world that is being created around us, with our complacent acceptance. After all, we are the grown ups. It is our job to pay attention, and leave the world a little better than we found it. It is almost criminal that studies show our children will likely not live as long as us. There are many reasons, but surely we have to take responsibility for feeding healthy and nutritious food to every single child. I submit we should achieve that standard before a CEO receives a bonus for anything. Why not?
Which brings us back to food. And climate change. And justice—food justice and climate justice.
CFJC is spending the next six months in a vision and planning process to address these questions, in the context of our changing economy and world.
We have a theory of change, curricula and mentoring programs, an internship program and organizing model, and other methodologies and strategies that could be of benefit to other nonprofit organizations, and that were developed over the course of ten years of working in communities in California and other states, by the wonderful and talented staff and Coalition members from Heather and Shireen to Hai and Christina, Jessy, Erin, Lotta and Courtney, and truly amazing interns from all across the country and Canada. Surely, our communities should not have to re-invent programs every generation. Surely, what all of us have learned through sweat equity and experience must be passed down or passed along. That is the presenting and framing question that drives our exploration and planning approach.
Please contact me at [email protected] if you want to be part of the planning process. Using the technologies that allowed CFJC staff and members to convene weekly meetings remotely, we will have regular video meetings as we conduct our process.
Yes, it is pretty wonderful to be alive in an era when you can recover from heart failure. I plan to make the most of it, and many many thanks to all of you who have lent your support, well wishes and prayers. I feel blessed.
http://comfoodjustice.org/2016/08/31/birthday-greetings/
This Thursday in Oakland, CA the My Brother's Keeper Alliance is holding "Invest in Youth: Pathways to Success Boys and Men of Color Career Summit." Click the link for more information.
#Path2Success
MBKALLIANCE.ORG/BAYAREA
The "Invest in Youth: Pathways to Success Boys and Men of Color Career Summit" will convene boys and men of color between the ages of 18 to 29, providing opportunities to interview with employers, connect to community resources, and participate in career preparation and leadership development traini...
New Executive Director Letter:
"Yes, it is great to be back, especially when it is so very important for each of us to stand up for the values and public policy we want to see promoted in a volatile political climate. If we don’t, it is more than likely the media will select a few high profile issues on which to focus. That’s my analysis and observation for what each of us has to do, on a personal level. Stand and be counted. Speak out."
- Y. Armando Nieto
http://comfoodjustice.org/2016/07/06/gee-whiz-its-great-to-be-back/
Dear Friends and Colleagues: As most of you know, for the past year I have been on medical leave for congestive heart failure. Happily, because of advances in health care this diagnosis is somethin…
Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice
Saturday, June 25th, 2016 – No Coal in Oakland! Rally at 1pm, City Hall.
Monday, June 27th, 5 p.m – Special City Council Meeting, First Vote on Local Coal Ordinance – speak out for a complete ban! Check out the flier:http://greenaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Flyer160625Events2.pdf
Greenaction calls on Oakland City Council to ban the storage of coal, highlighting local pollution and global climate change impacts. Read more:http://greenaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Greenaction-for-Health-and-Environmental-Justice-letter-to-Oakland-City-Council-June-13-2016.pdf
Read letter from Greenaction & Utah groups to Utah Community Investment Board opposing plans to ship Utah coal to Oakland, CA for export. Read more:http://greenaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Utah-groups-letter-to-CIB-on-coal-export-plan.pdf
CFJC believes it's time for transformation and systemic change because our food system and its policies are killing people and our planet. To make the change we need, we must build people power. CFJC connects the dots on issues of poverty, food, health, the economy, public policy, climate change and social justice in effort to support a growing movement.
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