WHATCOM FOOD NETWORK FORUM-MONDAY, MAY 20

[ May 20, 2013; 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm. ] Monday, May 20, 2013 • 1-4:30pm St. Luke’s Health Education Center – 3333 Squalicum Pkwy. Bellingham RSVP Form C2C Executive Director and Whatcom Food Network Steering Committee Member Rosalinda Guillen will be presenting On domestic fair trade in agriculture and the food system. She will also be reporting on the results of the National Farm Worker Convocation taking place in Bellingham on Saturday [...] [...]

US Food Sovereignty Alliance’s Immigration & Trade Team, Thursday, May 2nd

[ May 2, 2013; 9:00 am; ] Dear Community, Please join the US Food Sovereignty Alliance’s Immigration & Trade Team for an informational call about the intersections of migration, food, and agriculture, in the context of current proposed immigration policy. Thursday May 2nd, 9am PST/12pm EST. We willhave to call line one fro English and one for Spanish – so please RSVP here and say if you need English or Spanish all-in [...] [...]

Thank you to our community for a successful Farm Worker March for Dignity!!

[ May 5, 2013; 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. ]   Farm Worker March for Dignity! Sunday May 5th, 2013 Que Vivan los Campesinos! Over 300 farm workers and community members marched together for DIGNITY! THANK YOU to the numerous local restaurants and businesses that made this march a possibility! Please support these local businesses that support C2C! Sol de Mexico Restaurant Jalapenos Mexican Restaurant Chihuahua Mexican Restaurant Taco Lobo Mexican Restaurant Lorenzo’s [...] [...]

WomenShare: Hungry for Change

[ April 29, 2013 3:00 pm to May 9, 2013 3:00 pm. ] Executive Director, Rosalinda Guillen, joined 160 women leaders from across the U.S. representing diverse sectors of the food and agriculture system at the first ever WomenShare gathering. Rosalinda shared the local, grassroots farmworker perspective at this conference. The goal of WomenShare is to inspire new thinking, deepen networks, empower women as leaders and, most importantly, propel a [...] [...]

Earth Care: Food Sovereignty in Whatcom County

[ April 21, 2013; 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm. ] Earth Care: Food Sovereignty in Whatcom County St. James Presbyterian Church 910 14th Street Bellingham, WA 98225 Sunday, April 21, 2013 Noon to 1:30pm   Community to Community leaders will be presenting on its local projects promoting food sovereignty, including the Americorps supported Cocinas Sanas Nutrition Project [...]

National Farm Worker Convocation-Bellingham

[ May 18, 2013; 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. ] National Farm Worker Convocation Saturday May 18, 2013 Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship Hall 1207 Ellsworth St. Bellingham, WA 98225 9:00am to 5:00pm   Community to Community will be hosting farm workers from New Jersey, Florida, California, Oregon, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Washington State. C2C with partner organization Centro Campesino from Owatonna, Minnesota will be facilitating this convening to review the agricultural workplace standards of the Agricultural Justice [...] [...]

Community Forum on Immigration Reform, April 13

[ April 13, 2013; 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm. ] Road to Equality! Community Forum on Immigration Reform Saturday April 13, 2013 Noon to 2:00pm Columbia Basin College Building CCTE, Rooms # 203 and 203A 2600 N. 20th Ave., Pasco, WA   Facilitated Participatory Dialogue by C2C Executive Director Rosalinda Guillen And Latino Advocacy Director Maru Villalpando   For more information Call 509-430-1081 or 509-339-3332 [...]

Free event for the whole family!! Co-sponsored by C2C!

[ April 27, 2013; 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] [...]

Farmworkers and Domestic Fair Trade: Is Whatcom County ready?

[ March 31, 2013; 9:15 am to 10:15 am. ] Farmworkers and Domestic Fair Trade: Is Whatcom County Ready? Rosalinda Guillen, C2C Executive Director March 31, 2013, Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship Conference Room, 9:15-10:15 am Rosalinda will continue the discussion of the domestic fair trade model as a solution to immigration reform, economic stability, farmworker rights and sustainable agriculture.   [...]

2013 Community Summit-Social Justice Fund Northwest

[ April 20, 2013; 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. ] C2C’s Project Coordinator Edgar Franks will be participating in a panel on Criminal justice – giving an update on C2C’s Campaign to End Racial Profiling! 2013 Social Justice Fund Community Summit April 20th, 10:00am – 2:00pm at City University 521 Wall St., Suite 100, Seattle WA You’re invited to help launch a new Social Justice Fund tradition! The 2013 Social Justice [...] [...]