<div dir="ltr">Hi AUA listserv, <div><br></div><div>It's super last second - but forwarding this invitation from the Chicago Food Justice Rhizome Network to engage in local  farm bill advocacy efforts! </div><div>If you are unable to join us tonight, we hope you'll consider plugging into the next meeting, which will be August 8th! Shoot me an email if you'd like more info or a calendar invite to remind you.  (see original message below)</div><div><br></div><div>Good morning folks!<div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Sending a quick email to update folks that the first Growing Advocacy Call will now be happening virtually on zoom! </b><b><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">If you are a farmer, food distributor, or food retailer who would like to work with other food justice advocates to raise important farm bill issues to Illinois lawmakers regarding how our regional food system could be improved, please join us for this call!</span> </b><br></div><div><div><br></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><b style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">Growing Advocacy Call Logistics </b></div><b>When:</b> July 11th from 5-6:30pm<i> (that's tonight!) <br></i><b>Where: </b><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89312519556?pwd=OTIxUjd1UVQ2TExINmZhMDZhdUFRdz09" target="_blank">On zoom</a> (shoot me an email if you'd like a calendar invite)<br><b>Who: </b>Growers, food distributors, and food retailers (anyone involved in food access BEFORE the customer)<br><b>What:</b> learning about ongoing farm bill advocacy opportunities and splitting up into groups (based on marker bills) to begin planning and strategizing around specific bills</blockquote><div><br></div><div>If you are particularly excited about any of these marker bills (especially if it stems from direct experience), please consider joining Growing Advocacy calls to get plugged in!<b> If you are interested but unable to join us for the first meeting tonight, please shoot me an email and let me know which bills you're excited about,</b> so I can make sure you get plugged in as efforts evolve. As briefly mentioned above, these meetings will alternate in person and on zoom, the next meeting will happen virtually on August 8th from 5-6:30pm.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers, </div><div>- Stef</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Stef Funk</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:stef@chicagofoodpolicy.com">stef@chicagofoodpolicy.com</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Jul 11, 2023 at 11:51 AM<br>Subject: PIVOTING TO VIRTUAL: Growing Advocacy Call Tonight<br>To: <br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr">Good morning folks!<div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Sending a quick email to update folks that the first Growing Advocacy Call will now be happening virtually on zoom! </b><b><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">If you are a farmer, food distributor, or food retailer who would like to work with other food justice advocates to raise important farm bill issues to Illinois lawmakers regarding how our regional food system could be improved, please join us for this call!</span> </b><br></div><div><div><br></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><b style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><span>Growing</span> <span>Advocacy</span> <span>Call</span> Logistics </b></div><b>When:</b> July 11th from 5-6:30pm<i> (that's tonight!) <br></i><b>Where: </b><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89312519556?pwd=OTIxUjd1UVQ2TExINmZhMDZhdUFRdz09" target="_blank">On zoom</a> (shoot me an email if you'd like a calendar invite)<br><b>Who: </b>Growers, food distributors, and food retailers (anyone involved in food access BEFORE the customer)<br><b>What:</b> learning about ongoing farm bill <span>advocacy</span> opportunities and splitting up into groups (based on marker bills) to begin planning and strategizing around specific bills</blockquote><div><br></div><div>If you are particularly excited about any of these marker bills (especially if it stems from direct experience), please consider joining <span>Growing</span> <span>Advocacy</span> <span>calls</span> to get plugged in!<b> If you are interested but unable to join us for the first meeting tonight, please shoot me an email and let me know which bills you're excited about,</b> so I can make sure you get plugged in as efforts evolve. As briefly mentioned above, these meetings will alternate in person and on zoom, the next meeting will happen virtually on August 8th from 5-6:30pm.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers, </div><div>- Stef</div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><table style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:12.8px;border:none;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:67.5pt"><td style="border-width:1pt;border-style:solid;border-color:r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<a href="https://calendly.com/stef-funk/meet-with-stef-1-1" target="_blank">Request a 1:1 Meeting</a></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Chicago Food Policy Action Council<br>3231 S. Halsted St, <span style="font-size:12.8px">#227</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Chicago IL 60608<br>Cell: 312-687-6484<br></p><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;width:973px;font-size:medium"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/chifoodpolicy/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><img alt="https://www.facebook.com/chifoodpolicy/" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4xG4Icc1bgp3gtH-pAl10mzEBDKMxscAbOzwbyuw_JuTCbxYcGE0uwM4zA5jpLf8l1iHmepEhU"></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/chifoodpolicy/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><img src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4xEKwqDOVN5OxE37RA9RsVWM_PbiaIGj-v1Gl9sAFUSkGba-qrKH3BJbfMI0rXA0xbygkGNEV8"></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://twitter.com/ChiFoodPolicy" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:12.8px" target="_blank"><img src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4yw2_YKy0CQnvj7dIybPZLF-clKjKANVGiyS8I8T0BaH0R48wN3m9xbuenuCxg953unlANkuO0"></a></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><br></div></div></div></div></div>
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<a href="https://calendly.com/stef-funk/meet-with-stef-1-1" target="_blank">Request a 1:1 Meeting</a></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Chicago Food Policy Action Council<br>3231 S. Halsted St, <span style="font-size:12.8px">#227</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Chicago IL 60608<br>Cell: 312-687-6484<br></p><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;width:973px;font-size:medium"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/chifoodpolicy/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><img alt="https://www.facebook.com/chifoodpolicy/" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4xG4Icc1bgp3gtH-pAl10mzEBDKMxscAbOzwbyuw_JuTCbxYcGE0uwM4zA5jpLf8l1iHmepEhU"></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/chifoodpolicy/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><img src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4xEKwqDOVN5OxE37RA9RsVWM_PbiaIGj-v1Gl9sAFUSkGba-qrKH3BJbfMI0rXA0xbygkGNEV8"></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://twitter.com/ChiFoodPolicy" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:12.8px" target="_blank"><img src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4yw2_YKy0CQnvj7dIybPZLF-clKjKANVGiyS8I8T0BaH0R48wN3m9xbuenuCxg953unlANkuO0"></a></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><br></div></div></div></div></div>

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