Now that new coordinators have CKP Boot Camp under their belts, Campus Kitchens are focusing on getting Fall operations flowing smoothly, and getting to this year’s annual conference in Texas (y’all).

We’ll have a forum posted on CKP’s social network, The Kitchen Table, soon to help with coordinating travel and lodging arrangements. We’re also re-opening the application deadline for conference session proposals, the perfect opportunity to get your name out into the broader hunger and poverty community.

The conference is also an ideal time to promote what your Campus Kitchen is doing, while showing your involvement in CKP as a national organization. To help you better explain the event your Campus Kitchen members will attend this Fall, below is a one-pager outlining Hungry for Justice: Social, Economic, Environmental.

CONTACT:

Marianne Magjuka

Baylor University

254.710.6938 (office)

254.710.2622 (fax)

Marianne_Magjuka@baylor.edu

www.baylor.edu/povertysummit

Baylor University’s 3rd Annual Poverty Summit will be held October 8-10, 2010 in conjunction with The Campus Kitchens Project. The conference is entitled Hungry for Justice: Social, Economic, Environmental

Hungry for Justice is a national conference addressing poverty and issues of social justice.  A variety of social concerns will be addressed, with a strong focus on issues stemming from poverty such as hunger and human trafficking. The conference aims to stimulate academic thought and raise awareness about poverty; engage students about the issues of social, economic, and environmental justice; and encourage action.

Outside of Baylor and the Waco community, The Campus Kitchens Project will send students from its 26 affiliated colleges and universities, giving this conference a truly national audience. We are delighted to announce confirmed keynote speakers include Robert Egger, Founder and President of DC Central Kitchen and Shannon Sedgwick Davis, a prominent anti-human trafficking advocate involved in several reconciliation and global human rights endeavors. Davis sits on the advisory board for The Elders, a collective group of international leaders including Nelson Mandela, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and President Jimmy Carter who meet to discuss difficult issues such as the five-year genocide in Darfur. We also have access to breakout presentations led by OasisUSA, Texas Hunger Initiative, Urban Gardening Coalition, TOMS Shoes, and Compassion International. The conference will also include a food justice panel discussion addressing issues ranging from labor trafficking in agriculture production to food access and nutrition.

Because the conference addresses issues of social, economic, and environmental justice we have been intentional about using fair trade products for all conference materials. Each participant will receive a bracelet purchased from the Kianga Project, which was started by Baylor graduates who returned from Kenya with the goal to economically empower women living with HIV. The four students sell fair trade goods so that the women may build sustainable futures for themselves and their families, and we are excited to join this effort.

Registration is $40, and the tentative schedule, hotel accommodations, and travel information are available at www.baylor.edu/povertysummit. If you are interested in presenting at the conference, complete the request for proposal online by August 13, 2010, and if you are interested in attending, make sure to register by October 1, 2010.

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