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sponsored by the Michigan Din-
ing and an assortment of food-
related organizations, including 
Whole Foods Market and The 
Farm at St. Joe’s.

The summit takes place in 

different locations every year 
so more people can collaborate 
and address local food issues; 
the organizers have previously 
worked with the University and 
Washtenaw Community College 
to engage with students and the 
local community.

This year, the University was 

chosen to host the event because 
of its history of working with 
local vendors, food entrepreneurs 
and artisans to prioritize sustain-
able strategies.

“Food Love” was the theme of 

this year’s Food Summit.

University alum Lucas DiGia, 

an emcee of the event and a 
member of the Local Food Sum-
mit’s planning committee, noted 
that while “Food Love” partially 
reflected the event’s proxim-
ity to Valentine’s Day, the theme 
was chosen to reflect the love and 
appreciation the event’s organiz-
ers have for all the members of 
the local food community.

The event included presen-

tations from numerous speak-
ers and breakout discussions in 
which attendees were asked to 
reflect on food sustainability top-

ics.

The sessions included “Just 

the Ten of Us,” which focused 
on local food security, and “Car-
ing about our Food Community,” 
in which University students 
discussed food waste on college 
campuses.

Loren Rullman, University’s 

associate vice president for stu-
dent life, welcomed attendees to 
the event in a brief speech. He 
mentioned that University Presi-
dent Mark Schlissel has made 
sustainability a priority during 
his time so far in office.

Last fall, Schlissel announced 

plans to launch a review of the 
University’s sustainability goals. 
The University has failed to make 
significant progress on several of 
the goal’s initially set under for-
mer University President Mary 
Sue Coleman.

He 
said 
the 
University’s 

administration has strived to 
make food a part of this effort, 
and has increased University 
composting and encouraged more 
local sourcing.

Judy Wicks, the founder of 

White Dog Cafe in Philadel-
phia, was the Summit’s keynote 
speaker. Known for her commu-
nity engagement, environmental 
stewardship and responsible busi-
ness leadership, Wicks’ speech 
focused on building a more com-
passionate economy.

“Business is about relation-

ships with people and nature,” 
she said, adding that these rela-

tionships can be threatened by a 
profit- and competition-driven 
economic system.

The current model, she said, is 

built on the concept that nature 
is something to be exploited. She 
added that this notion runs con-
trary to her upbringing.

“We all belong to Earth,” she 

said. “Our current economic sys-
tem is destroying the life on it.”

Wicks touted the “localism 

movement,” which strives for the 
growth and use of local and more 
sustainable food resources.

“(It transforms) the economy 

from life-destroying to life-giv-
ing,” she said.

She explained that the rela-

tionships between small busi-
nesses and their communities are 
integral to the success of local 
economies. 
Subsequently, 
she 

decided to pay her staff a living 
wage as opposed to the minimum 
wage.

Additionally, 
she 
said 
the 

White Dog Cafe became the 
first business to use 100-percent 
renewable energy and adopted 
a “humane menu” in which all 
ingredients 
come 
from 
fam-

ily farms that prioritize humane 
treatment of animals.

She pointed to other responsi-

ble business models — like that of 
Zingerman’s Community of Busi-
nesses in Ann Arbor — which has 
expanded only locally as opposed 
to nationally, maintaining an 
authentic relationship with its 
community.

Wicks concluded with remarks 

that businesses can grow locally 
in non-material ways by expand-
ing their consciousness and nur-
turing relationships with their 
communities. She said this could 
contribute to the development of 
a global network of sustainable 
businesses.

Following Wicks’ address, sev-

eral attendees participated in a 
“story slam” led by writer, poet 
and activist William Copeland.

Individuals shared experienc-

es that had led them to connect 
with the localism movement and 
memories that cultivated their 
love for food.

“I do know that there are many 

ways we are similar, one of them 
being the fact that we all eat,” 
said Colleen Crawley, an Ann 
Arbor local and a participant in 
the story slam. “We are willing 
to work together and make our 
hands dirty.”

Several 
organizations 
were 

honored at the Food Summit, 
including the University’s Stu-
dent Food Co.

LSA senior Colleen Rathz, vice 

president of outreach for the Stu-
dent Food Co., attended the event 
to accept the award.

“A lot of people are talking 

about campus food, food security 
and healthy eating and nutrition, 
so I’m really excited to work on 
that,” she said. “I love that (we 
are) a presence on campus and 
are able to provide students with 
produce.”

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This Week in History

SEVENTEEN YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (FEB. 23, 1998) 

Former English prof. arrested

Former English Prof. Gayl 

Jones was arrested and taken 
into custody in Lexington, 
Ky. She and her boyfriend, 
Bob Higgins, fled Ann Arbor 
in 1983 after Higgins evaded 
arrest for waving a gun at 
protesters during a gay rights 
rally.

After a standoff with police, 

Higgins slit his throat and 
later died at the University 
of Kentucky hospital. Jones 
attempted suicide as well, but 
was ultimately stopped and 
put into emergency detention.

The couple’s final encounter 

with authorities came 14 years 
after 
Higgins’ 
gun-waving 

incident.

Fourteen years ago this 
week (Feb. 19, 2001)

A 
record-setting 
crowd 

gathered on the Diag for the 
Kiss-In, an event in support of 
the LGBTQ community.

The rally was the final 

installment of what was known 
as “Queer Visibility Week.” 
Speakers from the local LGBTQ 
community encouraged others 
not to hide their identities, and 
the event ended with public 
displays of affection by those in 
attendance.

There was initially concern 

that the rally would not remain 
peaceful — anti-gay rights 
activist and Topeka, Kan., pas-

tor Fred Phelps had threatened 
to come. Phelps ultimately did 
not attend, but in a phone inter-
view said he would “be there 
next time.” About 15 protesters 
did show up to the event, but 
kept their distance and did not 
interfere.

Twenty-nine years ago this 

week (Feb. 19, 1986)

B’nai B’rith Hillel Founda-

tion, a nonprofit that serves the 
Jewish communities of college 
campuses and is now called Hil-
lel International, announced it 
would spearhead a $3 million 
renovation to its University 
facility.

DAY IN THE D

CONNOR BADE/Daily

Nursing sophomore Ariel Jordan paints the hallway 
wall at the Franklin Wright Settlement in Detroit Sat-
urday.

vice organization on Detroit’s 
east side. Raymond Brown, a 
volunteer for the organization 
as well as the building operator, 
helped organize the art project 
students participated in on Sat-
urday.

Brown said he has been 

involved 
in 
Franklin-Wright 

Settlements since he was born, 
when 
he 
received 
his 
first 

immunizations and dental work 
through the organization.

“We do programs from the 

cradle to the grave,” he said. 
“Our oldest senior is 101 years 
old.”

Franklin-Wright Settlements 

began as a day nursery in 1881, 
and now provides an array of 
programs 
and 
resources 
to 

Detroiters. They include a senior 
outreach program, an after-
school program and an early 
childhood 
development 
pro-

gram, to name a few. Every year, 
40 to 50 high school students 
visit colleges across the country 
with Franklin-Wright. Ninety-
nine percent of these students 
go on to become college gradu-
ates and Brown said 75 percent 
are first-generation college stu-
dents.

Franklin-Wright also hosts 

events to help Detroiters with 
their daily needs. Last week, 
residents were invited to receive 

assistance signing up for DTE 
Energy’s Low Income Self-Suf-
ficiency Plan, a payment plan 
which helps low-income families 
pay for utilities.

“You don’t want to give people 

a handout,” Jay Yule, director of 
human resources and prepara-
tions at Franklin-Wright, said. 
“You want to give them a hand-
up.”

LSA senior Sidney Wiltshire 

is president of the Black Volun-
teer Network, an organization 
that provides opportunities for 
community service, as well as 
scholarships and college tours 
for high school students from 
low-income families. BVN runs 
weekly volunteer programs in 
Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti, as well 

as monthly programs in Detroit.

“We provide opportunities 

for people in underdeveloped 
areas,” Wiltshire said. “We try 
to promote social justice through 
community service, giving back 
and trying to uplift members of 
our community.”

During Saturday’s event, stu-

dents painted a dance studio, a 
hallway and a bathroom. They 
also 
completed 
a 
cardboard 

school bus for an upcoming play.

Reed said he has high hopes 

for the future of Detroit Week.

“We’re definitely hoping it 

turns into an annual collabora-
tion,” he said. “The more people 
we can have involved, the bet-
ter.”

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