3-News
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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Prize winning poet, died
of pancreatic cancer on
Saturday,
The
Detroit
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87. Levine was a poet laureate
to the United States and was
a graduate from Wayne State
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WHAT: This symposium
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WHAT: Ken Tadashi
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Japanese urban space.
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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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