Race, Power, and the Food System Equitable Community Engagement and Decision-Making for More Effective Food Policy Kip Holley: The Kirwan Institute.

Race, Power, and the Food System

Equitable Community Engagement and Decision-Making for More Effective Food Policy

Kip Holley: The Kirwan Institute

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Equitable Community Engagement STARTS with valuing people FIRST

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Agenda

• Introductions• Power dynamics and position• Implicit biases• Access inequalities• Principles of Equitable Community Engagement• Activity!• Takeaways

Equitable Community Engagement is Key Community

Engagement

Access to Parks &

Recreation

Strong Community Institutions

Safe Streets & Freedom

from Crime

Stable & Supportive

Housing

Access to Nutritious & Affordable

Food

Access to Health Care

Freedom from

Pollution & Toxins

Strong Social Networks & Supportive

Peers & Role models

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Bolaji Okusaga, 2013

Position and Power

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Race, Income, and Power

Cultural Indicators of Power

Vocabulary

Practices

Stories

Metaphors

Rituals

ObjectsThose from social groups with less money (i.e. less power) “learn that direct, honest reactions with those with more wealth and power are potentially dangerous, and that open communication is possible only with each other.”-Elizabeth A. Segal “Social Empathy: A New Paradigm to Address Poverty”

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Social Narratives

Biases History with

Comm

unity

Soci

al N

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Political Narratives

Socioeconomic StatusMicroagressions

Power Dynamics

Motivations

Prior Conflicts

Ideas

Understanding Our Biases

Traditional Community Engagement

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Limited Resources

Exclusivity

Limited Space for Different Ideas

Competition Gathering Consent

Top-Down

Principles of Equitable Engagement

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Thank You!

Additional Questions?

Kirwan Institute: http://kirwaninstitute.osu.edu/

Kip Holley: [email protected]