Saturday, 12 March 2022

REMINDER: Brent Right to Food Summit today 4pm - 7pm Newman Catholic College, Harlesden

 The summit is at Newman Cathloic College in Harlesden 4pm-7pm today. Tickers here:  

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/brent-right-to-food-summit-tickets-268924559597


Programme:

Welcome: Alex Colás, Brent Rig ht to Food co-chair

 

16:00-17:00 - Food as Right: International and Legal Perspectives

(Facilitator: Rajesh Makwana)

Clive Baldwin, Human Rights Watch

Dee Woods, Civil Society and Indigenous People's Mechanism western Europe focal point for the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS )

 

17:00-18:00 - The Brent Food System

(Facilitator: Alex Colás )

Rajesh Makwana, Sufra NW London

Katie Pascoe, Let's Grow Brent 

Jake Thomas, JustEat Rider and IWGB union organiser

 

18:00-19:00 - Designing a Right to Food Strategy for Bent

(Facilitator: Dee Woods)

Kemi Akinola, CEO/MD of Be Enriched and Brixton People's Kitchen, and Labour & Co-operative Councillor in Wandsworth

Anne Kittappa, Brent Senior Policy Officer 

 

19:00 - Light Refreshments

1 comment:

Trevor said...

Food is obviously essential to sustain the lives of all humans.
If, and when, access to food becomes difficult, social inequality is almost certainly one of the root causes of 'food poverty.'