Partner Agency Conference

The Partner Agency Conference is a FREE event that provides training, resources, and tools for Food Lifeline’s partners across Western Washington. Come exchange ideas, enjoy engaging sessions, and celebrate the incredible work you’re doing in the community alongside your peers!  Click here to register.

Where: Hotel Interurban
223 Andover Park E
Tukwila, WA 98188

When: Monday, May 6, 2019

Session I:

1. Collaboration Not Isolation: Building Partnerships
2. Let’s Talk Nutrition! From Growing Food, Education, Incentives and Policies
3. Conflict Resolution and De-escalation
4. Client Voices Beyond Stories: Lessons from the Oregon Food Bank
5. Ripple Effects Mapping Workshop

Session II:

1. Alternative Service Models: Ideas from Around the Network
2. Get Ready! Emergency Planning Roadmap
3. Building Your Fundraising Confidence
4. Return of the Jedi Marketing
5. Homelessness: Hunger Relief Network’s Response

Session III:

1. Food Safety and Recalls
2. Developing a Strong and Diverse Volunteer Program
3. Embracing Change: Change Management in Hunger Relief
4. Growing Your Organization’s Cultural Competency
5. Building and Managing a Diverse Board

Keynote Speaker: Vu Le

Vu Le, Executive Director, Rainier Valley Corps

Nonprofit professionals, especially food justice folks, are brilliant, talented, and extremely good looking. However, we are burning out. There have been more conversations recently about self-care, but often we talk about actions that can be taken by individuals or organizations, not about the sector as a whole. There are factors we need to examine that may be contributing to our burning out: our territorial tendencies, how we interact with the entire nonprofit ecosystem, our often problematic fundraising strategies, and our relationships with for-profits and funders, to name a few. By examining these scarcity-based philosophies and practices and building stronger networks and communities, we can avoid burnout and be more effective in our work.