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Equity and Racial Justice
Welcome to the Equity and Racial Justice page. Here you will find links to resources and important updates.

Staff & Volunteer Guidance for ICE/Law Enforcement Presence at Food D…
Template to Help Food Sites Establish Guidelines For Volunteers & Staff for ICE Presence
A word doc template to help RFBs and PAs to create their own guidelines for if ICE is present at their site. See the attached file, you can download a Word Doc that you can edit.

Know Your Rights Training & Resources
On behalf of the Network Equity and Racial Justice team, we wanted to provide resources to support your important community work addressing hunger, especially as we prepare for shifts in the political landscape.
Food Finder
Reminder: Oregon Food Bank’s Food Finder tool helps people find the pantries and meal sites closest to them. Having accurate hours and location information ensures neighbors experiencing hunger can find you. Please let us know if there needs to be any updates.
Guidan…

Spring 2024 Network Equity and Racial Justice Trainings
Join the Network Equity and Racial Justice team for shared learning each month on different topics.
STARTING WITH THE SELF | April 11, 2024 | 1:30-3:00 p.m.
Often equity work is seen as something we do “out there” or “with community.” In this session, we will create shared meanings for common words in equity work. We will understand our identities and how we’ve been socialized. We will reflect on the importance of self-accountability as a way to continuously grow in our understanding of ourselves.
FROM SELF TO STRUCTURE | May 7, 2024 | 1:30 – 3:00 p.m.
Building on learning from…
Better Together: A Guide to Engage Community Members Accessing Food Sites. Building on the Client Engagement Toolkit (first developed by Johnnie Shaver in 2019), this new version provides a conceptual grounding in trauma-informed practice and is chock full of practical ideas for partner agencies to implement.
On behalf of the Network Equity and Racial Justice Team, we are delighted to join you in a journey toward building a more equitable food system.
This toolkit was created to provide:
- Conceptual grounding in trauma-informed practice
- Practical ideas that can be implemented at food assistance sites
Who is this toolkit for?
…

February and March 2023 Trainings
BUILDING UP: PARTICIPANT ENGAGEMENT CYCLE Register HERE
February 15, 2023 | 1:30 – 3:00 p.m.
Client engagement is not a one and done activity. Continuous engagement helps to ensure that pantries and food banks are responsive to the needs of the communities they serve. In this session, we will demystify what client engagement can be and begin building plans and strategies to engage clients in shaping your pantry or food bank.
COMMUNITY CARE & VOLUNTEER SUPPORT …

Network Equity & Racial Justice Team has some fancy new competencies!
An outline of the Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion competencies and practices that will increase equity within organizations in our network.
JEDI Knowledge & Commitment - ability to analyze systems, their effects, and a commitment to changing these systems - in-depth knowledge of histories and experiences of groups experiencing oppression | JEDI Practices Includes use of: - collaborative decision-making - transparency - equitable program design & evaluation -equitable facilitation -power sharing -creating… |

Equity-Focused Monthly Training Series
Training series for October, November, and December of 2022
See flyer below, please spread the word!

NERJ Workshop: From Chaos to Calm: Trauma-Informed Food Sites
Session Description:
Busy pantries can have a frantic energy with lots of noise and chaos. Chaotic spaces are counter to what’s good for our nervous systems. If we move from chaos to more healing-centered spaces, we can better meet the needs of clients. Begin shifting your physical space from one of chaos to calm.
Learning Experiences:
-
Review trauma & how it shapes one’s experience of physical spaces
-
Learn trauma-informed design principles
-
Apply trauma-informed design to…

NERJ Workshop: From “What’s Wrong” to “What Happened”: Trauma-Informed Pan…
Standalone workshop or part of the trauma-informed engagement series.
Session Description
Over 60% of adults have experienced at least one traumatic experience in their life. Layering on traumas like systemic oppression, coloniality, and natural disasters, trauma is widespread. Despite being widespread, most systems–including the food banking system–do not consistently use a trauma-informed approach. During this session, we will learn the basics of trauma, unique traumas associated with…

NERJ Workshop: Strategies for Inclusive Meetings
Standalone workshop or can be paired with the facilitation series that is still in development.
Session Description:
Interruptions. Long-Winded Colleagues. Unclear Agendas. While common experiences, meetings don’t have to be awful, exclusionary experiences where you don’t feel heard or like your ideas have any merit. Making meetings inclusive requires planning, inclusive facilitation, and a willingness to do things differently. In this session, we will help improve our meetings culture through a…

Staff & Volunteer Guidance for ICE/Law Enforcement Presence at Food D…
Template to Help Food Sites Establish Guidelines For Volunteers & Staff for ICE Presence
A word doc template to help RFBs and PAs to create their own guidelines for if ICE is present at their site. See the attached file, you can download a Word Doc that you can edit.

Know Your Rights Training & Resources
On behalf of the Network Equity and Racial Justice team, we wanted to provide resources to support your important community work addressing hunger, especially as we prepare for shifts in the political landscape.
Food Finder
Reminder: Oregon Food Bank’s Food Finder tool helps people find the pantries and meal sites closest to them. Having accurate hours and location information ensures neighbors experiencing hunger can find you. Please let us know if there needs to be any updates.
Guidan…

Spring 2024 Network Equity and Racial Justice Trainings
Join the Network Equity and Racial Justice team for shared learning each month on different topics.
STARTING WITH THE SELF | April 11, 2024 | 1:30-3:00 p.m.
Often equity work is seen as something we do “out there” or “with community.” In this session, we will create shared meanings for common words in equity work. We will understand our identities and how we’ve been socialized. We will reflect on the importance of self-accountability as a way to continuously grow in our understanding of ourselves.
FROM SELF TO STRUCTURE | May 7, 2024 | 1:30 – 3:00 p.m.
Building on learning from…
Better Together: A Guide to Engage Community Members Accessing Food Sites. Building on the Client Engagement Toolkit (first developed by Johnnie Shaver in 2019), this new version provides a conceptual grounding in trauma-informed practice and is chock full of practical ideas for partner agencies to implement.
On behalf of the Network Equity and Racial Justice Team, we are delighted to join you in a journey toward building a more equitable food system.
This toolkit was created to provide:
- Conceptual grounding in trauma-informed practice
- Practical ideas that can be implemented at food assistance sites
Who is this toolkit for?
…

February and March 2023 Trainings
BUILDING UP: PARTICIPANT ENGAGEMENT CYCLE Register HERE
February 15, 2023 | 1:30 – 3:00 p.m.
Client engagement is not a one and done activity. Continuous engagement helps to ensure that pantries and food banks are responsive to the needs of the communities they serve. In this session, we will demystify what client engagement can be and begin building plans and strategies to engage clients in shaping your pantry or food bank.
COMMUNITY CARE & VOLUNTEER SUPPORT …

Network Equity & Racial Justice Team has some fancy new competencies!
An outline of the Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion competencies and practices that will increase equity within organizations in our network.
JEDI Knowledge & Commitment - ability to analyze systems, their effects, and a commitment to changing these systems - in-depth knowledge of histories and experiences of groups experiencing oppression | JEDI Practices Includes use of: - collaborative decision-making - transparency - equitable program design & evaluation -equitable facilitation -power sharing -creating… |

Equity-Focused Monthly Training Series
Training series for October, November, and December of 2022
See flyer below, please spread the word!

NERJ Workshop: From Chaos to Calm: Trauma-Informed Food Sites
Session Description:
Busy pantries can have a frantic energy with lots of noise and chaos. Chaotic spaces are counter to what’s good for our nervous systems. If we move from chaos to more healing-centered spaces, we can better meet the needs of clients. Begin shifting your physical space from one of chaos to calm.
Learning Experiences:
-
Review trauma & how it shapes one’s experience of physical spaces
-
Learn trauma-informed design principles
-
Apply trauma-informed design to…

NERJ Workshop: From “What’s Wrong” to “What Happened”: Trauma-Informed Pan…
Standalone workshop or part of the trauma-informed engagement series.
Session Description
Over 60% of adults have experienced at least one traumatic experience in their life. Layering on traumas like systemic oppression, coloniality, and natural disasters, trauma is widespread. Despite being widespread, most systems–including the food banking system–do not consistently use a trauma-informed approach. During this session, we will learn the basics of trauma, unique traumas associated with…

NERJ Workshop: Strategies for Inclusive Meetings
Standalone workshop or can be paired with the facilitation series that is still in development.
Session Description:
Interruptions. Long-Winded Colleagues. Unclear Agendas. While common experiences, meetings don’t have to be awful, exclusionary experiences where you don’t feel heard or like your ideas have any merit. Making meetings inclusive requires planning, inclusive facilitation, and a willingness to do things differently. In this session, we will help improve our meetings culture through a…

Staff & Volunteer Guidance for ICE/Law Enforcement Presence at Food D…
Template to Help Food Sites Establish Guidelines For Volunteers & Staff for ICE Presence
A word doc template to help RFBs and PAs to create their own guidelines for if ICE is present at their site. See the attached file, you can download a Word Doc that you can edit.

Know Your Rights Training & Resources
On behalf of the Network Equity and Racial Justice team, we wanted to provide resources to support your important community work addressing hunger, especially as we prepare for shifts in the political landscape.
Food Finder
Reminder: Oregon Food Bank’s Food Finder tool helps people find the pantries and meal sites closest to them. Having accurate hours and location information ensures neighbors experiencing hunger can find you. Please let us know if there needs to be any updates.
Guidan…

Spring 2024 Network Equity and Racial Justice Trainings
Join the Network Equity and Racial Justice team for shared learning each month on different topics.
STARTING WITH THE SELF | April 11, 2024 | 1:30-3:00 p.m.
Often equity work is seen as something we do “out there” or “with community.” In this session, we will create shared meanings for common words in equity work. We will understand our identities and how we’ve been socialized. We will reflect on the importance of self-accountability as a way to continuously grow in our understanding of ourselves.
FROM SELF TO STRUCTURE | May 7, 2024 | 1:30 – 3:00 p.m.
Building on learning from…
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