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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…

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…

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…

Standalone workshop or can be paired with History of Food Banking 

Session Description:

In order to eliminate hunger and food insecurity for good, we need to understand the root causes. However the hunger story we’ve been told isn’t always accurate. We will bust myths about hunger by learning the realities and facts. We will also increase our understanding of the root causes of hunger and food insecurity.

Learning Experiences:

• Counter misinformation associated with causes of hunger…

Stand alone workshop or can be paired with Root Causes of Hunger

Session Description:

In this reflective session, we will travel back to the origin story of western food banking and notice how those beginnings shaped how we perceive food banking today. Along our journey, we will also revisit ways in which food sharing and harvest has been a cultural practice in many communities. Together, we will listen for patterns and look ahead towards future generations. 

Learning Experiences:

• Increase…

Stand alone training

Session Description:

Conflict is an inevitable part of our work. Learn how to ground your conflict resolution skills in a trauma-informed way. Build your skills and build up your resources in this skills training.

Learning Experiences:

• Apply a trauma-informed lens to navigating conflict 

• Develop and practice skills  in de-escalating conflicts, informed by non-violent communication skills

• Identify additional tools and resources to ensure successful…

Second workshop in a two-part series. 

Session Description: 

Building on learning from Starting with the Self, this workshop will focus on connecting our personal narrative to the larger social structures that shape our experiences. In moving from self to structure, we will focus on understanding the ways that social and economic structures lead to hunger. We will also review key terms and their definitions related to social inequities and oppression.  

Learning Experiences:

• Review key…

The first workshop is a two-part series.  

Session Description:

Often equity work is seen as something we do “out there” or “with community.” In this session, we ground our equity work in a shared vocabulary and our own stories and identities. We will learn terms and their meanings that are common in equity work. We will also practice vulnerability in our storytelling and how our stories may influence service delivery.

 Learning Experiences:

• Develop foundational knowledge in key…