Rhizome Network Emerging Leaders Professional Development Program Application
Please fill out this form to apply for the Rhizome Network Emerging Leaders Program no later than Wednesday, February 25th, at 11:59pm.
Full Name
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First Name
Last Name
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Email Address
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Phone Number
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Current Institution/Organization/Group
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If you are not employed at or affiliated with an organization, institution, or group, enter the constituency or community you consider yourself accountable to.
Current Role/Position
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If you are not employed at or affiliated with an organization, institution, or group, describe your role in the food system in a few words (e.g. "Cultural worker," Mutual Aid Organizer," "Community Gardener," etc)
If you are employed at an organization or institution, does your employer support you participating in this program and recognize some daytime availability is required?
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No
I don't know yet
Please provide the name, email address, and phone number of one personal or professional reference who is also a participant in the Food Justice Rhizome Network
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Briefly describe your participation in the Rhizome Network and any other relevant food systems experience
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Please keep response to 1 paragraph or less in length
Briefly describe any previous experience with Network Cultivation, Policy Advocacy, and/or Workers Rights
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Please keep response to 1 paragraph or less in length
Describe Your Motivation for Applying to This Program
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Please keep responses to 2 paragraphs or less in length
Please describe one thing you think is not working in our current food system, what you want to do to change it, and how you envision the system functioning in a future where this change has been implemented.
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Please keep responses to 3 paragraphs or less in length
Which network area are you interested in supporting during this program? Check all that apply.
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Resilient Food Systems: Food access, distribution, and mutual aid
Food Chain Workers' Rights: Organizing for justice in the food system through the lens of the Good Food Purchasing Program's Valued Workforce pillar
Local Policy Development and Advocacy: Supporting coalitional efforts to win just food policy at the municipal and county level
If selected for this program, are you available to attend the Rhizome Network Emerging Leaders Breakfast on Friday, March 13th, at 9:00am in South Shore?
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If desired, please upload a resume, portfolio, or other document that describes your work in the food system.
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