Seed Stories: Feeding Our Future
Posted: February 7, 2024
Thursday, Feb. 29, 9 a.m.–4 p.m.
Pigott Auditorium
Join the Center for Social Transformation and Leadership and The MOSAIC Center for Seed Stories: Feeding our Future, Seattle University’s 2024 Food Justice Summit.
With 46 percent of SU’s undergraduate students facing food insecurity, it is imperative to educate the campus on food justice and challenges facing our students and the communities of which we are a part.
Join us as we challenge our campus community to engage critically and create radical solutions to solve our community problem. With a riveting keynote address from Executive Director of the White Center Food Bank Carmen Smith, and panel discussions including representatives from college campuses, local community action groups as well as state representatives, this is a free event you won’t want to miss!
* Official Event Schedule Release: Feb. 15
Meet our Keynote:
Carmen Smith has been executive director of the White Center Food Bank since 2017. She comes to us with a robust background in food equity. From her experience working with international hunger relief organizations to grassroots nonprofits in food justice, she knows that relationships are the most vital part of any organization. As executive director, she brings this understanding to nurture invaluable partnerships for the White Center Food Bank. Smith earned an MPA from the Maxwell School.