Join us! Storytelling as Advocacy Virtual Workshop on October 22, 2024

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Storytelling as Advocacy Workshop Craft your advocacy story for your issue and learn more about cottage food advocacy. The Michigan Good Food Charter Council & the Michigan Local Food Council Network is hosting Storytelling & Action workshops to support coalition-building around timely policy actions. We’re kicking things off with a storytelling workshop supporting MIFMA’s efforts to advance updates to Michigan’s 2010 Cottage Food Law this October & November. Stories are one of the most powerful, accessible tools for advocacy. In this interactive workshop, participants will craft our stories for policy advocacy. This can be useful for organizing meetings, building coalitions, and legislative visits. We will model this process through the timely policy action issue of updating the Cottage Food Law, but this workshop is open to anyone interested in learning how to use storytelling in advocacy. Storytelling as Advocacy Workshop Tuesday, October, 22, 2024, 1-3pm ET Virtual (Zoom) https://msu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0kdumrqTMrHNXjpm_l0akWjNTwm3Phk2ou Register for the Workshop Many Ways to Engage! Share your Cottage Food Story at this Session If you are interested in working with us in advance of this session, we would love to support a couple folks to prep their stories in advance to use as models in the workshop! Email Jordan Lindsay (lindsa57@msu.edu) and Lindsey Scalera (scaleral@msu.edu) to let us know.  Work with MIFMA's Advocacy Committee If you are interested in sharing your written story for advocacy efforts, or being supported to meet with a legislator to share your story directly, please connect with Michigan Farmers Market Association. You can learn more about this issue and how to get involved here. Join us for the Cottage Food Action Meeting | November 14, 9:00-10:30 AM Learn more about the policy and what actions you can take to support cottage food advocacy this fall from legislative meetings to story sharing and more. Register here: https://msu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEvc-ivqzovE9ZsXEJ1TfOsb0r9TovGmcQJ   Stay tuned! Legislative Education Day 2025   Registration, resources, and more details are coming soon! About the Michigan Local Food Council Network The Michigan Local Food Council Network (MLFCN) is a network coordinated through the Center for Regional Food Systems at Michigan State University. The MLFCN supports local food councils across Michigan in their efforts to build stronger, more equitable food systems through education, training, and advocacy.  Visit foodsystems.msu.edu/mlfcn   FOODSYSTEMS.MSU.EDU   You are receiving this email because you are subscribed to the MIFOODCOUNCIL listserv. Please note that if you unsubscribe from this mailing, you will be removed from the list.

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