No matter what happens in the other Washington, we on Whidbey can protect what we love, connect with our neighbors, create change and organize… together
April 22, 2025 at Unitarian Universalist Congregation (UUCWI)
in Freeland
6-6:30 Brown Bag Eat & Greet
Find a seat in a group of 3 (ideally with people you don’t know). As you eat,
Introduce yourselves
Name, neighborhood, and why you are here
If you took steps from the last SBB to connect with neighbors, what did you do?
6:30-7 OPEN MIC
Offers, Asks, Announcements
Offers = something you want to give, a tangible item or a volunteer skill
Asks = something you need, a tangible item or volunteers
Announcements = something coming up this month others can attend/join
Write your O, A, A on a post-it with your contact information so others can find you later. Get in line for your 1 minute at the mic. Stay after 7:30 so others can find you.
7-7:30 FOOD SOVEREIGNTY
Three lenses on the state of our local / regional food system
Diana Sandoval - perspectives from an immigrant farming family
Annie Jesperson - growing our county food system
Vicki Robin - an invitation to engage in the 10-day Local Food Challenge - together
7:30-8 CONNECTING & NETWORKING (optional)
Connect around Offers, Asks, & Announcements around shared interests and actions
10-DAY LOCAL FOOD CHALLENGE
For 10 days, eat food grown within 100 miles of home,
with just 10 exotics (foods from afar you can’t live without).
This is a Waste-Free event