Volunteer Interest Form - Food Sovereignty Symposium
Would you be interested in volunteering for the Indigenous Agriculture and Food Sovereignty Symposium scheduled for September 19-21, 2021 in the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community and at Northern Michigan University? If so, please read on!

More details about the conference can be viewed at the end of this survey.

 Symposium volunteers are expected to serve for one  day of volunteering on Sept. 19 with the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC). Students who participate in planning and/or day 1 volunteering at the symposium will receive a waiver for a full conference registration (3 days). Works sites include  the Ojibwa Recreation Area in Baraga or the KBIC Department of Natural Resources DIGs Community Garden in L’Anse. Student volunteers will have the opportunity to participate in the planning and implementation of the symposium. Volunteer expectations are below:
Attend biweekly KBIC Planning Team meetings (via zoom) from June - September.
Volunteer on September 19th, when Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC) is the event host. Help is needed in the following ways:  set up and take down of event materials, cooking prep, food serving, coordinating groups, preparing items for workshops, clean up including managing waste and sorting waste, supporting the guided tours of recreation areas with guests, and other tasks as they arise.
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Would you be interested in volunteering for the Food Sovereignty Symposium KBIC Day on September 19, 2021? *
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Would you be interested in joining the conference planning committee to help plan and organize the conference day at KBIC? This group meets virtually once every two weeks and will be meeting throughout the summer until the day of the conference. *
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Please describe your department, major, organization, and school if you are a student. Please describe your tribal affiliation, occupation, and/or organization if you are not a student. *
More Conference Information, Press Releases, and Websites
Funded by the National Science Foundation, the Symposium seeks to provide opportunities for Indigenous knowledge holders, researchers, practitioners, producers, and community members to share common interests, insights, and dialogue from across the fields of Indigenous agriculture and foods. Content of the symposium aims to center on four interrelated themes - Indigenous food ecology, economy, diversity, and sovereignty (FEEDS) to build and broaden education and collaboration, specifically in ways that FEEDS the body, mind, spirit, and community.

The Indigenous Agriculture and Food Sovereignty Symposium will explore histories, contemporary movements, and future transformations of Indigenous agriculture and food sovereignty in North America. On the first day of the Symposium within the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, the theme is SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL: PRACTICING FOOD SOVEREIGNTY. For days 2-3, we invite proposals within the following overarching Symposium themes on day 2, TWO SIDES OF A CIRCLE: ECOLOGY & ECONOMY and day 3, THE EARTH WILL SHOW US THE WAY: EDUCATION & DIVERSITY.

This Symposium brings together academia, Traditional Knowledge Holders, and the local Great Lakes community for discussion of key issues and means of collaboration through organizations such as the Intertribal Agriculture Council, National Science Foundation, Northern Michigan University, Michigan Technological University, Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College, and more!

Please look at the following links for information about the conference and the locations where the conference will take place!

IAC Award Notice: https://www.indianag.org/post/iac-regional-gathering-recipient-of-national-scie nce-foundation-100-000-award

NSF Award Notice: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2037303

News Release (See page 8 of the Feb 17th issue of Win Awenen Nisitotung): https://www.saulttribe.com/images/downloads/newsroom/sault%20tribe%20newspaper/2021/02-17-21%20V42%20N2.pdf

Ferris State University Press Release: https://www.ferris.edu/HTMLS/news/archive/2021/january/herron.htm

Michigan Tech Press Release: https://www.mtu.edu/news/stories/2021/april/mtu-builds-and-broadens-food-sovereignty-with-indigenous-state-and-university-partners.html

Symposium Website: https://food-sovereignty.com/

KBIC Natural Resources Department: http://nrd.kbic-nsn.gov/

Ojibwa Recreation Area Pow Wow Grounds: http://www.ojibwacampground.com/

Sand Point Restoration Area: http://nrd.kbic-nsn.gov/sand-point

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