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Agenda

Food Literacy & Healthy Lifestyles
October 14-16, 2019
UC ANR Building, Davis, CA

Monday, October 14

8:30 AM Networking and Continental Breakfast

9:00

 

Welcome—Anna Martin, NFCS Advisor, San Joaquin County
Introduce FLHL Co-Chairs and Planning Committee
Review of Meeting Agenda

9:15

 

The State of YFC/NFCS—Katie Panarella, Director, Family and Consumer Sciences Program
NFSC and its programs positively impacts Californians each and every day by contributing to healthy communities, families and individuals across the state. Let's explore how we will connect to new research and trends, engage in research and extension, and "do more with less" in a changing organization.

9:45

 

 

 

Getting to Know You—Lightning Rounds
Facilitator: Katie Johnson, NFCS Advisor, Central Sierra MCP
Briefly sharing backgrounds and research interests
Questions:
1.  What is your name, title, and work location/county?
2.  What are your 2-3 main research and/or extension interests, and why did you choose those focus areas?
10:15 Break

10:30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Specialist Showcase
Facilitator: Karina Diaz Rios, CE Specialist, Nutrition UC Merced
Presenters:
Lenna Ontai, Family & Early Childhood Specialist
Laura Vollmer, Project Policy Analyst, Nutrition Policy Institute
Pat Crawford, CE Specialist, Nutrition, UC Berkeley
Sridharshi Hewawitharana, Data Analyst, Nutrition Policy Institute
Susana Matias Medrano, CE Specialist, Nutrition, UC Berkeley
Karina Diaz Rios, CE Specialist, Nutrition, UC Merced
Marilyn Townsend, CE Nutrition Specialist, Emerita

 - Presentations by CE Specialists and NPI Scientists on research interests and projects relevant to FLHL programmatic mission
 - Opportunity for learning, connectiong, and potential collaborations

11:55 Morning Wrap Up—Anna Martin, NFCS Advisor, San Joaquin County
12:00 PM Awards & Recognition—Katie Panarella, Mary Blackburn, Anna Martin
12:15 Lunch
1:00-5:00 

Families with Young Children Workgroup Meeting
(Agenda)

5:30-7:30 Poster Session and Strolling Dinner

 

Tuesday, October 15

8:30 AM Networking and Continental Breakfast
9:00 Overview Day's Agenda—Anna Martin, NFCS Advisor, San Joaquin County

9:05

 

 

Withering on the Vine Waiting for Government—Public Policy from the Ground Up
Facilitator: Katie Johnson, NFCS Advisor, Central Sierra MCP
Presenter: Keith Taylor, CE Specialist, Human & Community Development
 - Funding models for public health with a focus on non-government-funded development models that support equitable communities

10:30

 




 

 

 

 

Climate Change Work in Extension—Current Activities and Opportunities for New Collaborations
Moderators: Marisa Neelon, NFCS Advisor, Contra Costa County and Meng Yu, YFC Advisor
Panel Presenters:
 - Brian Oatman, Director, Risk & Safety Services, Specialty: Environmental Health & Safety, Risk Management
 - Sarah-Mae Nelson, UC Climate Stewards Initiative Academic Coordinator. Specialty: Climate Change Interpretation, Communication, and Education
 - Wendi Gosliner, Project Scientist, Nutrition Policy Institute. Specialty: Food Policies and Programs, Food System, Children's Nutrition
 
Panel questions addressed during their mini presentations:
 - Please describe your professional or academic background and how climate change-related issues became an area of focus in your work. 
 - How does climate change fit into your day-to-day work within UC ANR? What are some specific examples?
 - What's been the most significant learning experience for you since you started ding climate change related work in the research and/or extension context?
 - From your perspective, what are some opportunities for research or extension program development on this topic? How might members of the FLHL program team collaborate with you?

12:00 PM Lunch

1:00

 

 

 

Research to Policy—Nutrition Policy Institute 
Facilitator: Anna Martin, NFCS Advisor, San Joaquin County
Presenter: Lorrene Ritchie, Director, Nutrition Policy Institute and CE Specialist
 - Approaches NPI has been applying in research to policy, what works best, what is challenging
 - Work of NPI as related to the work of NFCS/YFC Advisors and Specialists
 - Opportunities for collaboration on NPI's research projects now and/or in the future 

2:15 Break

2:30

 

 

 

Strategic Communications Training 
Facilitator: Katie Panarella, Director, NFCS Program
Presenters:
Linda Forbes, Director Strategic Communications, UC ANR
 - Discussion of UC ANR's Strategic Communication Plan
Pam Kan-Rice, Assistant Director Strategic Communications, UC ANR
 - Media Engagement Training
4:30 Wrap-Up—Anna Martin
6:00 Dinner OffsiteBistro 33

 

Wednesday, October 16

8:30 AM Networking and Continental Breakfast
9:00 Overview Day's Agenda—Anna Martin, NFCS Advisor, San Joaquin County

9:05

 

 

 

Project Board 101 for YFC/NFCS Advisors
Facilitator: Katie Panarella, Director, NFCS Program
Presenter: Kit Alviz, Program Planning and Evaluation Analyst, UC ANR
 - Update on NFCS/YFC and Project Board data entry
 - Draft a template for consistency in themes/program summary narratives
 - Condition Change Indicatorswhat we are measuring, data base of research that supports our general themes, examples of best practices on tying themes to indicators/condition changes
11:30 Wrap-up/Feedback/Next Steps—Katie Johnson, NFCS Advisor, Central Sierra and Anna Martin, NFCS Advisor, San Joaquin County
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00-5:00 Consumer Climate Change Literacy Workgroup Meeting
(Agenda)

 

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