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More and more chefs are hosting community meetings, meeting with their congressional representatives, and attending town halls to highlight the food system issues that are most important to them, their customers, and their communities. Using their voice on political and policy issues is important but it can also result in backlash, and in limited cases, chefs being targeted by trolls and protestors. Join three of America’s leading chefs and activists for a discussion about why it’s important to speak up and how they navigate today’s heated political climate.

Guest Lecturers: Devita Davison, Executive Director of FoodLab Detroit; Jamila Robinson,​​​​ Food Editor for Philadelphia Inquirer and Vice-Chair of the James Beard Foundation Journalism Committee; Niaz Dorry, Executive Director of the National Family Farm Coalition and Coordinating Director of the Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance.

Social media handles: @DevitaDavison, @FoodLabDetroit, @jamilarobinson, @WhoFishsMatters, @beardfoundation, @table81