Funding Amount

General stipend to offset overhead costs; travel expenses covered

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

foundation

Overview

Community Learning Project for Food Justice

Status: Active peer mentoring program

Geographic Scope: United States (multi-regional)

Focus Areas:

  • Food justice and food sovereignty

  • Capacity building for community-based food projects

  • Peer-to-peer learning and knowledge sharing

  • Community organizing and grassroots networks
  • Program Description:
    The Community Learning Project for Food Justice (CLP) works to support, connect, and grow a peer-to-peer grassroots, shared-learning community. The program matches mentoring partners for a year of relationship building, knowledge and skill sharing, and networking.

    Key Activities:

  • Regional gatherings

  • Facilitated distance learning

  • Customized site visits

  • Peer consultation for developing programs and initiatives

  • Technical assistance and skill sharing between partner organizations
  • Goals:

  • Build and support communities of practice to facilitate learning, innovation, leadership and strong networks in the food justice movement

  • Build infrastructure and capacity for community-based projects in the food justice movement
  • Benefits to Participating Organizations:

  • Gain practical skills and relevant resources from current practitioners

  • Engage in sustained peer training and technical assistance resulting in tangible project improvements and increased resources

  • Experience and learn from impactful projects and leaders in the food justice movement through experiential site visits, regional gatherings, and facilitated distance learning

  • Receive training and technical assistance from WhyHunger and partnering capacity building organizations
  • Contact Information:
    Lorrie Clevenger: [email protected]

    Funding Provided:

  • General stipend to offset overhead costs of participation

  • Travel expenses to conduct site visits and attend regional/national gatherings covered by WhyHunger
  • How to Apply

    Application Process

    No specific application details provided in source material. Contact WhyHunger directly for current application information and availability.

    Contact: Lorrie Clevenger at [email protected]

    Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    nonprofitsfood-securitygrassrootscapacity-building

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