Organized by project/event
Working groups
Board
Turning Point
New Slow Food USA President
Largest Board of Directors
Highest # of Members and Volunteers 
New chapter bylaws
New website
good for them,
2010
How do we do all of this?
YOU!
Skills-based needs
Photographer
Website help
Social media
Event support
Running events
Representing Slow Food Chicago
What is 
Slow Food Chicago?
All volunteer organization!
Farmers markets
Outreach
(one of the                         chapters in US)
636 members
3,000 supporters
10 board members
largest
A world in which all people can eat food that is
good for the people who grow it &
good for the planet.
Chapter of
Slow Food USA
INTERNATIONAL movement
Our FOOD should
taste good
not harm the environment or our health
Our GROWERS should
receive fair compensation
be treated with respect
ALL PEOPLE should have access to good, clean, and fair food
(fairness & security in food)
Advocacy & 
Food Justice
- Fundraisers
- Farm to table
- Free & low-cost
- Book Club
- Honey Co-op
- Tomato Fest
VISION:    Better Life - Better Eating
2010 Annual Meeting
NEEDS:  Slow Food Chicago members for planning; site improvement and fund raising.
Grant writing
So many ways to get involved!
*Members         *Volunteers
*Community     *Organizations
Volunteer Coordination
Email help!
Membership Outreach & Welcoming
preSERVE
Coordinate
letter writing
Working with children & schools
Relationship-building
Terra Madre
Planning fundraisers for Terra Madre
Identifying farmers, producers, cooks, educators and students
Advocacy & Food Justice
Spokesperson
Gardening
Education
Social Media help
Spreading the word
movement
2 a : tendency, trend   <detected a movement toward fairer pricing> 
b : a series of organized activities working toward an objective; 
also : an organized effort to promote or attain an end <the civil rights movement>
Membership 
Outreach & 
Welcoming
Gardening workshops?
Pig Roast?
Farm 
dinners?
Sign up for OUTREACH committee
in partnership with...
Promote local 
   
foods?
Ark of Taste
Events
Movie screenings?
Sign up for Planning Team Meeting in February and Site Work in March
collaborating
NEEDS:
build strong relationships
NEEDS:
ACTION: Develop a sustainable business model that yields a return for the North Lawndale neighborhood by: 
Restoring vacant spaces to gardens
Food education
Youth education
Creation of value added branded products
preSERVE
GOALS:
GOAL:
Kids Letter writing campaign
Write / Call federal legislators
(then help others do the same!)
ACTION:    Plan Terra Madre fundraisers
                   Identify delegates from Chicago
Help fund projects / Terra Madre

Raise awareness of local & sustainable food
ACTION:
Project-based
Initiatives
GOAL:    Raise money to fund 
                scholarships for delegates
To restore and preserve  
healthy food growing in 
the North Lawndale 
neighborhood
Steady roots...
Partnerships with other organizations


Broadening reach & work in underserved areas


Rallying members and volunteers for projects
Advocacy
Awareness &
Education events
Focus on...
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Show Federal lawmakers that WE care about school lunch
Donor support
NEEDS:    Slow Food Chicago members  
                 & volunteers for planning, events  
                 and fund raising.
INAUGURAL EVENT: Cha Cha Cha in Central Park
Representing Chicago...
Plan, coordinate, 
& execute events
North Lawndale 
Greening Committee
...at Terra Madre
NEEDS:
GOAL:    Grow the movement
The gathering, held every 2 years, 
       unites those that seek global 
       sustainability in food
Dedicated volunteer committee to 
                                               with
board members
volunteers
members
supporters
the movement
International network of farmers, food 
       producers, cooks, activists and academics
inclusivity
GOAL:
IMMEDIATE ACTION
Letter writing
'Campaign-ers'
Outreach help
New Organizational Structure
Terra Madre
2010
volunteer management
communications