Here We Go
Food System Development.
Food Councils: 10+ years experience with food policy councils and food system development efforts – starting, coordinating, and/or serving on 6 councils from the neighborhood to the state level in North Carolina. These include the Island CultureZ Neighborhood Food Council, Winston-Salem’s Urban Food Policy Council, Forsyth Foodworks (née Forsyth Community Food Consortium), Forsyth County’s Agricultural Advisory Board, Piedmont Triad Regional Food Council, and the NC Local Food Council.
Research, Planning, and Convening: Advisor for NC Food Resiliency Project sponsored by the Duke World Food Policy Center; Advisor for the 1st National Food Council Gathering hosted by Johns Hopkins University; Advisor and co-author of Forsyth County’s 2013 regional food system assessment; Advisor for Forsyth County’s farmland protection plan.
Equitable Food Oriented Development (EFOD): Project Coordinator for Island CultureZ.
Solidarity Economy Network Development.
Board Member. US Solidarity Economy Network. 2015-Present.
Joint Coordinator. RIPESS (Intercontinental Network for the Promotion of Social & Solidarity Economy). 2020-Present.
US Representative & Board Member. RIPESS (Intercontinental Network for the Promotion of Social & Solidarity Economy). 2018-Present.
Cohort Coordinator: Community Food Strategies’ 2-year “solidarity economy” food council cohort. 2021-Present.
Alzheimer’s Prevention Research & Clinical Trial Recruitment.
Lead Recruitment Strategist. U.S. POINTER, a national phase III Alzheimer’s prevention clinical trial sponsored by Alzheimer’s Association. Devising new strategies to increase enrollment of traditionally underrepresented and historically excluded communities. 2019-Present.
Photography.
Post-apocalypse Photo Exhibit. Electric Moustache Gallery. Winston-Salem. 2012.
Various businesses around Winston-Salem. Ongoing.
Digs.
A good donut, shifting time zones as often as possible, getting around on 2 wheels, dj, graphic design.
@Mentions.
Dean Kuipers, “The Growing Revolution” The Nation. 12/2021
Annalina Kazickas, “Featured Leader: Marcus Hill” Food System Leadership Network. 7/2021
"Trial Innovation Network: Taking Multi-Site Clinical Trials to the Next Level" 1/2021
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Greensboro Justice Fund Fellow
US POINTER Team Research Award
Gates Millennium Scholar