To: University of Puget Sound
Start a Food Pantry on the UPS Campus
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Our school has the space to give out free food on campus, our diner and garden have an abundance of food, and people need to eat. There has been an unfortunate, large stalling of institutional support for us thus far and we need to show our solidarity amongst members of the community for this mission to go forward.
Why is this important?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~MARCH 2016~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thank you so much for all of your support!
Our mission is to spread awareness against classism on campus by emphasizing the student need for this pantry -- as many other liberal arts campuses have free food initiatives and closed systems with food "waste" -- we should have this included in our structure as we promote ourselves as a campus that is accessible to many types of students.
Although it is too early to declare victory, and we will continuously work on sensitively spreading awareness about the initiative and marginalized narratives related to food insecurity. We have gained institutional support and revved up the process, and expect to have the pantry set up as soon as right after Spring Break.
Today we will have a meeting with some people who manage food on campus (the SUB, Diversions, and the Cellar) and tomorrow will be working in the space that we are most likely to use to help ensure that we can use it. At the same time, we're working on finding plans B and C etc. for space in case there are more roadblocks.
Please read about the pantry in the newest issue of the Trail and stay tuned for more updates about the project, where to find it, and when it will be open. Keep checking the UPS Garden facebook page for updates too!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~FEBRUARY 2016~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We, the UPS garden and allies, want to localize our campus's food salvage programs, which donate the diner's leftover food to food banks in Tacoma, as well as give out produce from the garden to the public for free in a more systematic and accessible way.
Please sign this petition so we can show the institution that this initiative represents the beliefs of the student body. There are hungry members of our community, students and non-students, who need free food. When we've given DCS the garden's produce, they have re-sold it to students. The garden is open to the public all the time, but we need to strengthen our initiative for free food -- which shouldn't be in opposition to the university, but right now seems to be.
Last semester at the student market we raised about $60 in hopes of simultaneously being able to get institutional support for a food pantry on campus. We are no longer searching for institutional support to initiate the mission but rather want to go ahead as soon as possible. If this is not an effective way to implement change in the institution's mind, it can, at least, help us defend ourselves once we get the food pantry started either way (hopefully soon -- this will be by word of mouth as to protect the resource for now).
Spread this petition -- we are ready to set everything up and want to give out more free food in a more efficient way ASAP.
Thank you so much for all of your support!
Our mission is to spread awareness against classism on campus by emphasizing the student need for this pantry -- as many other liberal arts campuses have free food initiatives and closed systems with food "waste" -- we should have this included in our structure as we promote ourselves as a campus that is accessible to many types of students.
Although it is too early to declare victory, and we will continuously work on sensitively spreading awareness about the initiative and marginalized narratives related to food insecurity. We have gained institutional support and revved up the process, and expect to have the pantry set up as soon as right after Spring Break.
Today we will have a meeting with some people who manage food on campus (the SUB, Diversions, and the Cellar) and tomorrow will be working in the space that we are most likely to use to help ensure that we can use it. At the same time, we're working on finding plans B and C etc. for space in case there are more roadblocks.
Please read about the pantry in the newest issue of the Trail and stay tuned for more updates about the project, where to find it, and when it will be open. Keep checking the UPS Garden facebook page for updates too!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~FEBRUARY 2016~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We, the UPS garden and allies, want to localize our campus's food salvage programs, which donate the diner's leftover food to food banks in Tacoma, as well as give out produce from the garden to the public for free in a more systematic and accessible way.
Please sign this petition so we can show the institution that this initiative represents the beliefs of the student body. There are hungry members of our community, students and non-students, who need free food. When we've given DCS the garden's produce, they have re-sold it to students. The garden is open to the public all the time, but we need to strengthen our initiative for free food -- which shouldn't be in opposition to the university, but right now seems to be.
Last semester at the student market we raised about $60 in hopes of simultaneously being able to get institutional support for a food pantry on campus. We are no longer searching for institutional support to initiate the mission but rather want to go ahead as soon as possible. If this is not an effective way to implement change in the institution's mind, it can, at least, help us defend ourselves once we get the food pantry started either way (hopefully soon -- this will be by word of mouth as to protect the resource for now).
Spread this petition -- we are ready to set everything up and want to give out more free food in a more efficient way ASAP.