University

 of  Alabama  at  Birmingham  

•  Assets:    
–  UFWH  chapter    
–  Percep<ons  of  Poverty  class  
–  Engaged  Service-­‐Learning  department  
–  Food  Security  class  
–  Tapping  into  community  events  (crop  walk,  Dive  screening)  
–  Sparkman  Center  for  Global  Health  involvement  
•  Goal:    
–  Connect  students  to  overall  food  movement  in  Birmingham  
–  Get  the  word  out    
–  Forming  a  movement  on  campus  
•  Upcoming  events:    
–  Frisbee  game  
–  Community  garden    
–  Concert  
–  Collabora<on  with  other  Birmingham  schools  
 University  of  Montevallo  
•  Assets:    
–  Community  Garden    
–  Summer  Harvest  class    
–  Environmental  Club  
–  Faculty  engaged  in  Service  learning    
•  Goals:    
–  Enhance  involvement/hands  on  component    
–  Do  more  with  community  
–  Develop  course  component  
–  Connect  with  exis<ng  service  providers  in  community  
 Birmingham-­‐Southern  College  
•  Asset:    
–  In  the  process  of  crea<ng  new  curriculum  
•  Goals:    
–  Connec<ng  exis<ng  service-­‐learning  programs  on  
campus  
–  Advocacy  and  leadership  studies  center-­‐-­‐create  
dialogue.  
 University  of  Alabama  
•  Assets:    
–  On  campus  farmers  market  
–  Exis<ng  courses  into  which  a  food  security  
component  could  be  inserted  
•  Goals:    
–  Hunger  course  
–  Survey  of  exis<ng  campus  efforts    
–  Create  cross-­‐campus  dialogue  
 Northeast  Alabama  Community  
College  
•  Assets:    
–  DVD  exploring  local  facts  about  hunger    
•  Presented  in  DC  
•  Goals:    
–  Share  DVD  project  
–  Implement  Service-­‐Learning  component  into  
curriculum  
 Auburn  University  
•  Goals:    
–  Keep  in  touch  with  statewide  university  contacts  
–   strengthen  higher  educa<on  network