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The Los Angeles Food Policy Council (LAFPC) is a collective impact initiative, working to make Los Angeles a Good Food region for everyone—where food is healthy, affordable, accessible, sustainable and fair. Through policy development and advocacy, cooperative relationships and innovative projects, our goals are to reduce hunger, improve public health, increase equity in our communities, create good jobs, stimulate local economic activity, and foster environmental stewardship.
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The Policy Associate, Organizing and Engagement will support LAFPC’s grassroots outreach and engagements, organizing and convening and build and maintain key internal and external partnerships to advance the mission of the organization.
The Policy Associate, Organizing and Engagement, under the supervision of the Director of Policy and Coalitions will conduct policy research in support of the LAFPC Working Groups and Network to advance policy, environmental and systems change on issues related to expanding access to healthy food through food retail, farmers’ markets, urban agriculture, and CalFresh access (among other strategies), and promoting sustainable and fair food system practices. Projects under this role will include improving immigrant food justice through local initiatives, facilitating the Food Leaders Lab program, participating in the
statewide Food4All coalition, and growing our working group and alliance participation and
engagement.
HOW TO APPLY: Submit a cover letter, resume, and writing sample to jobs@goodfoodla.org. The subject line should read: Policy Associate, Organizing and Engagement - [CANDIDATE NAME], and the resume should be attached as PDF. The cover letter should discuss relevant experience and describe the applicant's leadership abilities. The writing sample must be relevant to the
position and limited to 5 pages in length. Links to writing samples posted online are
permitted.
Read the full description: here
We reside, work, and cultivate food
on unceded Indigenous homelands.
We acknowledge and honor the descendants of the Tongva, Kizh, and Gabrieleño peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (the Los Angeles Basin and the Southern Channel Islands). We pay our respects to the Honuukvetam (Ancestors), ‘Ahiihirom (Elders) and ‘Eyoohiinkem (our relatives/relations) past, present and emerging.
As part of a greater foodshed, we would also like to pay respect to and honor the Chumash, Tataviam, Serrano, Kitanemuk, ʔíviĨuqaletem, Acjachemen, Payómkawichum, and any other tribal group possibly not mentioned. As a Food Policy Council for Los Angeles we recognize this land acknowledgment is limited and engagement is an ongoing process of learning and accountability. To learn more about these First Nations, visit here.