27. Clancy Cash Harrison, Food Dignity Movement
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Clancy Cash Harrison is a food equity advocate, registered dietitian, TEDx speaker, and international thought leader who challenges the way food insecurity is approached and discussed. Her mission to demolish the stigma around food access places her on the cutting edge of advocacy. Clancy is the founder of the Food Dignity® Movement, a strategic program for leaders who want to shift how they approach nutrition outreach by making healthy food access a priority. Clancy Cash Harrison: “How can we create solutions that work? First, I had to be humble enough to say I was wrong. One of the questions I started asking myself is, where am I wrong so I can be right? Now we have our volunteers asking the same question. What are we here to learn today from the people that we're working with?” 00:24 Intro to Clancy 01:49 How uncovering personal bias began the Food Dignity Movement 04:56 Breaking down silos to collaboration  07:32 Defining hidden hunger  09:04 Why changemakers should adapt solutions to each unique audience 11:33 Creating solutions that work: “Where am I wrong so I can be right?” 14:19 Taking hunger out of the charity box 16:30 Driving systems change through local agriculture 17:41 How to use skepticism and appreciation to fuel changemaking 19:10 The material impact of one $8,000 walk in cooler 21:23 People are the experts in their life  22:50 Uncovering the “why” instead of judging food choices 25:16 How admitting what you don’t know can fuel personal growth 27:46 Call to action: find the cracks and be the glue  29:17 Takeaways for changemakers Links Food Dignity MovementClancy’s TEDxFood Dignity Movement Podcast Food Dignity Challenge Food Dignity Documentary  Keep in Touch Subscribe, rate, review the show at foodlabtalk.com Follow Food Lab talk on YouTube and LinkedIn *The views expressed by the guests in this podcast don't necessarily represent the host’s views, nor those of his employer.
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