Robert L. E. Egger, founder and president of DC Central Kitchen, will speak about “Using Punk Rock and Leftover Food to Change the World,” from 4:30- 6 p.m. on March 27 in room 132 of Goldfarb Hall.
The lecture is free and open to the public.
At DC Central Kitchen, food donated by regional foodservice businesses is used to fuel a nationally recognized culinary arts job-training program, where unemployed men and women learn marketable skills while donations are converted into balanced meals. Eggers is also speaking at Saint Louis University, which is the site of one of the first Campus Kitchen projects — an outgrowth of DC Central Kitchen.
“Washington University and the St. Louis community have a number of exciting and innovative social entrepreneurship activities including student education, cross campus events and those between universities in our community,” said Barbara E. Levin, lecture organizer and coordinator of the Alliance for Building Capacity at the Brown School of Social Work.
“We expect that Egger will inspire us, motivate us, challenge us and validate the great social innovations we see in our community. It’s another great opportunity for Brown School to link our resources with those in our community.”
Eggers, author of “Begging for Change, The Dollars and Sense of Making Nonprofits Responsive, Efficient and Rewarding For All,” chairs the D.C. Mayor’s Commission on Nutrition, and Street Sense, Washington’s “homeless” newspaper. He is also on the Board of the Food Systems Leadership Institute, which is based at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and RESULTS.
The Non Profit Times included Eggers on its list of the “50 Most Powerful and Influential Nonprofit Leaders of 2006.” In addition to being the recipient of the 2005 Volunteers of America Community Service award and the 2004 James Beard Foundation’s Humanitarian of the Year award, Eggers has been named an Oprah Angel, a Washingtonian of the Year, a Point of Light and one of the Ten Most Caring People in America, by the Caring Institute.
For more information about the lecture call 935-7573. Visit http://www.campuskitchens.org/ for more information about Campus Kitchens and DC Central Kitchen.