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11 <br /> I - Lack of attention/awareness <br /> 2 - Insufficient outreach/engagement with targeted populations <br /> 3 - Lack of effective coordination(food or other services/programs) <br /> 4 - Reliance on private/nonprofit <br /> 5 - Demographic changes <br /> 6 - Anti-immigration policies/fears <br /> 7 - Wages and financial management <br /> 8 - Healthcare costs <br /> 9 - Nutritional education <br /> 10 - Housing and transit—access to community resources <br /> 11 - Stress on parents <br /> 12 - Racism <br /> 13 - Intergovernmental cooperation (lack of) <br /> 14 <br /> 15 Why aren't current County programs not reaching the needs of targeted populations despite <br /> 16 our affluence? <br /> 17 - Food charity efforts <br /> 18 - Income inequality <br /> 19 - Dependence on corporate food supply system <br /> 20 - Lack of education on system, gardening, nutrition <br /> 21 - Federal policy <br /> 22 - Food waste <br /> 23 - Misinterpretation of what help looks like <br /> 24 - Cost of nutritious food/supply <br /> 25 - Lack of coordination among providers <br /> 26 - Reluctance to address silos <br /> 27 - Lack of multi-lingual communication <br /> 28 <br /> 29 Ms. Price underscored how important it is not to just focus on long-term solutions—people are <br /> 30 hurting now and need to have their needs responded to. <br /> 31 <br /> 32 Lunch <br /> 33 Over lunch Travis Myren introduced participants to the TedTalk video about Diversity, Equity <br /> 34 and Inclusion featuring the author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. In the video, Adichie shares her <br /> 35 perspective about the danger of a single story when it comes to assuming who someone is. She <br /> 36 challenged audience members to continually look for multiple stories when determining <br /> 37 someone's identify. <br /> 38 <br /> 39 Systems Thinking & hunger focus in Orange County, Continued Michael Goodman <br /> 40 Mr. Goodman introduced the concept of Mental Models as the thinking behind Systems <br /> 41 Thinking. <br /> 42 <br /> 43 What are Mental Models? <br /> 44 Mr. Goodman defined Mental Models as habits of thought, the stories we tell ourselves. They <br /> 45 are those beliefs, assumptions, and models we have are about every aspect of ourselves, others, <br /> 46 our organizations, and how the world works. <br />