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| The Southern University Land-Grant Campus held a Listening Session in the Town of White Castle on Oct. 9. Information gathered during the session will be used to implement strategies, seminars and workshops to aid the community. |
Baton Rouge, La. – Nearly 50 Iberville Parish residents along
with Southern University Land-Grant Campus and United States Department of Agriculture
(USDA) employees attended a Listening Session on October 9 at the Town of White
Castle’s Community Center.
The event, which was hosted by the SU
Land-Grant Campus and the USDA, was held to hear the needs and concerns of the town’s
citizens. Information gathered during the session will be used to implement
strategies, seminars and workshops to aid the community.
“The whole intent of the listening session
is to listen to what the citizens need and figure out how to take care of those
needs,” said Bobby R. Phills, Ph.D., Chancellor-Dean of the Southern University
Land-Grant Campus.
The session consisted of a panel of Vice
Chancellors from the Southern University Land-Grant Campus and representatives
from several USDA agencies.
Residents were able to submit written
questions, as well as ask questions directly to the panel.
Many of the questions asked pertained to
the USDA’s Farm Bill, USDA’s housing assistance programs, school and community
gardening and youth enrichment programs.
“We will provide two youth from the Town
of White Castle the opportunity to participate in our ‘Cultivating Leadership
Innovation by Motivating Agricultural Talent Education’ (CLIMATE) Program,”
said Dawn Mellion-Patin, Ph.D., Vice Chancellor for Extension and Outreach at
the SU Ag Center, when asked about assistance for youth in the Town of White
Castle. “This is a five week residential program for high school students which
aims to improve ACT scores and introduces the students to careers in the
agricultural industry,” she added.
White Castle Mayor Gerald Jermarr Williams
provided greetings to the attendees; White Castle Mayor-Pro Temp, Barbara
O’Bear, provided a welcome and presided over the program and Phills introduced
the panelists and moderated the session.
The Southern
University Agricultural Land-Grant Campus is comprised of the Southern
University Agricultural Research and Extension Center and the Southern
University College of Agricultural, Family and Consumer Sciences.
The Campus’
programs focus on, but are not limited to:
• Sustainable Agricultural Systems
• Community and Economic Development
• Health and Nutrition
• Family and Human Development
• Urban Forestry and Natural Resources
• Youth Development
The White Castle
Listening Session was the first of several sessions that will be held throughout
the state in the coming months.
For additional
information about the Southern University Land-Grant Campus and its programs
and services, visit our website at www.suagcenter.com
or call us at 225-771-2242.
Photos from the
listening session are available here.
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