Judy Wicks Speaking at Harcum College

Bryn Mawr, PA—January 21, 2015— Judy Wicks, founder of Philadelphia’s landmark White Dog Café renowned for its leadership in the local food movement and environmental stewardship, will present a lecture at Harcum College on Thursday, February 19, called “Building a New Economy: What’s Love Got to Do with It?”

Wicks’ presentation will focus on the topics of local living economies, responsible business, and the role of the feminine in building a new economy. She will provide insight and inspiration concerning the deep connections between local food, ecology, economy, and social justice.

The lecture is from 4-5:30 p.m. in the Trout Library on the Bryn Mawr Campus of Harcum College, 750 Montgomery Avenue, and is free and open to the public; however, online registration is requested at harcum.edu/hclecture. Sales and a book signing of Wicks’ award-winning memoir Good Morning, Beautiful Business will follow.

Wicks has devoted her to life’s work to building a more compassionate, environmentally sustainable and locally based economy. She founded several non-profits including Fair Food Philly and the Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia, and cofounded the nationwide Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE). She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the James Beard Foundation Humanitarian of the Year Award, Women Chefs and Restaurateurs Lifetime Achievement Award, and the International Association of Culinary Professionals Humanitarian Award.

Her award-winning memoir Good Morning, Beautiful Business: the Unexpected Journey of an Activist Entrepreneur and Local Economy Pioneer was published in 2013, and won the gold medal for Business Leadership from Nautilus National Book Awards in 2014.

Wicks’ presentation is the first event in a 2015 lecture series called “The Next Hundred Years,” slated for the College’s Centennial Year, to stimulate interest in issues that a mission-driven institution like Harcum should be encouraging students, employees, and the community to think and care about into the next hundred years. Speakers will address racial and gender myths, local food, food distribution, healing and the arts, eco-smart design, and money management.

About Harcum College

Harcum College, one of Pennsylvania’s first independent, two-year colleges, was founded in Bryn Mawr, PA in 1915 and was the first college in Pennsylvania chartered by the state to grant associate degrees. Harcum offers fully accredited, career-ready majors in nursing, the allied health professions, business and social sciences on campus, online, and regionally, as well as lifelong learning programs and corporate training. It will celebrate a year-long 100th anniversary beginning in January of 2015.