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My Streets, My Eats: Let Freedom Roll
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AVA tamale vendors distribute tamales to morning conference attendees
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AVA tamale vendors
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Asociacion de Vendedores Ambulantes
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Food truck operators converse after the morning vendors session.
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Symposium attendees wait for the panels to begin
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Panel table
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Beth Kregor begins the day with introductions and some brief information about the IJ Clinic
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First Panel: Street Food: An Important (and Delicious) Part of Urban Life
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Sean Basinski, Founder & Director, The Street Vendor Project
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Heather Shouse, author, Food Trucks
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John Gaber, professor, University of Arkansas
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Panelists answer questions after the panel
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Beavers Donuts treated symposium-goers to a mid-morning snack
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Powdered sugar Beavers Donuts
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An assortment of Beavers Donuts
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One of the Beavers
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Chocolate Beavers Donuts
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One chocolate Beavers donut
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Erika Pfleger, Assistant Director, IJ Clinic, introduces the second set of panelists for "Chicago, What’s the Hold Up? The Need to Reform the Windy City’s Vending Laws"
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Willie Cochran, Alderman, Ward 20
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Justin Large, Chef de Cuisine, Big Star
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Vicki Lugo, Vice President, Asociación de Vendedores Ambulantes
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Samm Petrichos, Chef, Spice!
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Symposium attendees
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Christina Walsh, Director of Activism and Coalitions, Institute for Justice, introduces the third panel: "What Would Be Better? How Cities Can Create Economic Opportunity by Knocking Down Barriers to Vending"
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Bert Gall, Senior Attorney, Institute for Justice
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Greg Kettles, Deputy Counsel, Office of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
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Gabriel Wiesen, Owner, Beaverʼs Coffee and Donuts Truck
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Baylen Linnekin, Founder & Executive Director, Keep Food Legal
