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Lived Experience, Policy Change, and Organizing in Food Systems

November 24, 2020

With Angel Garcia · Californians for Pesticide Reform, Organizing Director; Helga Garza, Agri–Cultura Network, Executive Director; Dr. Lior Vered · Toxic Free NC, Policy Advocate.

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African American Farmer Cooperatives, Black Land, and Reparations

October 13, 2020

with Cornelius Blanding · Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund, Executive Director; Savonala (Savi) Horne, Esq. · Land Loss Prevention Project, Executive Director; Trina Jackson · Grassroots International, Building Equity and Alignment for Impact Fund Director.

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Indigenous Resilience, Resistance, and Just Transition for the Food System

September 8, 2020

with Walter Ritte, ‘Āina Momona, Executive Director; Jane Au, ‘Āina Momona, Program Director; Brenda Jo (BJ) McManama, Indigenous Environmental Network, Campaign Organizer; A-dae Romero-Briones, First Nations Development Institute, Director of Programs: Native Agriculture and Food Systems

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COVID Response and Resilience: Creative Ways of Organizing and Engaging Across Distance

May 7, 2020

With Patricia Carrillo, Executive Director, Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association (ALBA); Neely Snyder, Executive Director, Dream of Wild Health; Janssen Hang, Senior Organizer, Farm Manager, and Co-Founder, Hmong American Farmers Association; Liz Kolbe, Horticulture and Habitat Programs Manager, Practical Farmers of Iowa.

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Nonviolent Direct Action

April 6, 2020

With Gopal Dayaneni, Co-Founder, Movement Generation; Trainer, The Ruckus Society; Adjunct Professor, Antioch University and Lorilani Keohokalole, Pesticide Action Fellow; Volunteer, Mauna Medic and Laau Native Medicine Team.

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Building Effective Multi Racial Coalitions and Movements

February 6, 2020

With Krystal Abrams, Regenerative Ecosystems and Pesticide Manager, Beyond Toxics; Pablo Alvarez, Environmental Justice Organizer, Beyond Toxics and the NAACP; Lisa Arkin, Executive Director, Beyond Toxics; Willa Childress, Organizer, Pesticide Action Network; Deb Dorman, Campaign Coordinator,Toxic Tators; Danna Smith, Founder, Dogwood Alliance; Reverend Leo Woodberry, Executive Director, New Alpha Community Development Corporation.

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Building Political Power

December 12, 2019

Navina Khanna, Director Heal Food Alliance; Jose Oliva, Campaigns Director, Heal Food Alliance; Anne Frederick, Executive Director, Hawai’i Alliance for Progressive Action; Keani Rawlins-Fernandez, Maui County Councilmember; Shyaam Subramanian, Council for Bolder Advocacy Program, Alliance for Justice.

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Building Relationships For Effective Collective Action

November 6, 2019

With BJ McManama, Indigenous Environmental Network; Liana Nichols, Land Stewardship Project; Sarait Martinez, Californians for Pesticide Reform; Bill Gallegos, Communities for a Better Environment / BEA; Melissa Lin Perrells, Natural Resources Defense Council / BEA

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