BUILDING THE BIGGER WE
Weaving the fabric to build local and regional power
- Conference Partnerships
- Community Gatherings
- Farmers Circles
- Regional and Place-Based Working Groups
- MapJam
- Partnerships and Collaborations; collaborate to co-liberate
BUILDING THE NEW
Building a model that is regenerative, scalable, replicable, healing, equitable, and sustainable to ensure Food Sovereignty & Food Security; a farm and food systems change rooted in love.
- Effecting a racial equity transformation of the farm and food system in the Northeast Region
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Transitioning from an extractive to a regenerative economy
- Just Transition Strategies
- Supporting a Solidarity Economy
- Mutual Aid
- Centering Voices of Color and Leadership of Color
- Lifting Native Ancestral wisdom
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Education
- Sankofa Series
- Popular Education for Grassroots Organizing
- Technology for Grassroots Organizing
- Technical Assistance & Support
- Working Groups; Leadership Development
STOPPING THE BAD
As we build the new, we inherently stop the bad.
- Analyzing & Shifting Power Structures
- Land Tenure; Succession Planning; Land Rematriation
CHANGING THE NARRATIVE
Changing the collective perception and understanding; telling the true history and story of our People of Color
- Shifting culture and world view
- Sharing our culture, roots, identities, traditions & history
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Storytelling & Storymaking
- Stories from our Kitchen Table
- Stories from the Field
- Blogs & Vlogs; spotlights
CHANGING THE RULES
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Policy Advocacy (Federal, regional, state levels)
- Mother Earth Rights & Grandfather Ocean Rights: Personhood Status
- Farm Bill
- Right To Food
- Regional & State Strategies and Plans
MOVING THE MONEY
Moving the money from corporate wealth to community wealth
- Co-op Business Development
- Resourcing the Movement