Announcing the CRFS Spring Speaker Series

Announcing the CRFS Spring Speaker Series in collaboration with the Dunbar Pavilion and the Coalition for African American Health & Wellness

FEBRUARY 18-19, 2020

Karen Washington, Community Activist, Co-founder of Black Urban Growers, and Co-owner of Rise & Root Farm in Chester, New York

Public Talk: Food Justice is about more than Growing Food and Feeding People
Tuesday, February 18, 2020 - 5:00 pm
Dunbar Pavilion, Auditorium

This talk is free and open to the public

Workshop: Working in Food Justice
Wednesday, February 19, 2020 - 5:00 pm
Dunbar Pavilion, Dining Hall

Workshop space is limited. RSVP today.

MARCH 27-28, 2020 POSTPONED

Dr. Sará King, Post-doctoral scholar in Neurology at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) and yoga/meditation teacher

Public Talk: The Science of Social Justice: The Impact of Othering and Systemic Discrimination on Communities of Color and the Potential of Mindfulness to Offer Healing

Workshop: The Science of Social Justice: An Experiential Workshop Using Mindfulness and Story-Telling to Explore and Heal the Embodied Impact of Othering and Systemic Discrimination
 

APRIL 3-4, 2020 POSTPONED

Dr. Ashanté Reese, Assistant professor of Anthropology in the Department of Geography and Environmental Systems at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Public talk: "There Ain't Nothin' in Deanwood": Anti-Blackness, Food Access, and Making a Way Outta No Way in Washington, D.C.

Workshop: Rest as Resistance
 

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