Environmental Health Watch, Rid-All Green Partnership and Case Western Reserve University's Social Justice Institute are holding the Race, Food & Justice Conference: Analyzing the urban food movement through a social justice lens.
Attendees will engage in ongoing dialogues that address history, policy, organizing, race and racism, and how these factors contribute to liberation and/or root causes of health disparities.
The conference, which started April 19 but continues April 20, is free and open to the public. Tonight’s event in Ford Auditorium begins with a reception from 5 to 6 p.m., followed by keynote speakers from 6-8:30 p.m.:
The conference, which started April 19 but continues April 20, is free and open to the public. Tonight’s event in Ford Auditorium begins with a reception from 5 to 6 p.m., followed by keynote speakers from 6-8:30 p.m.:
- Monica White, assistant professor of Environmental Justice at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Malik Yakini, co-founder and the executive director of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network
