Growing Community Resilience

Growing Community Resilience will take place Wednesday, August 26th from 4-6PM CT. This event is an opportunity for community building through anti-racism and food justice work during the time of COVID-19.

We will continue setting the groundwork for ongoing discussions. WFAN moderators will be on the call and within breakout sessions to ensure an effective and respectful space rooted in inclusivity. We are all coming to the table with different experiences, expertise, skillsets, insights, and resources, and this will be a space for us to bring what we have to the table in order to continue identifying avenues of collective action. This event will involve identity-based break out sessions for focused readings and sharing, followed by a coming together to discuss how racial justice is essential in order to achieve food justice. Please complete these items before the meeting.

1. Complete your group's reading (or read all of them!):
   • White caucus group: 
     • How the USDA Distorted Data to Conceal Decades of Discrimination Against Black Farmers 
     • The Great Land Robbery
   • BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) caucus group:
     • Building Autonomy as African American Farmers
     • Part 2: Rooted in Rights (page 8-10)
        
2. Keep these guiding questions in mind:
   • What is your relationship with the land?
   • How has that relationship changed over time?
   • What dimensions of land ownership were you not aware of before reading these articles?
      
3.  We encourage you to join with a computer so you can have access to full Zoom capabilities. We will be encouraging the use of video and audio during the breakout sessions. If you will be joining with a phone, please be sure to join the call at least 10 minutes early, so we can rename your Zoom profile according to your preferred breakout group. New to Zoom? Check out these tutorial videos.