Posts related to FSNE’s 21-Day Racial Equity Habit-Building Challenge

Towards an equity competency model for sustainable food systems education programs

Authors Will Valley, Molly Anderson, Nicole Tichenor Blackstone, Eleanor Sterling, Erin Betley, Sharon Akabas, Pamela Koch, Colin Dring, Joanne Burke, Karen Spiller Abstract Addressing social inequities has been recognized as foundational to transforming food systems. Activists and scholars have

Standing Against Racism

Dear Friends, Seven years ago, the Food Solutions New England network declared that racial equity must be central to the food system we are collectively creating in our region. While

Rose Colored Racism

Guest post by Chris Gagliolo, special to FSNE for the 21-Day Racial Equity Habit-Building Challenge My name is Chris Gagliolo. I am from Peabody, MA which is a suburb about

Guest Post: You’ve got Grandma’s eyes

By Michelle Cruz My hands…dirty from hours in the soil toiled by the ancestors My skin…glistening to deep mocha as I soak in our same sun…deep earth…revolutions apart My plants…think

We Need to Talk

Guest post by Michele Holt-Shannon of New Hampshire Public Radio special to FSNE for the 21-Day Racial Equity Habit-Building Challenge We Need to Talk I sat on a C &

Food Access, Equity and Covid-19: A Food System Dispatch from Boston

Guest post from Shani Fletcher, special to the FSNE for the 21-Day Racial Equity Habit-Building Challenge Hello! I write to you all from my Dorchester, Massachusetts, home, where I have

The Evolving Story of a Network Innovation: FSNE’s 21 Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge

Shared from the blog of the Interaction Institute for Social Change by Curtis Ogden “I believe that the struggle for racial and social justice provides an unparalleled lens through which

Choosing the Journey: Getting Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable

We are honored to offer this guest post for this year’s 21-Day Racial Equity Challenge by John Fisk, Director of Strategy and Partnerships at the Wallace Center. What does it

The Architecture of Local Authority

Guest essay by Ken Payne exploring the connection between the structures of our world, especially for the 21-Day Racial Equity Challenge Okay, this is tentative.  Writing what follows takes me

Connect the Dots to See Racism in the Food System, Then Work to Change It

Guest blog by Renee Brooks Catacalos, author of The Chesapeake Table, Your Guide to Eating Local   When I took over Edible Chesapeake magazine in 2006, I made a conscious decision to include