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Uncovering the Blind Spots of White Privilege

The phrase “privilege is blind” is one I think about often. I’m participating in Food Solutions New England’s 21-Day Racial Equity Challenge for the second year because I need to

Keepin’ It Real: A Vision of Race & Food in 2044

“All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity. But the

Farmer and Food Advocate

The farmer; she is the reason why we eatThe farmer; she is the reason She’s got no time to be at the tableWe lose her voice because she is too

Racial Equity Challenge

As part of our commitment to racial equity and food justice, Food Solutions New England is hosting the 2016 21 Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge along with the Interaction
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Reconciliation, Reparations, and Regeneration: The thing about white people is…

I am white, and yet I have never self-identified as “white.” When asked about my identity, I have often used the shorthand term Pizza-Bagel – that oddly appealing mixture of
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In Struggle & Unity – A Vermont Story of Community Organizing and Activism

If you had told me four years ago during my senior year of college that I would forgo my planned career as an international sustainable development consultant, and instead stay

Preaching to the Preacher – A Lesson on Racism and Mass Shootings

Lent and Violence For Lent this year at Old West Church, we focused on Racism and White Privilege.  As part of this series, we began a yearlong installation comprised of
The 2016 Healthy Food in Health Care Ambassador Program (team and staff).

Cultivating Leaders: The Healthy Food in Health Care Ambassador Program

This post was originally published on the Health Care Without Harm blog.  It’s the people who are implementing food systems changes at healthcare facilities who often have the most sway

Food First’s Dismantling Racism in the Food System series

This Backgrounder is the first in a multi-authored series seeking to uncover the structural foundations of racism in the food system and highlight the ways people, communities, organizations and social
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Network Leadership Roles 2.0

This post was adapted from the original post on the Interaction Institute for Social Change’s blog by Curtis Ogden on February 24, 2016. “Network entrepreneurs are keenly aware that they