Learn about the different food justice issues and movements in DC and how you can help.
Teacher Bio:
Jeremiah Lowery is a Washington, D.C. native and a 2008 graduate of the University of Maryland. He is a labor activist and has worked on issues ranging from workers’ rights to food justice. Jeremiah has worked with and organized low-income residents in the Washington, D.C. area on the issues of political empowerment, sustainability, and organizing. He also hosted the “Heal DC” radio show on WPFW 89.3 FM Pacifica Radio, a radio show that focused on labor and environmental issues.
Brandy H. M. Brooks is a nonprofit professional with a design and planning background who has spent the last 10 years working on social and environmental justice. She was the founding executive director of the Community Design Resource Center of Boston and has worked in senior management roles with the Rudy Bruner Foundation, The Food Project, and the Boston Collaborative for Food and Fitness. Her particular areas of focus include community engagement and empowerment; community-base design and land use planning; and just and sustainable food systems. She has served on a wide variety of local and national nonprofit boards, including the Association for Community Design, the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative, and Groundwork Somerville. She has also served as an instructor or guest lecturer at the Boston Architectural College, Harvard’s Graduate School of Design, MIT, Suffolk University, and Tufts University.
Agroecology is the study of ecological processes that operate in agricultural production systems. Join Blain as he talks about how important agroecology is to solve the world’s multiple crises, how it is more than just a way to grow food, but is actually a way to organize and a way to live and build movements. He also talks about the special role that youth have, as the new generation responsible for ensuring agroecology is not forgotten as agribusiness dominates the planet.
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Blain is a small-scale peasant farmer in Preston, Maryland and part of the International Youth Articulation of La Via Campesina (LVC). Blain became involved in La Via Campesina in 2010 through his work with the Rural Coalition. Additionally, Blain is a board member of the Southeast African American Farmers Organic Network (SAFFON) and an agroecological technician for the Farmworkers Association of Florida.
Learning how to advocate for the trees in your neighborhood and across the District has never been easier. Offered twice yearly, Casey Trees’ signature Stand Up For Trees course empowers participants with the tools and techniques necessary to stand up for D.C.’s trees.
In this free, interactive workshop, participants will evaluate real development projects that have been proposed at public meetings and will learn how to identify the good, bad and ugly regarding tree protection during the construction process.
Participation in the class is also the first step in becoming a certified Tree Advocate.
DC Department of Health Food Safety & Hygiene Inspection Services Division will present information sessions for Food Truck Vendors. Topics that will be covered include an overview of important changes to the vending requirements, as well as the application and inspection process, and certificate issuance. In conclusion, there will be a question and answer period.
Sessions will be held from 2 pm to 4 pm at the Department of Health, 899 North Capitol Street, NE, 2nd Floor Board Room 216, Washington, DC 20002. Please bring a picture ID in order to gain access into building. For additional information, please contact Bruce Flippens by email atbruce.flippens@dc.gov or food.safety@dc.gov.
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