Seeding Power is an 9-month cohort-based fellowship for nonprofit food justice leaders in NY, NJ, & CT. Administered by Community Food Funders.
New York
Joined November 2018
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Applications are open for the Seeding Power Fellowship, a 9-month #foodjustice fellowship for NY, NJ, & CT. bit.ly/seedingpower @SeedingPower
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As we celebrate the huge #FundExcludedWorkers victory in New York state, we want to lift up one of our Frederick Douglass honorees at this year’s unGala whose members have been part of this fight from the beginning — @workersjusticep.
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The Continued Evolving and Deepening of a Network Commitment and Innovation: FSNE’s 21 Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge dlvr.it/Rwlm89 by @curtisogden
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Introducing #Grist50 2021, our annual list recognizes the work of rising artists, innovators, and creators working on fresh, real-world solutions to our world’s biggest challenges.
Join us in welcoming the newest class of Fixers! grist.org/grist-50/2021/
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Applications are open for our 2021 Youth Leaders Program! This program offers stipended, virtual & in-person learning to build compost & climate leaders.
Know any youth in NYC who may be interested? Encourage them to apply by April 12! bit.ly/YouthLeader21
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“If we study the last 50 years of Indian agricultural policy, it becomes clear that the U.S. has carefully primed India for a corporate takeover. ” buff.ly/3dXW7Jp
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"The city hasn't helped, the government hasn't helped. I don't qualify for one cent from the stimulus packages." - Sonia, NYC street vendor
Impact stories and organizing strategies from the frontlines of COVID-19 in the new report from @foodchainworker: bit.ly/COVIDfrontlines
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Thank you so much to moderator @errollouis and all the Mayoral candidates for participating in todays #NYCFoodForum ! If you missed it, you can watch a recording here: youtube.com/watch?v=4yNSWhtb…
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We're looking for pitches about all things food & ag. We're especially interested in hearing from writers w/ experience focusing on: policy, climate, school meals, race, and science. Rates start at $500 for reported features & $400 for shorter interviews. civileats.com/about/faq-for-…
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1/ #BlackHistoryMonth reads: Monica M. White @thegardengriot's "Freedom Farmers: Agricultural Resistance and the Black Freedom Movement" expands the historical narrative of the black freedom struggle to embrace the work, roles, and contributions of southern black farmers . . .
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INTRO 1116 HAS PASSED!
Today, the street vendor movement made history with #Intro1116! Thank you to all Council Members who voted aye, small business advocates, public space & immigration activists - and to every street vendor who fought for this day!
VENDOR POWER! 🌽🌮🥙🥨🍎
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"Do you support lifting the cap on street vendor permits?"
@NYCMayor "This is something I've wanted to see for a long time - a balanced plan to support street vendors with clear ground rules ... I think we're in a good place, I'm very hopeful about this legislation" #Intro1116
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Sign this petition to tell the NYS DoL that farmworkers deserve overtime pay after 40 hours!!
#equalpay4equalwork
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Ugh. Vilsack's appointment is imminent. This is worth looking at: therevolvingdoorproject.org/…
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There have been more than a few moments during this pandemic—sitting alone in a home office—when I've screamed loudly into the void. Hearing #BidenHarris2020 is likely picking #Vilsack for @USDA is one of them. What a terrible choice, when there were *so very many good ones*
"The agribusinesses Vilsack has spent his career championing have largely cleared the Midwestern landscape of people, leaving mainly large-scale farmers that don’t make up a big voting bloc." via @tomphilpott motherjones.com/food/2020/12…
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With just one cabinet appointment, President-elect Joe Biden could tackle economic inequality, the rural/urban divide, climate change, the growing mistrust of science, systemic racism and even the coronavirus.
In a new Op-Ed, @cadwego and @bittman make their case for a new kind of Department of Agriculture — "'the people’s department,' with responsibility to everyone in the nation." nyti.ms/33IO9hA
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Congrats to the 2020 Food Sovereignty Prize winners: Somali Bantu Community Association of Maine and All Nepal Peasants' Federation for meeting urgent needs while advancing transformative solutions! See more bit.ly/2020FSP #2020foodweek #foodsovprize #WorldFoodDay
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A temporary new fund will support small, BIPOC-led #foodjustice groups in NY-NJ-CT with a one-time unrestricted $10,000 grant. Apply by August 31 bit.ly/31mK8xr
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“We should all be concerned that, in the post-pandemic era, the hunger industrial complex becomes more robust at the expense of the movement for fair wages, strong nutrition programs, and universal health care. buff.ly/34Y9umm