From Food Apartheid to Food Power: Using Black Southern Knowledge and Culture for Community-Led Food Justice
Brittney Sessoms, Charlotte & Pickens | Center for Black Southern Culture
Saturday, December 5, 2:00 PM · Room 313
COMMUNITY & CULTURE · Workshop
Food injustice expands beyond access to groceries, with roots in economic extraction, land loss, cultural erasure, health inequity, environmental harm, and the devaluing of Black Southern knowledge. In this interactive workshop, attendees and participants examine and explore how cultural knowledge, storytelling, food memory, organizing tools, and practical examples from urban farms, community markets, cooking demonstrations, nutrition education, preservation traditions, and culturally rooted food justice can rebuild dignity, trust, health, and local power; helping communities move from food apartheid toward long-term resilience and infrastructure that builds trust, supports wellness, strengthens community organizing, and creates more equitable food systems. Attendees will leave with practical tools and ideas for designing dignity-centered food access programs, culturally responsive food education, and community-rooted food initiatives.