Black Gatherings: Lessons for Food Justice Movements
Focused on Black gatherings—family reunions, repasts, mutual aid collectives and communal gardening space—this talk explores how Black people gather in the midst of anti-Black violence to nourish ourselves and each other. Central to this exploration are the spaces that Black people imagine, create, and inhabit to mark resilience and love for each other—often with food in tow. For black people in particular, food is a necessity for sustaining the social body. Preparing, distributing, and serving food become significant markers of human agency and hope. This talk shares lessons embedded in Black gatherings that can be applied to growing (yet fractured) food justice movements. At the center of this talk are the questions: what do we miss if we do not put food and our quest for justice within a broader framework of nourishment? What do Black gatherings teach us about holistic nourishment?
Lunch will be provided