Growing Food is an Act of Resistance
KAREN WASHINGTON, FARMER & ACTIVIST
Wednesday, February 18, 7–8pm
An influential urban farmer, community organizer, and food-justice advocate, Karen Washington is celebrated for transforming how communities understand land, nourishment, and equity. Her grassroots leadership began in the Bronx in the 1980s. Today, she is a co-owner and farmer at Rise & Root Farm in Chester, New York, and serves as a leading voice on efforts to recognize how systemic inequities shape food access in marginalized communities. Register here.
Vanilla So Black
DEREK HAYNES, THE CHOCOLATE BOTANIST
Wednesday, February 25, 7–8pm
Derek Haynes, known on Instagram as "the Chocolate Botanist," is a botanist and science communicator who lectures on horticultural topics including the story of vanilla. Haynes explores vanilla's botanical origins, addressing the historical nuances surrounding Black communities and their relationship with vanilla and highlighting the pivotal role of Edmond Albius, a man born into slavery in Madagascar, in the cultivation of one of the planet's most lucrative spices. Register here.
Lunch-and-Learn: Restoration & Reciprocity
ROBIN WALL KIMMERER, AUTHOR, BRAIDING SWEETGRASS, THE SERVICEBERRY
Wednesday, March 18, 12–1pm
Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is a SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology and the founder and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment. Through her writing, teaching, and speaking, she shares a message about restoration that includes not only restoration of ecological communities, but restoration of our relationships to land. This event includes a pre-recorded lecture and a live Q&A with Robin Wall Kimmerer. Register here.
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