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Events Details
Date
04 May 2018
Time
09:00 am - 06:00 pm
Venue
Bridgeport Art Center
Healing from Racism, Growing Community & Tools
Dismantling Racism in the Food System – Intensive Leadership & Facilitator Training
May 4, 9am-6pm & May 5, 8:30am-6pm
Urban Growers Collective Office at the Bridgeport Art Center
1200 W. 35th Street (enter at Racine entrance – Dial UGC)
Cost: $200 (*scholarship application available upon request; please contact info@urbangrowerscollective.org)
If you are enrolled in our Farmers for Chicago program, please contact us for your registration code.
An understanding to dismantling racism principles is critical to the success of any urban agriculture project. This three-day workshop will introduce a framework to better understand how racism and privilege manifests on an individual, cultural and institutional level, as well as provide space to reflect upon ways to create projects that empower low-income and communities of color through sustainable, local agriculture.
We will be discussing recent challenges and opportunities in the food movement world both from a local, in your community, perspective and from the national and international food sovereignty arena. Designed to build a community of leaders who are enabled to take action and provide intensive training and dialogue that facilitates anti-racism, with the hope that leaders take food justice actions in our own programs and neighborhoods.
Schedule:
Friday, May 4
9am-10am: Registration
*Optional: 10am-12pm: meditation, self care, grounding, and personal reflection time
12-1pm: Lunch (will be provided)
1-6pm: Workshop
Saturday, May 5
8:30-9am: Breakfast (will be provided)
9am-1pm: Workshop
1-2pm: Lunch (will be provided)
2-6pm: Workshop
Refreshments and lunch will be provided, please inform us of any dietary needs.
Questions? Contact info@urbangrowerscollective.org or 773-376-8882.