January 16th, 2024 In this Food Literacy for All session, Shiloh Maples discussed “Food as Resistance.” Register to attend future Food Literacy 2024 sessions here: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_diO8D1vIQVezN_hKY3FBhw#/registration
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March 7th, 2023 In this Food Literacy for All session, Aleya Fraser discussed “Food Sovereignty and Chocolate.” Talk Description: We will analyze the 2007 Nyéléni declaration on Food Sovereignty which places the farmer at the “heart of food systems and policies” to understand what it means to truly advocate for farmers livelihoods through organizing and
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March 22nd, 2022 In this Food Literacy for All session, Savala Nolan discussed “Why Fatphobia? Understanding the Roots and Uses of Anti-fat Bias”. Savala Nolan discusses how Fatphobia (or anti-fat bias) is widespread and has deep roots in the United States–but it isn’t inevitable or innate. It is learned, and it is particular to specific
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March 15th, 2022 In this Food Literacy for All session, Malik Yakini discussed “Building Black Food Sovereignty: An Update”. Malik Yakini is a co-founder and executive director of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network, which aims to combat food insecurity and cultivate food sovereignty in Detroit’s Black community. The organization has operated the city’s
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January 25th, 2022 Marilyn Wann and Chef Fresh Roberson invite people to notice anti-fat beliefs and weight hierarchy and then imagine divesting from those oppressive systems. What if thinner ≠ better? What if weight ≠ health? What if people of all sizes could feel at home in our bodies and fully welcome in society? Register
March 17, 2021 Food Literacy for All 2021 was kicked off with guest speakers Ricardo Salvador and Raj Patel. This series is co-led by Andy Jones (School for Public Health), Devita Davison (FoodLab Detroit), and Lilly Fink Shapiro (UM Sustainable Food Systems Initiative). In this session, speakers discussed how they “Envision” the Politics on Our
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March 10, 2020 Some of our most cherished sustainable farming practices – from organic agriculture to the farm cooperative and the CSA – have roots in African wisdom. Yet, discrimination and violence against African-American farmers has led to our decline from 14 percent of all growers in 1920 to less than 2 percent today, with
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January 14, 2020 Food Literacy for All 2020 was kicked off by the course leadership team: Jerry Ann Hebron, Cindy Leung, Devita Davison, Lilly Fink Shapiro, and Winona Bynum. In this session, speakers discussed what it means to “Set the Table for Health Equity” and gave a preview of the range of topics and guest
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January 29, 2019 Sean Sherman, Oglala Lakota from the Pine Ridge reservation, and the founder of the company The Sioux Chef is committed to revitalizing Native American cuisine. Through his research, he has uncovered and mapped out the foundations of the indigenous food systems through and indigenous perspective. Chef Sean has become renowned nationally and
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January 22, 2019 Famworkers pick, pack and plant the food that we eat, but they often do not have enough food for themselves and their families. Mónica Ramírez, a prominent migrant rights advocate with more than two decades of experience, advocating on behalf of farmworkers across the United States, will share information about the working
