Thursday, September 3, 2020 6pm to 8 pm, Vermont Law School's Center for Agriculture and Food Systems, presents "Rooting Out Structural Racism in American Agrieculture."

 

Subject:	[Foodplanning] Virtual panel 9/3: Rooting Out Structural Racism in American Agriculture
Date:	Fri, 28 Aug 2020 17:01:13 +0000
From:	ALFONSO MORALES <morales1@wisc.edu>
To:	Foodplanning@u.washington.edu <Foodplanning@u.washington.edu>

 

Good afternoon,

 

You are invited to join an upcoming virtual panel discussion hosted by Vermont Law School's Center for Agriculture and Food Systems. This event will bring together lawyers fighting structural racism in agricultural law and policy: Monica Armster Rainge, Esq., Director of Land Retention and Advocacy at the Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund; Stephen Carpenter, Deputy Director and Senior Staff Attorney at Farmers’ Legal Action Group; and Sherri White-Williamson, Environmental Justice Policy Director at North Carolina Conservation Network. 

 

Join us at vermontlaw.edu/live on September 3 from 6 to 8 p.m. ET to discuss Black land loss, the connection between agriculture and environmental justice, and the role of law and policy professionals in rooting out racism in the food system. The event is free and no registration is required. We hope you can join us!

 

 

 

Alfonso Morales, PhD
Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor

Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture and State Extension Specialist - Food Systems and Marketplaces

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