The Black Lives Matter movement emerged as an active resistance to instance of police violence and brutality. But there are other, less obvious forms of violence that target communities of color, such as the organization of agriculture and the distribution of food.
This event will begin with presentations by community organizers and intellectuals on their work to build community self-determination and to fight for racial and economic justice. Their efforts extend across the Black Lives Matter, urban food sovereignty, and farm worker justice movements, and we will seek to connect across these identities and movements. The second part of the evening engages participants with themes of structural racism and effective action within and without the food system through facilitated small-group dialogue. Finally, the full group will reconvene to ask questions of each other, and to present opportunities for organized action.
Tuesday October 13, 2015 at 6:30 pm
Third Floor of the Ohio Union in the Visits and Events Suite
If you are unable to attend this evening, the second part of this series will be on November 4th in the same place and time!
This event can count for First Year Experience credits for first year OSU students. To register, follow this link: https://undergrad.osu.edu/
Check out the Facebook event here.