Food + Justice = Democracy is less than a month away! IATP is bringing together food justice leaders from across the country, from the grassroots to the grasstops, to raise up the food system narratives of communities of color and tribal nations. Come join us September 24–26 and add your voice to the co-creation of a national food justice platform.
In the coming weeks, we will be introducing our presenters, facilitators and some of the issues we’ll be addressing at Food + Justice = Democracy. Today, we would like to introduce our keynote speaker: Mr. Douglas Blackmon.
Douglas A. Blackmon is the Pulitzer-Prize winning author of Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II, and co-executive producer of the acclaimed PBS documentary based of the same name. Mr. Blackmon's keynote address and film will be a centerpiece of Food + Justice = Democracy.
From the Slavery by Another Name website:
Slavery by Another Name details the continued exploitation of African American's labor in the United States, and dispels the notion that this exploitation is something of the long ago past. Based on a vast record of original documents and personal narratives, Slavery by Another Name unearths the lost stories of slaves and their descendants who journeyed into freedom after the Emancipation Proclamation and then back into the shadow of involuntary servitude in coal mines, lumber camps, brickyards, railroads, quarries and farm plantations.
The film's unmasking of specific laws and policies enacted by states and by the U.S. will help frame the conference's discussion on what kind of policies and practices are necessary to address the continuing legacy of racism in the food system and, in its place, craft a food system that is fair, just and healthy for all.
Learn more and register at www.iatp.org/food-justice.
