Got Justice?: Observations on a Food Justice Youth Summit and Food as a Means to Youth and Community Empowerment by Sahra Sulaiman

Instead, the youth and their adult allies — the majority of whom were African-American or Latino and from more marginalized communities — were looking at food through a justice lens. To them, the lack of access to nutritious offerings in their communities wasn’t something that “just so happened.” It was a by-product of the injustices they saw as inherent in an increasingly globalized food system and exacerbated by being set within a context of deeply entrenched socio-economic inequalities. Their work in food, therefore, tends to promote individual and community empowerment through the creation of a healthier environment (physically and spiritually), inclusive economic development, the reclaiming of blighted and abandoned lands for cultivation, the celebration of culturally-affirming farming practices and foods, increased access to leadership training and education, and/or the enhancement of food security through greater self-sufficiency. More information at http://la.streetsblog.org/2013/07/31/got-justice-observations-on-a-food-justice-youth-summit-and-food-as-a-means-to-youth-and-community-empowerment/  IMGP9884new

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