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Anti-racist Speaker Series: The Nexus of Afrofuturism, Place and Agriculture in Black Liberation

February 23
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Online

Anti-racist Speaker Series: The Nexus of Afrofuturism, Place and Agriculture in Black Liberation

Thursday, February 23 “The Nexus of Afrofuturism, Place and Agriculture in Black Liberation” with Mirabai Collins, Co-Founder, Black Futures Farm and Co-Director, Black Food ?Sovereignty Coalition, and Malcolm Shabazz Hoover, Co- Founder and Co-Director, Black Futures Farm

Founded in 2018, Black Futures Farm is run by a group of Black identified/Diasporic and Continental African people working together, growing food and community in SE Portland.

This free online event is a part of the Anti-racist and Decolonization of Agriculture Winter Speaker Series.

Rogue Valley Food System Network, SOU Native American Studies and OSU Extension partnered to bring together diverse voices in agriculture to support  local communities through learning and integrating the distinct and varied ways of farming, tending land, and understanding the challenges faced by BIPOC farmers and farmworkers.

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