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SUMMARY:Where is the social justice in our food movement? Dinner & dis
 cussion on food justice
DESCRIPTION:We acknowledge the Unceded territories of the xʷməθkwə
 y̓əm (Musqueam) Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ (T
 sleil-Waututh) peoples.\nFood is an important issue in Vancouver, and 
 everyone agrees that we need to take action to create a food system th
 at is good for people and the environment. But where is the social jus
 tice in our food movement? While food may be in the spotlight, food ju
 stice is not always on the table.\nThe multiple, complex, and intersec
 ting injustices of our food system require radical and transformative 
 approaches to building genuine and dignified food security. Our moveme
 nts to transform our food system must grapple with capitalism, colonia
 lism, and systemic inequalities to seek ways to provide adequate, heal
 thy, sustainable, and culturally appropriate food for all, regardless 
 of race, class, gender, age, or citizenship status.\nJoin us on Thursd
 ay, August 21st at Trout Lake Community Centre (Grandview Room) for a 
 shared meal and panel discussion on how to think about and enact radic
 al food justice as politics and practice in our food movements, garden
 s, communities, and kitchens.\nDoors open at 6:00pm, with a shared mea
 l at 6:30pm and panel and discussion 7:00-8:30pm. Dinner will be by do
 nation, but no one turned away for lack of funds. Child minding can be
  made available with advance notice.\nPlease see panelist bios below:\
 nSTEPHANIE LIM\nStephanie Lim has been active in community food initia
 tives for many years, with a particular interest in food as a means of
  cultural transmission. Stephanie coordinates the Renfrew Collingwood 
 Food Security Institute and advocates just food policies through the N
 eighbourhood Food Network Working Group. Through food skills workshops
 , urban agriculture, and community events, Stephanie gathers neighbour
 s of many ages and backgrounds to address food insecurity as a collect
 ive concern. Stephanie is also examining food, colonialism, and migrat
 ion through the lens of community-based learning in her research as a 
 graduate student at UBC. Understanding food as a human right and food 
 insecurity as being at the intersection of multiple oppressions, Steph
 anie grounds her work in honouring the many social, economic, and hist
 oric dimensions of food.\nCEASE WYSS\nT’Uy’Tanat - Cease Wyss is a
  Skwxw’u7mesh ethnobotanist, media artist, educator, and food securi
 ty activist. Knowledgeable about Indigenous plants and their uses for 
 food and medicine, Cease is a mentor in the areas of Indigenous food s
 ystems and agriculture, both urban and rural. She reminds us that the 
 medicines are all around us in our urbanized environments and shares h
 er traditional knowledge of plants that can be found throughout the st
 reets and everyday spaces of the city. Cease has been vocal in the Idl
 e No More movement and has stood up with other Indigenous Peoples to f
 ight for native peoples' rights to hunt, gather, and fish in their tra
 ditional territories. Cease listens to the unspoken language of plants
 , which has the power to help us (re)connect to the land and nature, i
 f we listen.\nMEENA WONG\nMeena Wong is a mental health recovery facil
 itator, cross-cultural communicator, and founder of EcoMinds: Gardenin
 g for Mental Health. Meena sees gardening as Ecotherapy and she aims t
 o nurture the mental wellness benefits of collective gardening and gro
 wing food together. She believes that by working communally, we can he
 lp each other learn gardening skills for local food production, as wel
 l as ways to maintain and in grow mental wellness. Meena gardens and c
 ultivates mental health in Vancouver’s River District by the Fraser 
 River in the Riverfront Park Community Garden.\nALEXANDRA HENAO\nAlexa
 ndra Henao works with the Migrant Workers' Dignity Association (MWDA) 
 to organize agricultural workers on farms across the Metro Vancouver a
 rea and beyond. Alexandra also organizes with the Social Housing Allia
 nce.\n\nFor more information visit http://villagevancouver.org/events/
 where-is-the-social-justice-in-our-food-movement-dinner
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CATEGORIES:panel, discussion, with, dinner
LOCATION:Trout Lake Community Centre (Grandview Room)
WEBSITE:http://cope.bc.ca/food-justice/
URL:http://cope.bc.ca/food-justice/
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ORGANIZER:Coalition of Progressive Electors
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