The Social Justice Institute, Environmental Health Watch and Rid-All Green Partnership will host the 2016 Race, Food and Justice Conference, “Analyzing the Urban Food Movement through a Social Justice Lens,” April 21-23.
Nationally known speakers and local activists will lead conversations about climate justice, sustainability, gentrification and food justice.
The following will give keynote addresses:
- Julian Agyeman, professor of urban and environmental policy and planning at Tufts University;
- Elizabeth C. Yeampierre, civil rights attorney and the Executive Director of UPROSE;
- Dara Cooper, co-founder of The National Black Food and Justice Alliance; and
- Denzel Austin Thompson, youth activist and creator of Philly's Urban Creators.
