Sun. Nov. 16 Talk with Marisela Chávez
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Sunday, November 16
10:00 PST, 11:00 MST, 12:00 CST, 1:00 EST
(US/CA)
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Our food system: What comes to mind? Chemicals, fertilizers, pesticides, agribusiness, seed monopolies, monoculture, agrofuels, distribution injustice, food deserts, soil depletion, desertification, food waste, hunger, obesity . . . .
We all know it’s a disaster. But what might a just, equitable, and accessible food system look like?
Many examples, built over thousands of years, from indigenous peoples and their relationship with land, food foraging, and cultivation give us key principles that guide the present day food sovereignty movement in Indigenous communities. They include the sacredness of lands, plants, and animals that provide food; community participation; self-determination; and reforming colonial policies and practices in forestry, fisheries, rangeland, environmental conservation, health, agriculture, and rural communities.
Join us for a conversation with Marisela Chávez, Ph.D., who works in the intersectional fields around indigenous food systems and sovereignty.
The first 100 participants to register will be able to join the Zoom meeting. (Don’t worry if you can’t join in person, soon after the event we’ll post the lightly edited video on our YouTube channel.)
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Marisela Chávez studies the relations of racism, colonialism, capitalism, and ecological damage within food systems, immigration, and migrant labor. This means, of course, that she spends time envisioning and supporting the genesis of alternative systems that are just, equitable, and accessible to future generations.
As the recently appointed University of California’s first Indigenous Food Systems and Food Sovereignty Advisor, Marisela Chávez is working in close collaboration with the 28 or so Native and Tribal communities in Southern California in supporting existing food systems and expanding food sovereignty pathways, as identified and articulated by the tribes. UC is recognizing the crimes it (and the land-grant system more broadly) long committed against Native and Tribal peoples and engaging in a reparation process to address historical displacement, violence, and trauma. The process also involves channeling these learnings to support the visions of food sovereignty that Tribes seek to materialize while they develop alternative political economies.
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The conversation will be guided by Ethan, who recently joined SCNCC. Ethan is interested in questions hovering within and between the related areas of land justice, food sovereignty, agroecology, political ecology, ecosocialist political theory, and environmental ethics. Broadly speaking: how to understand the historical roots of the polycrisis we face, and how to bring about greater justice, peace, interpersonal growth, and quality of life amidst the challenges. He holds an M.A. in environmental philosophy from the University of Montana.
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