The Free Black Women's Library presents Liberation Is Local: Food Co-ops

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The Free Black Women's Library
presents
Liberation Is Local: Food Co-ops
a food giveaway and panel discussion on access with activists Steph Wiley and DeVonne Jackson-Perez of the Brooklyn Packers & Brooklyn Supported Agriculture
Sunday, Feb 8
3PM - 5PM

Brooklyn Packers will be giving away free bags of produce at this event, while supplies last.
Presenters Bio:

DeVonne Jackson Perez is a Farmer and graduate of Cornell University Small Farms Program and Farm School NYC while holding a Masters in Communications and Media Management. She is the Director of Brooklyn Supported Agriculture, an arm of Brooklyn Packers a worker-owned food cooperative in Central Brooklyn where she develops community partnerships and experiential events to raise awareness for local and ethical food procurement, connects NYS Farmers to NYC markets and manages a year round CSA. She is the co-founder of "Good Ground" a 17 acre family farm in Argyle, NY and space dedicated to cultivating food sovereignty, sustainability, and community resilience and founder of Sound Bites Communications an agency that develops communications strategies for Black Farmers and Black Food businesses.

Steph Wiley is dedicated to ensuring that every New Yorker can access healthy food through the worker-owned food distribution cooperative, Brooklyn Packers. His focus is on creating neighborhood owned food hubs that connect BIPOC farms and aggregators with communities in need. These hubs improve health and economic outcomes while promoting better nutrition. By envisioning worker-owned hubs encompassing wholesale, retail, and agriculture businesses, he works to create abundant job opportunities and ensures year-round access to fresh, local, affordable, and culturally relevant food for all New Yorkers. By addressing basic needs and fostering community connections, he believes these hubs can foster more resilient neighborhoods that thrive.

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