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Applications are open for HEAL’s School of Political Leadership!
The HEAL Food Alliance is excited to announce that applications are open for the 2023 cohort of HEAL’s School of Political Leadership (SoPL)! Now in its 5th year, SoPL is a six-month long, virtual leadership program that equips frontline, majority Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color leaders working to create more democratic food and […]
Climate Resistance: HEAL’s Summer Update
Welcome to the HEAL Food Alliance quarterly newsletter! To stay up to date on what’s happening in the food and farm justice movement, subscribe now » August 2022 We’ve witnessed the urgency of the climate crisis firsthand this summer— from the wildfires in California and western water crisis, to heat stress burdening working people. In […]
Farmers: have you faced bank discrimination? We want to hear from you!
Are you a farmer that has experienced discrimination while trying to get a loan from a bank? Do you have a story to share? Help us end discrimination in agricultural lending by sharing your story. We are looking for both written and verbal stories, and you can remain anonymous if you choose. The HEAL Food […]
HEAL Food Alliance grants $52K to organizations on the frontlines of the fight for food justice
Press Release: For Immediate Release Contact: Neshani Jani, neshani@healfoodalliance.org HEAL Food Alliance grants $52K to organizations on the frontlines of the fight for food justice Oakland, CA – As the pandemic, global calamities, inflation, and climate chaos continue to threaten food security, our environment, and working people’s safety – especially in communities of color – […]
Interdependence & Solidarity: HEAL’s Statement on the Recent SCOTUS Decisions
By Navina Khanna, Executive Director, HEAL Food Alliance The slew of recent SCOTUS decisions – that grant more rights to guns than people with uteri, that exempt power plants from regulation, strip tribal Nations of their sovereignty, and protect police over people – are a sobering reminder that the systems that govern us were never […]
SoPL is Timely and Necessary: Reflections on Session 6
By Marlene Manzo, Political Leadership Coordinator, HEAL Food Alliance Twelve people joined us for the School of Political Leadership this year. In January, I was filled with anticipation and excitement of what this cohort would be like. Unsurprisingly, we had the pleasure of working with twelve loving and passionate food and farming leaders. Twelve people […]
Campaigns and Comms! Reflections on SoPL Session 5
By Bea Fry, Development Steward, and & Jazmin Martinez, Co-Operations Steward (Advocates for Urban Agriculture) and members of the Together Honoring Earth’s Mycelia (T.H.E.M.) SoPL team Together Honoring Earth’s Mycelia (T.H.E.M) joined the School of Political Leadership (SoPL) as a team of four: Bea, Jazmin, Ren, & Viviana after undergoing – and still actively in […]
HEAL Food Alliance Statement on Congressional Investigation into COVID and the Meatpacking Industry
May 19, 2022 A recent congressional investigation has revealed that Trump Administration officials collaborated with the meatpacking industry to downplay the threat of COVID-19 to plant workers and block public health measures which could have saved lives. In response to the investigation’s findings, Navina Khanna, Executive Director of HEAL Food Alliance issued the following statement: […]
The Importance of Building Relationships in Organizing Work: Reflections on SoPL Session 4
By Felix Ortiz , Community Health Navigator, and Nicholas Domberg, Worker Protection Organizer for Warehouse Workers for Justice and members of the Illinois Food Alliance SoPL team. The Illinois Food Alliance team is made up of organizers at Warehouse Workers for Justice (WWJ), a worker center fighting for good living-wage jobs in Illinois’ warehouse and […]
4 Ways to Disrupt the Status Quo this International Workers Day
As the largest source of employment in the United States, our food system can and should center the health, safety and economic well-being of us all — especially the 21.5 million working people that cultivate, process, distribute, cook and serve our food. Unfortunately, alongside being the biggest, this system is also the most exploitative. Over […]