Explore Black connections to land, agriculture, and food sovereignty. Learn about community gardening, urban farming, and spiritual stewardship.
Explore Black connections to land, agriculture, and food sovereignty. Learn about community gardening, urban farming, and spiritual stewardship.
This Teach-Out course explores the historical, ancestral, and spiritual connections that Black people have to land and agriculture. It addresses food apartheid and highlights Black agricultural solutions for food sovereignty and community resilience. Participants will learn about ancestral foodways, agrarian practices, and spiritual connections to land. The course covers topics such as community gardening in Philadelphia, advocacy for threatened gardens, spiritual stewardship of land, and overcoming barriers to urban farming. Through expert discussions and case studies, learners will gain insights into the multifaceted benefits of Black agriculture, including social capital, collective agency, physical wellbeing, and economic autonomy.
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What you'll learn
Understand the historical and spiritual connections between Black communities and agriculture
Explore the concept of food apartheid and its impact on Black communities
Learn about community gardening initiatives and their role in food sovereignty
Understand the challenges faced by urban gardens and strategies for advocacy
Explore spiritual approaches to land stewardship and growing practices
Gain practical knowledge about overcoming barriers to urban farming
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1.93 Hours PreRecorded video
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There are 6 modules in this course
This Teach-Out course explores Black agricultural solutions to food apartheid, emphasizing the historical, ancestral, and spiritual connections Black communities have with land and agriculture. The course is divided into six modules covering key topics: the centrality of land in Black agriculture, the history of structural racism faced by Black farmers, community gardening initiatives in Philadelphia, advocacy efforts for threatened gardens, spiritual approaches to land stewardship, and strategies for overcoming barriers to urban farming. Through a combination of video lectures, readings, discussions, and virtual tours, participants gain a comprehensive understanding of the importance of Black agriculture in addressing food insecurity, building community resilience, and promoting food sovereignty. The course encourages participants to explore their own connections to food and land while providing practical insights into urban farming and community organizing for food justice.
Land is at the Center
Module 1 · 47 Minutes to complete
A Brief History of Structural Racism Experienced by Black Farmers
Module 2 · 53 Minutes to complete
Community Gardening in Philadelphia: Past and Present
Module 3 · 54 Minutes to complete
Threatened Gardens and Advocacy Efforts
Module 4 · 1 Hours to complete
Stewarding from Spirit
Module 5 · 1 Hours to complete
Overcoming Barriers to Growing in a City
Module 6 · 32 Minutes to complete
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Instructors
Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins University
Shannon Frattaroli, PhD, MPH, is an Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where she also serves as Deputy Director and Associate Director for Outreach at the Center for Injury Research and Policy. Dr. Frattaroli teaches courses on Public Health Policy Formulation, Qualitative Research Methods, and Implementation Research and Practice. Her research centers on policy strategies aimed at preventing injuries, including those from motor vehicle crashes, opioid misuse and abuse, and gun violence, particularly firearm-related domestic violence. She is dedicated to advancing the translation of research findings into policy and practice, working closely with federal and state policymakers to develop evidence-based solutions that maximize public health benefits. Dr. Frattaroli has extensively published on the use of qualitative methods in injury prevention and on the science and practice of translating injury and violence prevention interventions.
Founder of Land-Based Jawns and Expert in Food and Land Justice
Dr. Ashley Gripper, born and raised in Philadelphia, PA, focuses her work on Black people's connection to the Earth and the reclamation of land-based living and organizing practices. With over a decade of involvement in food and land justice movements, she has fostered strong relationships with urban and rural growers across the country. As a community builder and the Founding Organizer of Land Based Jawns, a spiritually-rooted organization, Dr. Gripper supports Black Philadelphians in deepening their relationships to land, food, and ancestral spirituality. The organization offers workshops on agriculture, carpentry, land-based living, and community healing. Dr. Gripper began her formal farming training at Sankofa Community Farm in Southwest Philadelphia and is a member of Soil Generation, where she is working on Philadelphia's first Urban Agriculture Strategic Plan, slated for release this summer. She earned her PhD in Population Health Sciences from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where her transdisciplinary research uses mixed methods to explore the intersections of urban agriculture, mental health, spirituality, and collective agency. In the fall, Dr. Gripper will join Drexel's Dornsife School of Public Health as an Assistant Professor of Racism and Population Health Equity, with appointments in the Department of Community Health and Prevention and Environmental and Occupational Health. Her appointment aligns with the Ubuntu Center on Racism, Global Movements, and Population Health Equity, furthering the Center’s mission and scholarship.
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