The Falk College Food Studies program invites you to a luncheon where we will serve Soup Joumou – the Haitian liberation meal.
Virtual live lecture featuring Leah Penniman
Leah Penniman is a Black Kreyol farmer, author, mother, and food justice activist who has been tending the soil and organizing for an anti-racist food system for 25 years. She currently serves as founding co-executive director of Soul Fire Farm in Grafton, New York, a Black & Brown led project that works toward food and land justice. Her book is Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm’s Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land. Find out more about Leah’s work on the Soul Fire Farm website and follow her @soulfirefarm on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Leah will be joining our in-person moderators and panelists virtually.
Moderator:
Rick Welsh, Ph.D.
Department Chair and Undergraduate Director of Food Studies
Department of Nutrition and Food Studies will serve as moderator
Panelists:
Marcelle Haddix, Ph.D.
Distinguished Dean’s Professor of Literacy, Race, and Justice | Reading and Language Arts
Professor | Nutrition and Food Studies (courtesy appointment)
Faculty Affiliate | African American Studies | Composition and Cultural Rhetoric | Women’s and Gender Studies
Estelí Jiménez-Soto, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Food Studies
Department of Nutrition and Food Studies
Schedule:
Friday, September 10th:
12:00pm – Lunch, Falk College Events Room 335
12:45pm – Virtual live lecture, Grant Auditorium
Please RSVP for luncheon by 9/8
This event was first published on September 2nd, 2021 and last updated on September 10th, 2021.
Event Details
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- Category
- Alumni
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- Type
- Lectures and Seminars
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- Region
- Falk College
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- Open to
- Public
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- Cost
- Free
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- Organizers
- Falk College
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- Contact
- Annette Hodgens
ahodgens@syr.edu
(315) 443-9816
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- Accessibility
- Contact Annette Hodgens to request accommodations