Each fellowship cohort engages in a co-design process - their collective project - that seeks to document leaders’ collective wisdom and co-designs together what an equitable future in the food system might look like. Through a series of virtual and in-person design lab sessions, fellows explore two key guiding questions.
Throughout the year, 2023 fellows explored this question and engaged in a co-design process to develop a zine that shares ancestral stories of food resiliency and liberation in order to build upon work for equitable futures. Drawing upon participatory research strategies, equity-centered, human-centered design frameworks, 2023 fellows participated in a three-part design lab to co-design a zine seeking to answer this key question.
This new resource, Stories of Food Resiliency and Liberation, offers wisdom, resources, and reflections on their experiences advocating for food sovereignty. Read and download the zine here.
Congratulations to our 2023 fellows for completing an incredible year of learning and growth! Members of 2023 fellowship cohort include:
Travis Andrews
Skyline Urban Ministries
Oklahoma City, OK
Sierra Doehr
Saticoy Food Hub
Saticoy, CA
Femeika Elliott
Rooted East Knoxville
Knoxville, TN
Jamie Gonzalez
Big Fresh Market Box and Produce Markets
San Antonio, TX
Cassandra Loftlin
Black Farmers Index
Augusta, GA
Hallie Nelson
Jefferson County Food Policy Council
Denver, CO
Marc Peeples
Liberated Farms
Detroit, MI
Kim Ross
Mount Terra LLC
Bluefield, WV
Patricia Tarquino
Cosecha Community Development
Nashville, TN
Tacumba Turner
Oasis Farm and Fishery
Pittsburgh, PA
For questions, please contact jlaura@vitalvillage.org.
This program is supported by a grant through the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Click on the links to access each year's Community Food System Fellows or go back to the main project page.
