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1625 16th Street
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Black Lives Matter and an Unjust Food System
Black Lives Matter. Always.
We recently posted a photo on City Slicker Farms' Instagram featuring the Black Lives Matter sign a student in our community made for us that hangs at our greenhouse. That day we received an uncharacteristic number of unfollows.
Instagram is a visual medium, and we're honored that so many folks appreciate the images of nourishment, beauty and healing we post. Our work to achieve food justice is rooted in West Oakland, a community that experiences the daily violence of poverty, racism, police brutality, eviction and displacement. The nourishment, beauty and healing we share here are a reflection of and in the service to the communities we stand with -- communities that are rising up in power to demand liberation and social change. Black Lives Matter, whether we are confronting police brutality or an unjust food system.
Our friends at the Black Permaculture Network have adopted a powerful statement of solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, that connects permaculture thinking, ecology, and the urgent struggle for justice in our communities. You can read and sign the statement here:
http://blackpermaculturenetwork.org/solidarity-statement/