Digging into farm and food worker led organizing that’s multi-sector, multi-racial and has the power to transform our food system by prioritizing people and the planet. With guest Navina Khanna.
MAR 12, 2021
All tagged social justice
STORYSCAPE
A collection of short stories on the lives and work of twelve people who explore the landscape of race, change making, education & community around Connecticut. Host Tagan Engel recorded these stories and many more as part of a larger multi media project in 2018 to mark the 25th anniversary year of the Graustein Memorial Fund.
Remembering as a Call to Act in Solidarity
Tagan Engel’s speech given in honor of her grandparents for the Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony in New Haven, CT 2019.
Punishment & Racial Bias In Schools: One mom’s story of fighting for her son’s rights and education
AN EDUCATION PROJECT STORY: Guest Kia Levey-Burden shares her struggles with a school district punishing her son due to his learning needs and race.
Two Jew Girls on Passover, Privilege & Social Justice
A joint conversation with Lucy Gellman of The Kitchen Sync podcast about the importance of telling the passover holiday liberation story and the complications and responsibilities of being a white Jew. Oh and some food talk too...
The True History & Foods of Thanksgiving
Three indigenous educators talk about giving thanks, true history, native foods and how they handle Thanksgiving each year.
Legislative Theater
Theater of the oppressed NYC sparks innovative policy changes. An interview with director Katy Rubin.
Field of Greens
Growing community, food and beauty in a former vacant lot in the Hill neighborhood of New Haven, CT. An interview with gardener, activist and grandma, Jamilah Rasheed.