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Wednesday, December 4 • 11:00am - 12:30pm
Rematriation: A Few First Steps Towards Going Home and Doing So Intentionally

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Many land workers of color have immersed ourselves in agriculture here in the United States with plans of returning home to continue the work. How do we go about this intentionally? What are the necessary steps to build trust within and in communities we may or may not be in relationship with? How do we reclaim land if we’ve never/rarely been there? Where are the opportunities for intergenerational and intercultural learning and exchange? Who are we accountable to?

This workshop and community dialogue encourages people of color to hone in on and find empowerment in our reasons for returning home, question ways of potential savior mentality in response to our first world privileges, to dig deeply around our privileges as part of the diaspora, and more.
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avatar for Frances A. Pérez-Rodríguez

Frances A. Pérez-Rodríguez

Farm manager, La Finca Del Sur Community Farm
Frances was born in Puerto Rico, raised in New York City, and stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of the world. The current farm manager of La Finca Del Sur Community Farm in the South Bronx, the Food & Land Education Coordinator for Woke Foods, and a recent Farm School... Read More →
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Ysanet Batista

Founder and Worker-Owner, Woke Foods
Ysanet Batista is the founder and a worker owner of Woke Foods a coop focused on Dominican plant-based foods through catering, cooking classes, and workshops. Ysanet helps others start their own worker-cooperatives at Green Worker Cooperatives at their Coop Academy.--Ysanet Batista... Read More →
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Christiaan Pfeifer

Student, Farm School NYC
Christiaan is a youth educator, land rights activist, and community farmer/healer in training. They were born and raised in Jersey City, NJ and trace their roots to Iloilo, Philippines. In 2018, they lived in Mindanao, Philippines and organized in the Filipino struggle for national... Read More →
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Raina Robinson

Raina is a cook, farmer, and creator from the Bronx, NY with an immeasurable love of food, people, and cooperatives! She enjoys cooking and sharing her knowledge of food and agriculture with others. Raina hopes to one day open a farm, restaurant, and education center on the farmland... Read More →
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Maria Marasigan

NA, Rise and Root Farm
Maria Muriel Remo Marasigan has an international background in environmental studies, education, youth/women leadership, and sustainable community development. Most recently, she has done consultancy and volunteer work in the Philippines for the past five years with environmental... Read More →

Wednesday December 4, 2019 11:00am - 12:30pm EST
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