Youth and Emerging Leadership in Just Food Economies
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Chef Bobby Anderson is the Founder and Executive Director of FBites, a culinary vocational training program for youth and young adults ages 10-19 in Erie and Niagara County. F Bites is a nonprofit organization committed to empowering youth and adults through building employable skill...
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Khadijah Hussein is a 17 year old, early-graduate "Class of 2016 Junior" at International Prep High School in Buffalo. Khadijah came to the United States from Kenya when she was 7 years old. She participates in a lot of community and school-based activities like being on the school...
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Shira Tiffany is a Community Organizer at the Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance and is excited to facilitate a unique decentralized collaborative network of fishermen, fishworkers, and allies organized around economic, social, food, and environmental justice. She lives in Boston...
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Rebekah Williams, Youth Education Director at MAP, hires ~50 teenagers each year. MAP develops lesson plans and curriculum in food systems, urban farming, community organizing, and social and environmental justice. She co-facilitates the Youth Advisors Council (YAC), a city-wide collaboration...
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