Food Justice Series: 2018-2019

The 2018-2019 lectures were held from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. at Columbia University's Manhattanville campus.

 

Food & Labor

October 11, 2018, 6:00 - 7:30 PM

  • Suzanne Adely, Esq, regional organizer (Mid-Atlantic and New England) of the Food Chain Workers Alliance.

Food & Inequality

October 25, 2018, 6:00 - 7:30 PM

Farming While Black

November 27, 2018, 6:00 - 7:30 PM

  • Leah Penniman, Co-director of Soul Fire Farm
  • Aya Lane, Artist and Healer
  • Karen Joseph-Cherfils, MPH, Member-Owner of Community Chef Kitchen

The World That Food Made

February 4, 2019, 6:00 - 7:30 PM

Raj Patel, PhD
Writer and Activist
Research Professor, LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin 
Senior Research Associate Professor, Rhodes University at South Africa

The Optimal Diet + Social Justice

March 6, 2019, 6:00 - 7:30 PM

Akash Goel, MD
Physician and Health Advocate
Weill Cornell Medicine

A Short History of Food and Capitalism

March 25, 2019, 6:00 - 7:30 PM

Ricardo Salvador, PhD
Director, Food and Environment Program
Union of Concerned Scientists