This multidisciplinary group of Yale graduate and professional school students will come together in a monthly discussion group to dig into real-world challenges and inspiring examples of intersectional equity, justice, and liberation practices in businesses, organizations, and communities - in order to adapt these learnings into their lives and work.
Learnings from sessions are applicable across all sectors but many guest speakers and examples are drawn from food systems sectors. A primary focus will be placed on how to put these liberatory, regenerative, and anti-racist values and strategies into practice in real-world environments. We will learn from nature, global indigenous approaches, and movement and industry leaders, as well as each other - about practices for redistributing power and resources to address local and global inequities, injustices and the climate crisis. We will learn practices that center communities most impacted by systemic oppression to support justice and liberation for all peoples and life on our planet.
The group will use engaging multi-media content including guest speakers, videos, podcasts, and social media, with not more than two hours of preparation materials per month. A diverse range of guest speakers will be drawn from the New Haven, national and international communities. Group sessions will be interactive with a mix of full group and small group discussions as well as student facilitated discussions. Each monthly session will include lunch from New Haven BIPOC-owned restaurants. Most months there will also be an optional social gathering time or occasional field trip to deepen cohort connections and learnings.
This group is for Yale graduate or professional students.