In the imaginations of some folks, movements towards food sovereignty live primarily in idyllic community gardens, small-scale organic farms, local farmers’ markets, and farm-to-table restaurants. But the work of sovereignty lives within spaces of deeper complexity – spaces woven together by the seeds of joys, suffering, commitments, creativity, and resilience. Derrick McDonald and Shephali Patel call in the stories and voices that remind us that sovereignty lives in our past, present, and futures. 
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Learn more about Food Culture Collective @ https://foodculture.org and HEAL Food Alliance @ https://healfoodalliance.org
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Derrick McDonald:  https://www.hackerarchitects.com/derrick-mcdonald



StoryMap of the initial seeding of Black Lives Memorial Garden in Cal Anderson 



Coverage on 2021 Black Lives Matter protests and CHOP/CHAZ: 



https://www.democracynow.org/2020/6/11/seattle_activists_create_autonomous_zone_near



https://crosscut.com/focus/2020/11/seattles-cal-anderson-park-microcosm-national-upheaval



Watch the documentary “As Long as the Rivers Run” to learn about Bernie Whitebear and a legacy of indigenous land and food sovereignty movements in the Pacific Northwest



Overview of Daybreak Star and the Fort Lawton occupation:  https://www.seattle.gov/cityarchives/exhibits-and-education/online-exhibits/daybreak-star-indian-cultural-center



Omari Garrett and the occupation of the Colman School



Overview:  https://www.historylink.org/File/8602



A complex history:  



https://www.seattlemet.com/arts-and-culture/2008/12/1008-feat-divided

https://africanamericanheritagemuseumandculturalcenter.org/synopsis/



Stay connected with Shephali at shephali.earth


Recommended Reading List inspired by Derrick

Spill: Scenes of Black Feminist Fugitivity by Alexis Pauline Gumbs

Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy

Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler

Kindred by Octavia Butler

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene by Donna J. Haraway