Teaching for Change was pleased to attend and photograph the 2016 Food Justice Youth Summit. See our posts about 2014 and 2015, and view more photographs from 2016 in our Flickr album. By Capital City Public Charter School On April 7, 2016, 11th graders at Capital City Public Charter School hosted the 2nd Annual Food Justice …
2017 Food Justice Youth Summit
Yuckity, Yuck. Would you eat our school lunch? Do you wonder how far food travels to get to your plate? How can we convert a food desert into a thriving oasis? How does the food we throw away impact the environment? Tired of youth voices being ignored? These are some of the questions and issues …
2016 Food Justice Youth Summit
Teaching for Change was pleased to attend and photograph the 2016 Food Justice Youth Summit. See our posts about 2014 and 2015, and view more photographs from 2016 in our Flickr album. By Capital City Public Charter School On April 7, 2016, 11th graders at Capital City Public Charter School hosted the 2nd Annual Food Justice …
Food Justice Youth Summit
By Jill Weiler Our 11th grade FOOD JUSTICE EXPEDITION is an interdisciplinary three-part study (past, present and future) of the impact of food on our community–both locally and globally. The expedition begins with an exploration of our students’ families’ cultural connections to foods; as 99% of our students come from African American and immigrant families, …
Food Justice Teach-In: When the Students Become the Teachers
By Neha Singhal “If you were at the grocery store and saw an apple with one stem and another apple with two stems, which one would you buy?” As much as I would like to say it doesn’t matter, I would probably end up picking the one with one stem because this superficially normal-looking apple …