“What Are Your Pillars? Farming, Faith, and Narrative Investigation” Community Conversations Series

Faith, farming, and agriculture have played a central role in the development of past social justice movements. This is a conversation about the Black Church’s contemporary relationship with agriculture, and how both farming and faith continue to serve as pillars of personal and collective narrative-making in our communities. Guiding the conversation are Executive Director of Word Tabernacle’s REACH Center and Come to the Table Rural Fellow Trishonda Roberson, alongside Durham historian and activist Georie Bryant. Farmer and founder of Conetoe Family Life Center Rev. Richard Joyner will is featured as well.

This conversation is hosted by the Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA, or RAFI-USA for short, and our Come to the Table program. At RAFI, we envision a future in which people work in partnership to build strong, self-reliant communities where everyone can eat healthy, just, and sustainable food. RAFI-USA brings this vision to life through Come to the Table. Come to the Table’s objective is to relieve hunger and strengthen just, sustainable agriculture in rural North Carolina. We engage, organize, and mobilize people of faith, farmers, and communities to increase food security, address poverty, and strengthen justice in our food system.

This webinar is part of Come to the Table’s larger series, called “Spirit, Power, & Connection: Community Conversations.” The series is rooted in the belief that we must build strength together in order to have the power to build a more just food system. We believe that relationships are at the core of this work; and that the connections between us are rooted in our common human spirit. Our hope for this Community Conversations series is that it will create opportunities for us to meet, learn from, and deepen our connections with each other as we work towards justice. We are hosting this series as a way to build connections between people, sectors, and ideas. We are excited to host speakers who have thought deeply on issues of justice in our food system, who are grounded in the work, and who can open a space to welcome the wisdom of everyone in the room.