Black Farmers & Urban Gardeners Conference

David C. Turner III is a Ph.D. student in Social and Cultural Studies in Education at the University of California, Berkeley from Inglewood, California. His research focuses on Black youth resistance, participatory action research, youth empowerment, and civic engagement. David was... Read More →

Karissa Lewis, Oakland, CA Karissa Lewis is a Black Radical Farmer from Oakland California. Karissa is the co-founder of an urban farm in East Oakland, Full Harvest Urban Farm. Karissa works at the Center for Third World Organizing, a national training institute building the next generation of organizers, where she is the Training Director. She also also works with People's Grocery, a food justice and service organization based in west Oakland building power with in the long term resident community while bringin... Read More →

Deirdre Cybele Smith is the Strategic Partnerships Coordinator at 350.org. Her work has focused on solidarity organizing, training, and movement building. Deirdre started her work over a decade ago in Los Angeles just before returning home to New Mexico to do Environmental and Economic... Read More →