ADULT ED COURSE:

THE COLOR OF FOOD: EXPLORING AMERICAN FOODWAYS THROUGH THE LENS OF RACIAL JUSTICE

The Color of Food is a six week course lead by Derrick Weston that explores the ways that American foodways have been influenced by Africans and African Americans and the ways that systemic racism have been present in the food system since the country’s foundation.

The course is broken into the following sessions:

• Introduction, Disconnected: losing connection to nature
• Understanding food systems, why we should say food “Apartheid” instead of “desert”
• What we brought with us – how African food practices shaped what early America ate
• The Great Migration- Bringing the rural south to the urban north
• Junk: malnutrition and environmental racism
• Edible Activism: Food justice is racial justice

Testimonials

The “Color of Food course has had a lasting impact on the way our congregation understands systemic injustice. It has given us a new vision to go beyond contributing cans to the local pantry, and has allowed us to dream of starting a network of farms.

Rev. Carol Howard Merritt, Pastor, Bedford Presbyterian Church, Bedford, NY

Derrick’s teaching style and knowledge of the material made Food and Faith easily accessible, critically foundational, and highly transformative.

Rev. Chelsea Spyres, Pastor and executive director Riverfront Church, Wilmington, DE