<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><div class="gmail-ptW7te" style="margin:12px 0px;overflow:auto"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:ArialMT"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We are excited to launch a new workshop series: Conversations on Food Justice. </span></div><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></div><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvduqorDkqGtdmfXmNB44DgVpI0D3JQeQy" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(26,115,232)"><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Register here</span><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">!</span></a><br></div><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></div><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Inequities in our food system continue to disproportionately burden communities of color. Dismantling these inequities is imperative to achieve a sustainable food system and ultimately food justice. April Jones from </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Pinehurst Community Action and Farmers’ Market</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and Phoebe Gooding from Toxic Free North Carolina will co-facilitate in depth discussions with a variety of presenters on the following topics:</span></div><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Indigenous seed keeping and food sovereignty </span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><div style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Healthy food access through farmers’ markets </span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><div style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Overcoming barriers to land access</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><div style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Self-determination and resilient communities</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><div style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Agricultural labor and farmworkers </span></div></li></ul><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></div><div style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvduqorDkqGtdmfXmNB44DgVpI0D3JQeQy" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(26,115,232)"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Register here</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">for the first of the series, </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Indigenous Seed Keeping and Food Sovereignty </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">with Crystal Cavalier-Keck. </span></div><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></div><div style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The series is from June to October on the last Thursday of each month from 4-5 pm EST. Join us for one or all! Email <a href="https://groups.google.com/" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(26,115,232)">pho...@toxicfreenc.org</a> with questions.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div></div></div></div></div></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><b><font color="#a64d79">Phoebe Gooding, M.S. </font></b><b><font color="#a64d79">(she/her)</font></b><div><div><i><font color="#38761d"><b>Community Organizer</b></font></i></div><div><font color="#38761d"><b><i>Just and Sustainable Agriculture</i></b></font></div><div><a href="https://www.toxicfreenc.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(26,115,232)">Toxic Free NC</a><br></div><div><font color="#000000"><a href="https://groups.google.com/" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(26,115,232)">pho...@toxicfreenc.org</a></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail-c2eF9b" style="border-top:1px solid rgb(232,234,237);display:flex"><div class="gmail-E3gXse" tabindex="0" style="background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;border-width:1px 0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-top-color:rgb(232,234,237);border-left-color:rgb(232,234,237);border-bottom-style:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;height:120px;margin:8px;width:180px"><div class="gmail-v4CGHc" style="overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap;background-color:rgb(232,234,237);color:rgb(95,99,104);display:flex;padding-left:4px;padding-right:30px;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Bonita Green</font><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Merrick-Moore Community Development Corporation</font></div><div><b><u><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><a href="mailto:merrickmoorecommunity@gmail.com" target="_blank">merrickmoorecommunity@gmail.com</a></font></u></b></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">954.632.2079 (mobile)</font></div></div></div></div>