3/29/2022: Finding Freedom in Food and Feeding Generations to Come

- PRAXIS ANNOUNCEMENTS - In Praxis Season 3 - Food Justice Ep 1 & 2 Release We are excited to present a new season of In Praxis, our podcast chronicling the stories coming out of the ecosystem of base building organizing. In season 3, we are exploring community driven strategies for food justice. Check out our first two episodes! Ep.2: Feeding Generations to Come - Carleton Turner Carlton Turner, co-founder, co-director, and lead artist of the Mississippi Center for Cultural Production, tells his food story—a deeply compelling tale that tells the socio-political and economic history of Utica, Mississippi as it connects to the current day. Listen to the episode. Ep.1: Finding Freedom in Food - Emanuel Brown Space Curator, Facilitator and conjuror of spaces for freedom, Emanuel H. Brown (he/him), Executive Director and Steward of Acorn Center for Restoration and Freedom, life's work centers around the question of How can people get free? How can people feel free? Listen to the episode. *Transcripts of each episode, edited for readability, are included on the website. The Praxis Project Receives a $4M Gift from MacKenzie Scott Press Release The Praxis Project announced on March 23, 2022 the receipt of a $4M gift from MacKenzie Scott, a significant donation which will further Praxis’ efforts to create scalable infrastructure and expand our programmatic systems. Read the press release. - POLICY NEWS & ACTION - TAKE ACTION Sign the Petition to tell your Senator to Confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson Tell Congress and President Biden to defund the digital boarder surveillance #FightForTheFuture Join Black Feminist Future in their campaign to #BringBritneyHome and urger U.S governmental officials to prioritize the release and return of Britney Griner from Russia Pledge to #WelcomewithDignity in support of just, humane, and dignified asylum in the U.S. Sign the Petition to Free The People, Free The Vote Power Shift Network has put together material support & resources for Ukraine - RESOURCES & OPPORTUNITIES - RESOURCES Virtual Event: The New School at Commonweal and Real Food Media for part 3 of the Roots of Resilience series for "Solidarity: Connecting Across the Food Chain" on April 15. Register Event: Join Sistersong, in partnership with Breastfeeding ROSE, for "Titty Talk" and a Community Baby Shower on April 2nd. Register Event: AYPAL is hosting art sessions for Bay Area AAPI youth from March until their May Arts Festival. Register Workshop: Join Highlander Center for the fourth session of the Threads workshop series, "From Radicalized Capitalism to Solidarity Economies" on March 31st at 7pm ET. Register Recorded Webinar: Watch "A Black Feminist State of the Union" from Movement for Black Lives Virtual Event: Join Marguerite Casey Foundation, in partnership with Seattle and Lectures for a conversation with Angela Y. Davis, Gina Dent, Erica R. Meiners, and Beth E. Richie on their book "Abolition. Feminism. Now." on April 6th. Register Webinar: Join a panel discussion on Coping with the Reality of Anti-Blackness in America: Black Moms Discuss "The 400 Year Holocaust" with author Dante King on April 13. Register FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES $500K Available for Urban Park Projects: People, Parks, and Power: A National Initiative for Green Space, Health Equity, and Racial Justice. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's People, Parks, and Power initiative is offering 14 grants to support community-based organizations working to increase park equity in low-income communities. Learn More & Apply. Investigator-Initiated Research to Build a Culture of Health call for proposals. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Evidence for Action program funds research that expands the evidence needed to build a Culture of Health, which is broadly defined as one in which good health and well-being flourish across geographic, demographic, and social sectors; public and private decision making is guided by the goal of fostering equitable communities; and everyone has the opportunity to make choices that lead to healthy lifestyles. Proposals are accepted on a rolling basis. Learn More & Apply. Grassroots Exchange Fund. Common Counsel Foundation's rapid response fund is designed to support networking and collaboration between grassroots social change organizations throughout the United States. The fund prioritizes grants to small community-based organizations seeking to meet with each other. Typical grants are $1000. Rolling deadline, February through November. Learn more & Apply. The Strategic Opportunities Support Rapid Response Fund (SOS Fund). Circle for Justice Innovations issues micro-grants (up to $5,000) to eligible organizations addressing immediate, emergency needs and critically urgent strategic organizing opportunities in their communities. Qualifying organizations are led by and serve formerly incarcerated people and the families of those directly impacted and possess organizational budgets under $750,000. Applications are considered on a rolling basis until funds have been all granted. Learn more & Apply. JOB OPPORTUNITIES The Marshall Project is hiring for multiple positions The California Climate and Agriculture Network is hiring for multiple positions, based in CA remotely or Sacramento, CA Health Access CA is hiring for a Human Resource & Administration Coordinator and CA LGBTQ Health & Human Services Network Direction, based in Sacramento, CA Urgent Action Fund is seeking a Resource Mobilization Associate based in Asia or the Pacific HECHO is hiring a Field/Senior Field Coordinator, based in Denver, CO CARECEN SF is Hiring a Mission Oral Health Task Force Coordinator, based in San Francisco, CA Highlander Research and Education Center is hiring for multiple positions, based in rural Tennessee (near Knoxville) DC Greens is seeking a new Executive Director, based in Washington, D.C. SIREN Immigrant Rights is hiring for multiple positions, based in San Jose or Fresno, CA Family Equality is hiring a Director of Finance Operations, remote Arab Resource & Organizing Center - AROC is seeking an Organizing Director and Fund Development Director, temporarily remote Data for Progress is hiring a Press Assistant, remote or based in Washington, D.C. Unitarian Universalist Service Committee - UUSC is hiring a Digital Strategist, based in Cambridge, MA National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition is hiring a Policy Specialist - Food Systems Integrity and Senior Policy Team Coordinator, based in Washington, D.C. National Black Food & Justice Alliance is seeking a Field Coordinator, Remote Social Justice Learning Institute is hiring for multiple positions, based in Inglewood, CA The Praxis Project is a values-driven national nonprofit organization that seeks to improve health justice through partnerships to build community power. 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