Black America's Farming Legacy - One Family's Journey

<p>To honor Black America's farming legacy during Black History Month, on this episode we have guest, Mina Wilson. Mina is a community activist and public health professional who shares with us her family's legacy from their arrival in America as enslaved peoples to today. <span style="font-weight: 400;">We’ll be talking about family history, farming, interdependence, food sovereignty, and liberation.  </span></p> <p><strong>Show notes:</strong></p> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li1">Visiting and honoring the places of our ancestors</li> <li class="li1">Leaning on family - both immediate and extended- and recognizing the power of collective thinking over individual thinking</li> <li class="li1">Black legacy and recognizing the work and humanity of the enslaved as they built the wealth of our nation</li> <li class="li1">The distinction in language between “salves” and “enslaved” and why it’s crucial when we talk about our history</li> <li class="li1">How we must recognize and dismantle the policies still in place that uphold racism in America</li> <li class="li1"><a href= "https://theintercept.com/2018/05/12/oliver-north-nra-iran-contra/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Oliver North and guns for drugs</a></li> <li class="li1">How the construct of slavery is still present in modern America</li> <li class="li1">Allyship vs accompliceship</li> <li class="li1">When we talk about farming, why we must acknowledge and honor the enslaved</li> <li class="li1">How can land access and ownership can be a way forward for allyship and accompliceship</li> <li class="li1">How the mortgage industry truly started</li> <li class="li1">Cross-generational consciousness and why it’s crucial</li> </ul> <p class="p1">“If we don’t acknowledge the truth individually and collectively - there is no hope for us” -Mina Wilson</p>