Remaking the Economy: Black Food Sovereignty, Community Stories

Reverend Keith Davis is a pastor and community leader, technologist, and thought leader in technology and workforce development. He is President and CEO of the Camden Dream Center’s Technology Training School, and co-chair of the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Educations (NICE) working group to promote career discovery and multiple pathways to high-paying cybersecurity jobs.

Steve Dubb is senior editor of economic justice at NPQ, where he writes articles (including NPQ’s Economy Remix column), moderates Remaking the Economy webinars, and works to cultivate voices from the field and help them reach a broader audience. Prior to coming to NPQ in 2017, Steve worked with cooperatives and nonprofits for over two decades, including twelve years at The Democracy Collaborative and three years as executive director of NASCO (North American Students of Cooperation). In his work, Steve has authored, co-authored, and edited numerous reports; participated in and facilitated learning cohorts; designed community building strategies; and helped build the field of community wealth building. Steve is the lead author of Building Wealth: The Asset-Based Approach to Solving Social and Economic Problems (Aspen 2005) and coauthor (with Rita Hodges) of The Road Half Traveled: University Engagement at a Crossroads, published by MSU Press in 2012. In 2016, Steve curated and authored Conversations on Community Wealth Building, a collection of interviews of community builders that Steve had conducted over the previous decade.

Demetrius Hunter owns and operates the Black Farmers Hub, a storefront for farmers and food/beverage makers. The store sources from mainly Black farm owners and food/beverage makers and is situated in a certified food-insecure area in Southeast Raleigh, North Carolina.

Julian D. Miller, Esq., is the founding Executive Director of the Reuben V. Anderson Center for Justice and the co-founding Director of the Reuben V. Anderson Institute for Social Justice at Tougaloo College in Mississippi, where he also serves as an assistant professor of political science. He is a lawyer and community activist who is committed to economic, social, and racial justice through grassroots-led efforts to shift policy in a direction that uplifts all poor and working people.

LeeAnn C. Morrissette is a storyteller and cultural strategist based between Atlanta, Georgia, and Charleston, South Carolina. She currently serves as the Communications and Culture Director of the National Black Food and Justice Alliance.

Brielle Wright is a member of the board of directors of the Black Farmers Market, which operates in the cities of Raleigh and Durham, North Carolina. With her sister, she owns and operates the Farmers B.A.G., which sell jams, jellies, and pickled items at local farmers markets.