WED January 5 - FRI January 7
Oxford Real Farming Conference
The Oxford Real Farming Conference has developed over the last twelve years to become the unofficial gathering of the real food and farming movement in the UK. Working with partners, the conference brings together farmers, growers, activists, policy-makers, researchers and all those who support agroecology, including organic and regenerative agriculture and indigenous systems. Join us for ORFC 2022 ONLINE - a packed virtual programme with 135 sessions and 500 speakers over three inspiring days of movement building, knowledge sharing and strengthening community. Get tickets.

TUES January 11, 5 - 6pm Pacific Time
“To End a Plague” Conversation with Author Emily Bass & Dr. Joia Mukherjee
Join author Emily Bass and Dr. Joia Mukherjee from Partners in Health for an exclusive conversation about Emily’s brand new book, “To End A Plague.'' This book uncovers the movement that ignited in 1998 to successfully repeal global policies that put drug company profits over the lives of the poor, and win life-saving treatment for millions of people with AIDS around the world. These revolutionary activists stood up to big pharma and the World Trade Organization, got President George Bush to care about this issue, and launched global solutions to a pandemic that was claiming millions of lives. We have so much to learn and draw upon from this movement as we are mounting our own fight against COVID-19 and pandemics of the future. More information.

WED January 12, 7:30PM - 12:30AM Pacific Time
Speak-EZ Social Lounge
Cafe Racer, Capitol Hill (Seattle)
Speak-EZ social lounge is a space where art meets activism. A space where folx passionate about justice and healing come to connect. Where we can dream up new realities together. We welcome all free spirits, liberated souls, radical minds, and compassionate hearts to come vibe and align our frequencies. Volume 2 will feature Hip Hop performances by Rell Be Free and Vitamin D, live DJ sets by JENNGREEN and Black Family Radio, and will be hosted by Dadabassed. Each of these artists will share a piece of their story with the audience and open up space after their set for dialogue around the area of justice they're passionate about. Come for the art, stay for the community! More information.

TUES January 18, 6PM Pacific Time
Town Hall Seattle: A Contemporary Look at Asian American Activism
Can we transform our society through unruly resistance, defiant love, and radical care? Two highly respected and widely-published scholars, Diane C. Fujino and Robyn Magalit Rodriguez, think it’s possible. In their new book, Contemporary Asian American Activism: Building Movements for Liberation, they bring together stories of lived experiences, lessons, and triumphs from grassroots Asian American organizers and scholar-activists fighting for transformative justice. In the struggles for prison abolition, global anti-imperialism, immigrant rights, affordable housing, environmental justice, fair labor, and more, twenty-first-century Asian American activists are speaking out and standing up to systems of oppression. Fujino and Rodriguez come together to celebrate victories, assess failures, reflect on the trials of activist life, examine movement-building in the long term, and inspire continued mobilization for the years to come. Collectively, the stories shape a vision of a more just future that’s forged when many different races — and multiple generations — come together in solidarity. More information.

TUES January 25, Monthly Virtual Series
Building Beyond Nice Racism: Catalyzing Institutional Change in the Food System
This virtual learning series in 2022 is open to student, faculty, organizational, agency, and community leaders who are seeking a deeper understanding of structural and institutional racism in our food system. The series is designed to provide a pathway to action to help dismantle the attitudes, practices, and structures that hold racism in place as a step toward creating a more equitable system that works for everyone.
This five part series runs January-May 2022 and will include two-hour sessions on the following dates: January 25, February 22, March 22, April 26, May 24. More information on registration coming early January 2022.