Breaking the Cycle: Food Justice, Sovereignty, and Social Equity

Join our transformative workshop on food justice! Discover the vital shift from food security to empowerment, tackling racism and oppression. Together, let’s build equitable solutions for a just and sustainable future!

Food insecurity in the United States is a pressing issue, often addressed through a lens of food security. However, a deeper understanding reveals the need to shift toward food justice, which emphasizes sovereignty and empowerment.

This workshop will provide an overview of the differences between food security, food sovereignty, and food justice, and explore how food justice intersects with systems of oppression, including racism.

Participants will learn how to adopt a food justice approach that moves beyond traditional charity models, focusing instead on addressing root causes and creating equitable, sustainable solutions.

Presenter: Srijan Chakraborty (he, him, his)
Srijan is the Executive Director of Hunger Intervention Program (HIP), a non-profit with the mission to increase food security for underserved populations in North King County. Before joining HIP he was the Development and Communications Manager at The Sophia Way, an agency that helps women experiencing homelessness with shelter and other services. Srijan left his career as a Software Engineer after working nine years at Microsoft and decided to switch his profession to social work, which he finds more meaningful and rewarding. He completed his Masters of Social Work degree at the University of Washington in 2015. Srijan is able to blend his analytical skills, his breadth of experience, and his passion for social justice to uniquely design and deliver his training.