Addressing Barriers to BPOC Farming - Oxford Farming Conference 2022
In this collaborative session, Pauline Shakespeare, Lutfi Radwan, Hari Byles and LION’s Sam Siva discuss the Rootz into Food Growing Report, the publication of which was a key moment for acknowledging systemic racism and lack of opportunitiy within the food growing sector. What reflections and opportunities can be drawn from the report, and how can it be used going forward?
Developing a Shared Theory of Change - Oxford Real Farming Conference 2022
LION and Shared Assets co-hosted a workshop exploring what a process of developing a shared theory for change could look like in the land justice movement, which has grown significantly over the past 10 years and now holds a vast amount of different organizations with different focal points. By developing a shared strategy, these efforts might give greater cohesion and focus.
Land, Race and Empire - Oxford Real Farming Conference 2022
Josina Calliste from LION facilitates a conversation between Sam Siva, a grower and land rights activist from LION and Corinne Fowler, authour of the book Green Unpleasant Land, will discuss the racialized history of British Soil and the violence that the British land system has borne witness to, as well as reparations as a vital part of restorative work.
Our Branches & Roots - Oxford Real Farming Conference 2021
Dee Woods and Josina Calliste, co-founders of LION, discuss the lacking diversity in the horticultural, agricultural and environmental professions in the UK, and discuss how intersectional solidarity and racial and social justice are vital tools for collective liberation.
Land Reparations -Ecological Reparation
Sam Siva from LION in conversation with Maria Puig de la Bellacasa & Dimitris Papadopoulos. Sam Siva presents the work of the British Black-led collective LION, discussing land reparations, climate justice with racial justice, and how LION aims to disrupt oppressive land dynamics by centring BIPOC communities and addressing land justice as a focal point for food security, health injustices, and racial justice.
Imagining a New Future - Emerging Land Voices
In 2020, Emerging Land voices partnered with Cohere Partners and Future Narrratives Lab to explore the current discourse about land, and then partnered with LION to explore what new narratives of land could look like through online workshops with people that are marginalised from the dominant land system -People of Colour, Travellers, Boaters, small scale food growers, refugees, and more.
Remembering to Repair - Wretched of the Earth x Lion
Healing space hosted by Wretched of the Earth and LION to “re-member” the climate harm of the past and present, in an effort to put back together, to make whole, a ritual to grant BIPOCS the healing necessary to move forward in reparative justice.
Why Reparations Are Crucial To Climate Solutions - Shado x GoClimate
In this talk, Shado invites environmental and human rights activists from across the globe to participate in a discussion about the necessity of land reparations in addressing climate justice and ending the legacies of colonialism and climate extractivism.
As Sam Siva from LION was not able to attend, Josina Calliste from LION is speaking instead.
Frontlines: Land and the Climate Crisis - Stuart Hall Foundation
The reworking series aims to complicate the understandings of climate crisis in the context of colonialism and racism to develop more intersectional understandings of climate justice.
In this talk, the Stuart Hall Foundation speaks with three leading climate activists about politicising the climate struggle and reflections around land, Abeer M. Butmeh , Dr Hamza Hamouchene and Sam Siva from LION.
Land Ownership & Racial Justice - Stir to Action Festival
In this session with Land in our Names and Shared Assets, we'll explore the relationship between land and race in the UK. In particular, it will focus on how colonialism, displacement, and migration have shaped our land system, and how those histories impact on land access, ownership, food inequalities, health outcomes, and environmental connection, and what needs to change in the land system to help deliver racial justice. Speaker bio Josina Calliste is a co-founder of Land In Our Names, aiming to disrupt oppressive land dynamics relating to BPOC communities in Britain. Mark Walton is a co-founder of Shared Assets, a think and do tank that supports the development of new models of managing land for the common good.
Race & Farming in Britain Webinar - Land Workers Alliance
Dismantling systemic racism is central to the work of creating healthy, just food and farming systems for all. From the days of the colonial empire to the current industrial food system – so much of our food is produced with the sweat and blood of unpaid or vastly undervalued labour. The links between racial justice and food justice are very clear.
Rootz Into Food Growing Report Launch - Research & Recommendations
Join LION as we host a presentation and panel discussion to share our research on the experiences of Black people’s and people of colour’s experiences of growing food for social enterprise and sustaining livelihoods. During this webinar, we will be sharing our key findings from this research and offering our recommendations based on further discussions with our project partners and relevant stakeholders.