Liberating Futures series discussion topic: \u201cTies to the Land: Sharecropping, Black Land Ownership, and Black Land Loss\u201d <\/p>\n
The panel brings together a group of policy analysts, activists, attorneys, and farmers to reflect on the systems that have simultaneously connected Black farm families with the land and challenged their ability to own the fields in which they\u2019ve labored for so many generations.<\/p>\n
Panelists: <\/strong> \u2022 Phyllis Craig-Taylor \u2013 Professor of Law and former Dean of the NCCU School of Law; a member of the Heirs Property Retention Coalition, and a board member of Land Loss Prevention, Inc.<\/p>\n \u2022 Mary Sommerville \u2013 Minister, lifetime farmer, community activist, and North Carolina\u2019s first Black female jailer<\/p>\n Moderator:<\/strong> Free and open to the public<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Liberating Futures series discussion topic: \u201cTies to the Land: Sharecropping, Black Land Ownership, and Black Land Loss\u201d The panel brings<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2517,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[268,40],"mec_category":[430],"mec_speaker":[],"mec_sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-2479","mec-events","type-mec-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-discussion","tag-warrenton","mec_category-community"],"yoast_head":"\n
\n\u2022 Patrick Brown \u2013 Fourth generation Black farmer, using conservation and regenerative agricultural practices and promoting Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Tracy McCurty \u2013 Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Black Belt Justice Center, a legal and advocacy nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and regeneration of African American farmlands and land-based livelihood<\/p>\n