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Our Board Evolution
2021 is a critical time for us. Our new 501c3 designation offers us an opportunity to recreate our organization in accordance with our values. We are developing an autonomous, community-led decision-making structure that allows us to be truly led by and accountable to our community, a community that has social justice and food sovereignty at its core.

We will pilot our new board structure in spring 2021, which we have been co-creating with input from our students, alumni, faculty, staff, board and partners since 2018. Please read more about our Board Evolution Process, guided by our Community Alignment Committee of board, faculty, students and staff in 2019, and the interim board members who are holding space for this process in the interim.
Welcoming Our New Cohort!
Some of our students gathered outside with Farmer Yon at Hattie Carthan community market during our Food Justice course. The rest of the cohort joined via Zoom.
This past fall, we welcomed 33 students into our Foundation Program as our new cohort! Since then, we've been excited to grow and learn together.

Students grounded in popular education and community building exercises during Training of Trainers with Ravi Ramaswamy in December. While the entire course was on zoom, Ravi as sure to share a robust toolkit of interactive digital activities along with a workshop by Sulu LeoNimm from Theater of the Oppressed.

Together with Farmer Yonnette Fleming, students began to immerse themselves in embodied practices for deeper understanding of Food Justice. We were graced with guest visits from Kolu Zigbi and Ray Figueroa to share about the ways structural racism manifests on land and in our food system.

We're grateful for all of the teachers who share their skills and experiences with our community. We also recently gathered with many of our teachers virtually at our faculty gathering to check in, reflect on the past year, build community, and vision for the year ahead. We even had a mini workshop on tips for zoom facilitation. We look forward to our programs this year, feeling more refreshed and prepared after tuning in with our teachers.
Welcome, New Team Members!
We are excited to welcome Frances A. Pérez-Rodríguez to our team as Program Co-coordinator. 

Frances is an NYC-based landworker and recent Farm School NYC graduate (2018). She is deeply inspired by the reality of maintaining a healthy relationship with the planet and with one another through connecting with and freeing the land. 

Working alongside Connor, Frances joins us with the intention of supporting Farm School students and facilitators while strengthening community partnerships and bringing her unique lens as a Black woman food grower and community organizer. 
We are excited to welcome Claudia Navas to our team as Program Manager. 

Claudia has a background in community education, outreach, and program management, most recently as Operations Manager for Citizens Committee for New York City and previously with the NYC Compost Project, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and Refugee Women's Alliance in Seattle. She has eight years of farming experience in Pennsylvania, Long Island, and Brooklyn: from a 20+ acre orchard and organic vegetable farm to an 85-acre poultry farm, and several small-scale urban farms and gardens.

Claudia will be leading a new effort to integrate urban conservation more deeply into our programming, including an exciting new course!
Black Farmers’ Pathways to Success Webinar Series
Tune into to explore how Black farmers can thrive despite systematic barriers, focusing on the challenges and successes of several farmers connected to Farm School NYC, including Rafael Aponte of Rocky Acres Community Farm and Kadeesha Williams, Arian Rivera, and Chelsea Matías of the Black Yard Farm Cooperative.
Support BIPOC Makers + Farm School NYC + Okra Project + ...
This month, we received an unexpected donation from a Brooklyn specialty shop with a note explaining that they're donating100% of the proceeds from their new “BIPOC Makers” section to organizations that support ending systemic racism through food-related missions, starting with us and The Okra Project. But their shelves are nearly empty! They've pledged to continue to add local products as they find them. So suggest some @campbellandco.nyc and make a purchase -- you'll get your favorite BIPOC makers more exposure and increase future donations for Okra, us and other organizations.
Jobs
Brooklyn Grange - Various Positions

Randall’s Island Park Alliance, Inc. - Seasonal Urban Farmer & Educator

New York Botanical Garden - Community Horticulturist/Urban Agriculturist

New York Restoration Project - Urban Agriculture Manager

WHEDco - Farm Manager

Wyckoff House Farm Museum - Seasonal Farmer