Xavier Brown: Utilizing the Wisdom of Nature to Rebuild and Heal Communities in Washington, DC

Learning from personal mistakes and mistakes of others to create new cultures and systems, moving from theory to practice in the world of community development. Exploring the intersections of applying nature's natural systems to issues that affect oppressed African American communities in DC. In this talk, Xavier Brown highlights and analyzes three initiatives: Soilful, SouthEats & Black Dirt Farm Collective and discusses how these practices are used in different ways.

Xavier Brown is a member of the Black Dirt Farm Collective, Founder of Soilful and Co-founder of SouthEats. Alumni of RobertWood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Leaders and Alumni of the UVM Masters in Leadership for Sustainability Program.

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