'This is not because black folks don't want to farm,' Leah Penniman says. 'This is because of a whole legacy of discrimination, of institutional racism.' - NBCBLK
"A lotta times, we learn about the Great Migration as 6 million black folks seeking opportunity in factories in the North," said Penniman."But we don't learn about it for what it really was, which was a refugee crisis of people fleeing terrorism.
"The practice began during Reconstruction, when many African Americans didn’t have access to the legal system, and it continued through the Jim Crow era, when black communities were suspicious of white Southern courts,"."In the United States today, 76% of African Americans do not have a will, more than twice the percentage of white Americans.
Penniman's children have been involved in the project since the very beginning."They both have gained a number of skills that I don't think they realize the full value of at their age," she said."Neshima knows how to install a roof and edit a grant report, and Emet can facilitate a youth group and pack a CSA box."
Now, Soul Fire has eight full-time staff members who facilitate hands-on-the-land training , as well as courses on business management, marketing, crop planning, anti-racism training, carpentry training and week-long camps for youth interested in farming.Penniman is also very committed to the accessibility of her programs, regardless of students' ability to pay. Every class fee is sliding scale based on what they earn, from zero on up.
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