SPEAKERS
2022 Speakers
TAMIKA D. MALLORY
Keynote Speaker
Award-winning Social Justice Leader and Movement Strategist, author of the forthcoming book "State of Emergency," co-founder of Until Freedom, former Executive Director of the National Action Network and co-chair of the 2017 Women's March on Washington, one of Time 100's Most Influential People.
KEVIN SIMON
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Kevin Simon, a Board-Certified Psychiatrist, was appointed by Mayor Michele Wu as the first Chief Behavioral Health Officer for the City of Boston. Dr. Simon is an attending psychiatrist at Boston Children's Hospital, and an Instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
TRACEY M. LEWIS-GIGGETS
Keynote Speaker
Author of 18 books, including “Black Joy: Stories of Resistance, Resilience, and Restoration” & “Then They Came for Mine: Healing from the Trauma of Racial Violence,” host of the HeARTtalk with Tracey podcast, founder of HeARTspace, a community using art to heal, and educator.
Jessica
ACEVEDO
Owner, Little Star of Ours Family Daycare, Early Education and Community Activist
Eric
ANDERSON
Director of Communications and Special Projects, Transformational Prison Project
Yasmine
ANDERSON
CEO, Black Women in Charge, Inc.,
Vital Village Network 2022 Community Food Systems Fellow
Karen
ARTICHOKER
Founder of Sacred Circle, South Dakota Employment Training Coordinator at the National Indian Council on Aging
Hasshan
BATTS
Community Epidemiologist and Executive Director of Promise Neighborhoods of the Lehigh Valley
Mary Ann
BUGGS
Administrative Director, Faith Food Fridays,
Vital Village Network 2022 Community Food Systems Fellow
Willie
BURNLEY, JR.
Councilor-at-Large of Somerville, MA
Joyce
CLARK
Founder, Birthingheirs Project, 2020-22 Massachusetts Birth Ambassador for DONA International
Tailor
COBLE
Food Access and Community Education Coordinator, FRESHFARM,
Vital Village Network 2022 Community Food Systems Fellow
Tafshier
COSBY
Senior Director, Center for Organizing and Partnership at National Parents Union
Pampi
D
Neighborhood Grow Plan,
Vital Village Network 2022 Community Food Systems Fellow
Shayla
L. DAVIS
Ohio State Representative, District 11
Pantaleon
FLOREZ III
Farmer, Chef, and Operator of Maseualkualli Farms,
Vital Village Network 2022 Community Food Systems Fellow
Rebecca
GRAINGER
Senior Advisor for Youth and Schools to Boston Mayor Michelle Wu
Tevin
GRAY
Owner of Keepers Of The Garden LLC,
Vital Village Network 2022 Community Food Systems Fellow
Erica
HALL
Board Chair/Executive Director of the Florida Food Policy Council,
Vital Village Network 2022 Community Food Systems Fellow
Nick
HERNANDEZ
Founder and CEO, Makoce Agriculture Development
April
IKEDA
Licensed Music Therapist
Monica
KOLLER
Owner and Founder of Connecting Community, LLC., Storyologist
Jackie
LEUNG
Executive Director, Micronesian Islander Community,
Vital Village Network 2022 Community Food Systems Fellow
Omari
MAYNARD
Artist, Activist, and Educator, Co-Founder of the ARIAH Foundation
Bruce
McINTYRE III
Founder of saveArose Foundation, Member of the Bronx Maternal Healthboard
Jessica
ROACH
Founder and CEO, Restoring Our Own Through Transformation (ROOTT)
Ashley
ROUSE
Director of Project Learning Garden and Project Giving Gardens, Captain Planet Foundation,
Vital Village Network 2022 Community Food Systems Fellow
AlexanderROQUE
President and Executive Director, Ali Forney Center
Nakia
SIMS
Taylor Street Farm,
Vital Village Network 2022 Community Food Systems Fellow
YaSheka
TAYLOR
Teacher, Therapist, and Clinician for Children and Families
Kaitlyn
WALSH
Seeds Are Relatives,
Vital Village Network 2022 Community Food Systems Fellow
Nakia
WINFIELD
Antiracism Educator, Workshop Facilitator and Leadership Coach
Dorian
WINGARD
Advisory Council Member, Restoring Our Own Through Transformation (ROOTT)
