On Saturday, October 3, 2026 our Executive Director, Rev. Heber Brown, III and our Deputy Director, Yekatit Bezooayehu, attended a special gathering of farmers, Black environmental justice leaders and members of faith communities to cultivate relationships and explore possibilities around deeper collaborations. The regional convening – called Rooted Together – was organized by WhyHunger, a […]
Category Archives: Community Organizing
The Black Church Food Security Network celebrates the passage of the Community Healthy Food Access Act in Baltimore. This bill was signed into law by Mayor Brandon Scott on October 5, 2026. It will establish the Healthy Food Priority Area Grant Program and a Planning Division that will ensure that neighborhoods that are most directly […]
BCFSN Updates, Black Church, Community Organizing
Black Ministers Retreat Focuses On Faith and Food Justice
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Earlier this month, the historic city of Charleston, South Carolina, became the backdrop for an incredible gathering of Black clergy during the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Black Ministers Retreat. On March 11-12, 2025, Rev. Dr. Heber Brown, III joined ministers from across the country to share powerful reflections on the sacred connection between faith […]
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Monday, January 20, 2025 was a different kind of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday because it was also the presidential inauguration day for Donald Trump. We gathered as a community to celebrate those who labored in the Black Freedom Struggle from various lanes and walks of life. Simultaneously, we hosted a Freedom School […]
Baltimore, BCFSN Network, BCFSN Updates, Black Church, Church Garden, Community Organizing, Maryland, The Network
This Week’s Food Justice Work at Allen AME Church (Baltimore)
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I’m trying to be more intentional about sharing the steps that I and we take at The Black Church Food Security Network (BCFSN) to further food justice in local communities through the work of African American congregations. This is not only to help support others around the country that are interested in this work, but […]
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Sustaining The Work Of Food Justice At Church
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Earlier this year, I announced that we would be putting even greater focus on making our hometown of Baltimore a demonstration site for what grassroots, faith-led food justice work looks like. Many of our member churches in our city became inactive or inconsistent after the pandemic. The “faithful few” that were keeping things going before […]
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We are fortunate to be in partnership with an organization called Out For Justice (OFJ). This organization was founded by a group of formerly incarcerated individuals who were ready and willing to work but repeatedly denied employment due to their criminal record. With the support of justice-impacted individuals, their friends, and their family members, OFJ […]