by Rev. Dr. Heber Brown, III | May 15, 2024 | BCFSN Updates, Events, The Network
Check out these images from our recent time in Detroit at the brand new Detroit Food Commons, Detroit People’s Food Co-op, D-Town Farm and The Council of Baptist Pastors of Detroit & Vicinity.
by Rev. Dr. Heber Brown, III | Apr 30, 2024 | BCFSN Membership, BCFSN Updates, Black Church, Black Farmers, Church Garden, Earth Day, The Network
For the second year in a row, The Black Church Food Security Network spent #EarthDay Weekend in Atlanta. Georgia is in second place when it comes to where most of our member churches are currently located. (Maryland is number one!). We made great progress this past...
by Rev. Dr. Heber Brown, III | Apr 19, 2024 | Black Church, Events, Political Education, Popular Education, The Network
On Thursday, April 18, 2024, Rev. Heber Brown, III was a panelist during the virtual monthly meeting of the Social Justice Committee of the Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church in Houston,...
by Rev. Dr. Heber Brown, III | Jul 7, 2023 | BCFSN Updates, Black Farmers, Events, The Network
Because of the generosity of the Fund II Foundation, the Black Church Food Security Network team was in New Orleans, Louisiana at the Essence Festival of Culture which took place Friday, June 30 – Sunday, July 2, 2023. This annual event brings upwards of...
by Rev. Dr. Heber Brown, III | May 30, 2023 | Advocacy, BCFSN Membership, Black Church, The Network
For the past 9 months, we’ve been building relationships and organizing for food justice in Buffalo, New York. At the invitation of local leaders, we returned in late May 2023 for a series of information and recruitment sessions with local clergy and...
by Rev. Dr. Heber Brown, III | Apr 4, 2023 | Baltimore, BCFSN Membership, BCFSN Updates, Black Church, Black Farm Tour, Black Farmers, Events, North Carolina, Philadelphia, The Network
On March 21-22, 2023, we brought together a few of our friends to join us on a field trip to Happy Dirt in Durham, North Carolina. Pastor Carolyn Cavaness of Bethel AME in Ardmore, Pennsylvania and two food ministry leaders from Kingdom Fellowship AME Church in...
