Land Justice
The Central Labor Council, the Central Valley Partnership, the Fresno City College Social Justice Center and the State Federation of Teachers Local 1533 hosted a workshop on Land Justice with Daniel O’Connell, PhD and co-author of In The Struggle: Scholars and the Fight against Industrial Agribusiness in California.
This workshop has passed. View photos, recap and workshop recording below.
Synopsis:
How can land policies promote racial justice, ensure economic equity and offer ways to restore democracy?
Our economy and land ownership benefit only a handful of individuals and corporations at the expense of community well-being and collective survival.
Amid global climate crisis, we explore practical steps toward healing, land sharing, and agroecological balance while confronting institutional racism and unjust economic structures. The history of the San Joaquin Valley offers vital lessons for moving forward.
About the Speaker
Daniel O’Connell is Executive Director of the Central Valley Partnership, a regional progressive network spanning the San Joaquin Valley of California. He has a Master of Science in International Agricultural Development from the University of California at Davis and a doctoral degree in Adult and Extension Education from Cornell University. His scholarship centers on community development, critical historical and socio-economic analysis of rural regions, and the role of scholars working as change agents in confronting unjust institutional structures and in support of marginalized communities. Previously he worked as the first Farmland Conservation Director of the southern San Joaquin Valley with Sequoia Riverlands Trust, as San Joaquin Valley Program Manager with American Farmland Trust, and Co-Director of Food Commons Fresno. He is co-author of In The Struggle: Scholars and the Fight against Industrial Agribusiness in California, recently published in 2021 by New Village Press. His work is dedicated to achieving social, racial, environmental and economic justice in California.