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DESCRIPTION:Please join Feed the Pack food pantry as we welcome Lynn Johnso
 n\, a professor and scholar of Africana studies and food studies at Dickin
 son College\, for an evening of learning and discussion. Johnson is curren
 tly completing a manuscript that examines the relationship between food an
 d psychological disease and wellness as portrayed in African American fict
 ion.\n\nJohnson will present a lecture about the ways African Americans' w
 edding of food\, cooking and commensality along with their activist praxes
  during the 1960s civil rights movement aligned with the dimensions of a c
 omplete life Martin Luther King Jr. advocated. She will explore the lives 
 of participants in lunch counter sit-ins as well as Black restaurant owner
 s who not only fed Black activists but also offered safe spaces for protes
 t strategizing. Moreover\, Johnson will link these historical case studies
  with those drawn from contemporary food justice movements. Her lecture wi
 ll last 45 minutes\, and she will participate in a 15-minute Q&A. \n\nWe l
 ook forward to seeing you there to learn more about the history of food in
  the civil rights movement.
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SUMMARY:Food\, Activism and Strivings for a Complete Life
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