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Food that like the one that HV grows is inaccessible to people who are living paycheck to paycheck

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Lynching being used as a terrorist tactic to control and threaten the African and Black American populations is synonymous to present day police brutality. The police came from the patrol of white male volunteers who captured runaway slaves--that’s information we don’t acknowledge today in conversations

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Texas bill on abortion and the history on forced sterilization. Similar in that this is a state controlling peoples and populations. Notably this is also a disregard for the autonomy of women and the ownership of their body.

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We also have to acknowledge that forced sterilization exists today, predominantly amongst disabled communities--perpetuating ableism.

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Women of color and indigenous women’s lack of representation and voice in reproductive rights. Most of the legislation on reproductive rights is centered around white women’s desires of not having children.

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Thinking about intergenerational trauma. We’re in the early stages of addressing mental health--in BIPOC communities mental health has historically been a taboo subject--and getting resources to people that need them.

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Mental health is only a small part of that, there are a lot of disparities between BIPOC communities and health care itself.

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Mythos of the American cowboy, traditionally most were black and Latinx. Wondering about the erasure of the people who were working the land versus owning them.

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We talk about migrant workers as a recent occurrence, but it has a long standing history.

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If these same issues were affecting white populations it would be something that people really “cared” about (i.e. The Me Too moment, it derived from a space for Black women, but only gained traction after white women spoke up)

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Acknowledging the lived experience of the people that established moments

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When we reflect on words like "this movement is valued", thinking about "not valued" by who or by what? If moments had to wait for white approval not much would happen... The possible "who" being for example governing institutions.

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There are times where white voices overshadow movements or experiences.

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Hidden Villa’s location; predominantly white and affluent surrounding communities

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Say you do have accessibility, will you feel welcomed? Will you feel safe?

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Outdoor spaces are typically unwelcoming. If you’re new to them it’s uncomfortable, expensive, and inaccessible--another method of exclusion

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Systemically, access to open outdoor spaces are intentionally more expensive to live in (i.e. mortgages given to white people). It’s not a random accident that this is an expensive area

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More spaces for leisure/respite aren’t created because then people would have to give up space. Then we factor in the need for housing, but spaces that are currently developed for housing can work with the natural world it's just more work to figure out how.

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Privilege: We’re part of the group that can use spaces like HV

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“Outsiders” in outdoor spaces (i.e. Foothills park being closed to non-internal community members)

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Nature or outdoor experiences are coded to be in places like the forest. But we’re all already living in nature. Why is outside time valid only in typical outdoor spaces not in their own lived spaces?

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Policing how to act in the outdoors. There are implied rules about being in nature that are only known or established by white people (i.e. being quite, not playing music, etc.)

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Profits go to already rich people

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White people polluting outdoor spaces

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GOP has held power in red states and the south for so long through manipulation of voting practices like voter oppression and gerrymandering

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Cyclical issues caused by accessibility (i.e. Walmart workers not getting paid well then trying to unionize, walmart will then close, making food inaccessible in that space and those communities turning to places like McDonalds (processed foods)

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Farmers have to work really hard for safe and equitable working conditions; they are in some of the most precarious positions which owners and employers are willing to exploit. This then makes it easier for us to get cheaper food

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What is the legacy of the people doing agricultural work here at HV?

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During the reconstruction era because of their situations slaves found themselves back in those spaces of oppression, except getting paid [unlivable] wages

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Thinking about healthy food and what we considered healthy. What is healthy? Who deems it healthy?

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The culture of food and where it comes from

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The Nixon administration is infamous for injecting drugs in communities to criminalize certain minorities

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White people idolizing “eco-friendly” and focusing micro-issues than the harm of commercial flights or toxic waste, fast fashion

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There is oppression, racism, and bias amongst minorities and towards other minorities

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It’s important for us to have the conversation, but how do we actually put this into practice?

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We've established that we operate in a predominantly white-affluent space. Other than white communities, who else are we working with? What other demographics and identities make up the communities we serve. Who are we leaving out?