Niaz Dorry | Declaring Our Interdependence

Niaz Dorry explores the question of what “interdependence” really means, and why it’s especially critical at this juncture of the world’s history--especially when it comes to food systems. She shares her deep learnings from the “America the Bountiful” tour that took her around the country and subsequent trips by the staff of the National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC) and the Northwest Marine Alliance (NAMA) as they’ve been connecting with the nation’s food providers on their farms, ranches, boats, and businesses, and heard about the struggles and joys of frontline communities in their quest for interdependence and community. Finally, she engages the audience members in an inclusive, participatory process to contribute to an emerging document and tool for social change, “The Declaration of InterDependence,” so come with an open mind ready to move in collective action!

Niaz Dorry has been a community organizer for over 30 years. Her life changing moment came in 1994 when as a Greenpeace campaigner she switched from organizing in communities fighting for environmental justice to organizing fishing communities. From the start, she recognized the similarities between family farmers’ fighting for a more just and ecologically responsible land-based food system, and that of community based fishermen fighting to fix the broken sea-based food system. She has been the coordinating director of NAMA since 2008 and is also the director of NFFC. Niaz created a partnership between both organizations to further cement the relationship and interdependence between land and sea.

Keynote presentation from NOFA Vermont's 38th Annual Winter Conference at the University of Vermont, Burlington | February 15, 2020

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