Reno Reporter

The University of Nevada, Reno’s Department of Gender, Race and Identity (GRI) is set to hold two symposiums related to racial justice and food disparity.

According to a news release provided by the university, the "Food Security and Racial Justice" events will be held on Sept. 15 and Sept. 24.

“Our project pursues an ambitious agenda of publicly engaged humanities scholarship and programming, fostering ties across our university and the wider community,” Lydia Huerta, assistant professor of Gender, Race and Identity, said in the release.

GRI is holding the events as part of a scheduled 12-date series that is backed by the American Council of Learned Societies to focus on the predominant issues of "Community-Based Knowledges and Visions for Racial, Health and Climate Justice."

Moreover, on Sept. 24 GRI will focus on the Desert Farming Initiative from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. that involves a tour of the project and a hands-on demonstration of how food makes its way from the farm to the kitchen table.

According to Prisca Gayles, assistant professor of Gender, Race and Identity and Sociology: “The panel will discuss questions of food security, sustainable rural and urban farming, food distribution to houseless communities, the indigenous food sovereignty project and practices of mutual aid.”