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“North Stars of Emancipation” Book Talk & Panel Discussion

Tue, Jul 21, 2026 • 7:00 PM—9:00 PM
3361 6th Ave, Troy, NY 12180

About this event

@ Join us for a book talk about North Stars of Emancipation: California’s Diverse Food and Farming Movements in Times of Racial Reckoning, with author Antonio Roman-Alcalá and a panel of local food justice advocates for a conversation on food movements in the Capital Region. Books will be available for sale. REGISTER HERE North Stars of Emancipation traces the recent evolution of California’s food movements towards a more liberatory model grounded in diverse radical traditions. Drawing on his work in urban farming, radical politics, and academic research, author Antonio Roman-Alcalá will discuss the themes of his book with local food justice advocates. About this Book How we grow, harvest, distribute, and consume food is bound up with how we use (and abuse) environmental resources, and how we achieve (or undermine) collective well-being. In North Stars of Emancipation, Antonio Roman-Alcalá finds in the radical experiments of new food movements the seeds of a world liberated from old,… View Source