Our youth aren’t just learning — they’re leading. Through our Food Justice Internship, students gain tools to understand equity, justice, and intersectionality while shaping the very program they’re part of.

In this latest blog, you’ll read how:

• Dr. Franca Roibal Fernández, Director of the Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino/a/e/x Studies at New Jersey City University, introduced powerful language and frameworks for understanding identity, intersectionality, and justice.

• Students used the wheel of power to explore identity and inclusion and created powerful zines imagining a fair and sustainable food system.

• Dr. Jesselly De la Cruz, Executive Director of the Latino Action Network, led an in-depth discussion on mental health, healing, and how gardening can help young people connect, cope, and thrive.

• Interns visited Rutgers Food Innovation Center to see real-world innovation — and even took home a local cranberry-honey sauce.

Every activity is designed to remind students that justice, creativity, and community care are at the heart of food justice.