Category Archives: Youth

A Bittersweet Sendoff To A Dedicated Intern

Over the last several months, Azariah Moore has worked with Black Church Food Collective Network as an intern. She started her journey with BCFSN while she was an undergraduate student at Towson University. While majoring in International studies and having minors in Japanese and political science, Azariah was a key member in her club Towson […]

We’re Headed To Cuba!

Since 2019, the Black Church Food Security Network has been providing paid Fellowship opportunities that help point the genius of college students toward tackling one of society’s greatest challenges – food insecurity. Now we’re taking our Fellowship program to the next level!  In partnership with The African Diaspora Alliance, we are taking a delegation of […]

We now have a youth program!

During Fall 2022, we soft-launched our youth program! In December 2022, we completed a three-month contract for the Y of Central Maryland and the Baltimore City Public School System. We provided workshops, cooking demonstrations and farm-based field trips for elementary, middle and high school students. We taught them about farming, food & the Black Freedom […]

Train Up A Child In The Way They Should Go

Community Cleanup

There’s a passage in the Hebrew Bible (aka The Old Testament to Christians) that says, “Train up a child in the way they should go and when they are old, they will not depart from it.” (Proverbs 22:6) This scripture was spotlighted countless times in the churches of my upbringing – often during Youth Sundays […]