North Bay Jobs with Justice is a grassroots coalition of more than 30 labor and community organizations in Sonoma, Napa, and Marin Counties. Their mission is rooted in centering the voices and leadership of working families, building real worker power through direct action and solidarity. 

INTO THE WEEDS follows groundskeeper Dewayne “Lee” Johnson and his fight for justice against Monsanto (now Bayer). Johnson’s case was the first to go to trial in a series of lawsuits involving tens of thousands of plaintiffs claiming Monsanto’s weed killer Roundup, or its industrial counterpart Ranger Pro, contributed to their cancer. The film follows this groundbreaking trial, while also stepping back to consider the systemic effects of the world’s most widely used herbicide.

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Unfortunately, the first ten minutes of the interview were not recorded, but what's here is on point. Roni Ginach imports natural wine from Europe. Many of her producers are womxn identified. She is also distributing natural wine from Wisconsin, North Carolina, and Virginia...how about that. Listen in as we discuss sexism, politics, and of course, wine. 

Raised in Italy, Switzerland and the United States, she finished her university studies in Business Administration in California, where she met and shared in the Organic Movement’s values. She returned to Italy to work in accounting and finance before landing in Maremma Tuscany and running, for ten years, the Terme di Saturnia Spa Resort. In the meantime she was fascinated by the surrounding area because of its beauty and unique environmental characteristics, so she started searching for the land which has now become the Fattoria La Maliosa organic farm, producing natural wines, extra virgin olive oil and honey. With the agronomist and researcher Lorenzo Corino she has developed the viticultural project since 2013, and together they implemented the codification of the “Metodo Corino” (registered patent and registered trademark). 

Freyja Dean studied BA Scientific and Natural History Illustration at Lancaster University before her MA in Art and Science at Central St Martins, London. She has also studied Forensic Facial Reconstruction at Cambridge University and History of Medicine through the Open University. This has influenced her work in various artistic fields such as designing opera costumes, character design for computer games, album covers, artworks for medical museums, public art pieces and her work for the Royal College of Surgeons creating synthetic body parts for surgeons to practice procedures on. Freyja is now working freelance design projects and exhibitions in the UK and Tokyo where she is currently living and working.

Sophia Andary is a first-generation Lebanese-American Commissioner, Activist, Organizer, and Analyst. Her experience living through the civil war in Lebanon during early childhood shaped her worldview and passion for bridging the divide among diverse perspectives. She graduated from the University of La Verne (CA) and University of Strasbourg (France) with a BS in International Business. 

Sophia is co-founder of Women’s March San Francisco and was unanimously voted to chair the organization following its inaugural launch in January 2017 and remained co-chair until January 2022 and has stayed on as an Advisor. Through leading by example, she has helped build one of the strongest and most diverse Women’s March chapters in the country, building alliances with and earning respect from various San Francisco and Bay Area communities through local partnerships, programming, events, and actions.

In 2019, Sophia was appointed by Mayor London Breed to the Commission on the Status of Women of the City and County of San Francisco. She is also currently serving on the Board of Directors of Alliance For Girl, Board of Advisors of GENup, and Board Member of Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club and the SF SWANA Democratic Club. 

She has received an Achievement Award from the San Francisco Women’s Political Committee, Certificate of Honor from the Board of Supervisors of San Francisco, the Community Public Service Award from Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club, and a certificate of honor from Mayor London Breed in recognition of her (and Women’s March San Francisco) efforts to register women to vote and make San Francisco a more equitable place.  

Through her activism and organizing she is working toward ensuring equality and equity for women and girls, the LGBTQIA+ community and all marginalized communities. She helps bring the voices of marginalized, queer, and women of color to the front and is seen as a mover and a shaker.

Alli Li Bio: Growing up in LA, I’d always wanted to be an artist. After dropping out of high school and working in service to forge my own path, I worked on various film sets before becoming disillusioned by the intangibility of film production. I soon found the tangibility I was looking for in the labor of love that is cooking. Under the tutelage of longtime Chez Panisse chef Kelsie Kerr, I fell in love with the artistry of farm to table cooking. I am currently the head chef of Friends and Family Bar in Oakland. As a queer safe haven and major date spot, I strive to ensure that the food facilitates beauty, playfulness, and simplicity. I hope that the love and care that I bring to the queer community - and my community at large -  is felt in the food. At this point in history, I am honored to have a seat at the table, and humbled to have a plate on it as well. 

"Meredith Edgar is a singer's singer and a songwriter's songwriter. She embodies elegance, sensitivity, and grit in every note and syllable.
 Her songs are a haunting, melodic mix of passion and melancholy, seamlessly blending the styles of music she adores into a unique form. Like the great singers and songwriters she is inspired by, Meredith fearlessly explores feelings and reactions to her own times and artfully makes them universal." - Paul Griffiths

Mandy Carter is a southern Black lesbian social justice activist who moved to North
Carolina from San Francisco in 1982. She worked at two legendary lesbian bars in San Francisco, Maud's Study and Amelia's owned by Rikki Streicher. Mandy was one of the founders of the San Francisco Tavern Guild in 1962 until 1995, the first ever gay and lesbian businesses association in the country. 

Judith Cohen was one of the founders of many queer Bay Area organizations including the San Francisco Dyke March, ACTUP Golden Gate, and San Francisco Lesbian Avengers. She also started and produced multiple women’s clubs including Ecstasy Lounge Women’s Sex Club, and the Dance clubs of Avalon, Diva and Desire featuring some of SF’s finest DJs. 

Elizabeth Van Winkle is a sex educator, event producer, writer, and artist. In 2016, she started GutterGlitter and Venus In Furs, the first BDSM events for women and genderqueer people in town, and underground dance parties. She has worked at Our Bar, the last lesbian bar in St Lous, and several other LGBTQ spaces in St Louis. She currently writes for The Riverfront Times, and Out In STL, St Louis’ queer media source. Ms. Van Winkle is the author of “What’s a Gay Bar Anyway? Who Loses When Queer Spaces Shutter.”

Jane Sheehan (They/Jane) is a long-time human-rights activist. She has been on the ground floor of organizing and producing many Queer-core activist groups including, Queer Nation SF, ACT-UP!, Lesbian Avengers, Bad Cop No Donut, and Dykes With Dogs. Jane is a “Jane of Many Trades” and created the one and only Butch Appétit family of groups on Facebook, as well as producing large-scale community events; ear-splitting rock shows, and management of superstar punk, drag artists, and calendar dogs.