Repast welcomes University of Hawaii William S. Richardson School of Law Professor Andrea Freeman to discuss her recent article, “Food Oppression in a Pandemic,” published in the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics.  Professor Freeman wrote this article while participating in the Health Justice: Engaging Critical Perspectives Initiative, and presented it at a convening at UCLA in October 2022 co-sponsored by UCLA’s Health Law and Policy Program, in partnership with ChangeLab Solutions, the Institute for Healing Justice and Equity, and the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine

 

Here, Professor Freeman talks about her theory of food oppression, the racism inherent in the U.S.’s pandemic response, and a possible road forward.  In the podcast, as in all of her work, she emphasizes that racial justice is an aspect of food justice and is a part of every piece of food policy.

 

Andrea Freeman is Professor of Law at the University of Hawaii William S. Richardson School of Law, and will be joining Southwestern Law School in fall 2023.

 

Michael T. Roberts is the Executive Director of the Resnick Center for Food Law & Policy at UCLA Law.

 

Diana Winters is the Deputy Director of the Resnick Center for Food Law & Policy at UCLA Law.

 

You can find Professor Freeman’s article, “Food Oppression in a Pandemic” here. [If you cannot access, please contact Diana Winters.]

 

You can find other articles published as part of the Health Justice Initiative here, and a link to the Health Justice Initiative webpage is here.

 

A link to the webpage for Bite Back 2030, a youth-led UK-based campaign mentioned by Professor Freeman is here.