Category: 

Agriculture

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Activist, Entrepreneur, Farmer, Urban Farmer

Dean Jackson

Tacoma, Washington | 1919-Present

Jackson is a Black, non-binary, genderqueer farmer. They are founder and director of Hilltop Urban Gardens (HUG) - a social justice organization working to develop systems of food sovereignty and create racial and economic justice. HUG's work centers the leadership and vision of Black and Queer People of Color and works towards freedom and self determination for people of the African diaspora.

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