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Baltimore-based and focused — Cultivating self-determination through Black land and food sovereignty.

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🌍 HAPPY WORLD FOOD DAY! HAPPY END-DEPENDENCE DAY!

Today, we celebrate the importance of food and reflect on how we can build stronger, more self-sufficient communities.

Food justice means working toward a future where people have access to nourishing food, the resources to participate in their food systems, and the opportunity to help shape how food is grown and shared.

Join us today for our special World Food Day video presentation!

📅 Today, October 16
⏰ 2PM
📍@blackyield

Let’s come together to reclaim our food future, strengthen our communities, and take meaningful action.

#WorldFoodDay #FoodJustice #FoodSovereignty #FoodSelfSufficiency by @blackyield

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What if we all took one small step toward becoming more self-sufficient?
🌱 Grow herbs or vegetables in containers.
🌾 Support local farmers and growers and distributors.
🍉 Visit BYI Marketplace at Cherry Hill every Saturday from 10a-4p and purchase AFFORDABLE AND HEALTHY PRODUCE AND MORE
🥕 Learn how to preserve food safely.
🤝 Share seeds, skills, and resources.
♻️ Reduce food waste and make the most of what we have.

We don’t all have access to land or the same resources. That’s why community gardens, shared growing spaces, and food education matter.

We can build a stronger food future when we learn and work together.

What’s one step you could take toward food self-sufficiency?

#WorldFoodDay #GrowYourOwnFood #FoodJustice #CommunityGardening #Blackyield by @blackyield

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Who controls our food—and how much control do our communities have?
Food is more than a product on a shelf. It’s connected to our health, our culture, our livelihoods, and our ability to care for one another.
When we depend too heavily on large corporate food systems and centralized supply chains, our communities can become vulnerable to price increases, disruptions, and limited choices.
We believe a stronger food future starts with community power: growing food, supporting local farmers, sharing knowledge, and creating more ways for people to feed themselves and one another.
🌱 This World Food Day, let’s talk about how we can reclaim our food future—together.
Tell us in the comments: What does food self-sufficiency mean to you? by @blackyield

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5 days ago

Today is the day! In honor of Black Philanthropy Month, Black August and National Black Small Business Month, #CLLCTIVGIVE is a community-wide celebration of giving, and a 24-hour community- campaign to support Greater Baltimore's Black-led Social Change organizations.We invite you to join us and celebrate culture as the foundation of wealth to build a better Baltimore.

We are asking our partners to join forces with us and achieve our goal of $7,000! We are asking our friends to chip in $25 each and share with 10 people in their social networks to help us achieve this goal. #Givingblack

Tag your folks below and help support food justice through greater southwest Baltimore! Make your donation at www.cllctivgive.com to participate. by @blackyield

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2 months ago

TODAY IS THE DAY! Maroonteenth: The Making Of Liberation — Maroons, Medicine & Me!

🎞 'Quilombo' Film Screening | $15 | 1 PM
🎙 Political Education Lecture | $15 | 3:30 PM
🍵 Tea Blend Workshop | $15 | 4 PM
🎟 All Day Pass (All Sessions) | $35

📅 June 13, 2026 | 1:00 PM – 5 PM
📍 Black Yield Institute | 1623 Benhill Ave, Baltimore, MD

Tickets: linktr.ee/blackyield

#Maroonteenth #MakingOfLiberation #BlackYieldInstitute #MaroonHistory #Baltimore by @blackyield

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4 months ago

We're only one day away from a liberation-packed day of learning and community-building! Did you get your ticket yet?

🌿 Maroonteenth: The Making Of Liberation — Maroons, Medicine & Me!
📅 June 13, 2026 | 1:00 PM – 5 PM
📍 Black Yield Institute | 1623 Benhill Ave, Baltimore, MD

Choose your experience:
🎞 'Quilombo' Film Screening | $15 | 1 PM
🎙 Political Education Lecture | $15 | 3:30 PM
🍵 Tea Blend Workshop | $15 | 4 PM
🎟 All-Day Pass (All Sessions) | $35

Tickets: linktr.ee/blackyield

#Maroonteenth #MakingOfLiberation #BlackYieldInstitute #MaroonHistory #Baltimore by @blackyield

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Maroonteenth helps provide context for Juneteenth within the larger tradition of Black resistance and community building across the African diaspora beyond a single historical announcement. Learn more about how Black people liberated themselves, their food systems, healthcare, and much more to build resilient sovereign communities this Saturday! Link in bio for more!

🌿 Maroonteenth: The Making Of Liberation — Maroons, Medicine & Me!
📅 June 13, 2026 | 1:00 PM – 5 PM
📍 Black Yield Institute | 1623 Benhill Ave, Baltimore, MD

Choose your experience:
🎞 'Quilombo' Film Screening | $15 | 1 PM
🎙 Political Education Lecture | $15 | 3:30 PM
🍵 Tea Blend Workshop | $15 | 4 PM
🎟 All Day Pass (All Sessions) | $35

Tickets: linktr.ee/blackyield

#Maroonteenth #MakingOfLiberation #BlackYieldInstitute #Juneteenth #Baltimore by @blackyield

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Communities like Accompong in Jamaica and the Saamaka people in Suriname continue protecting their land, traditions, governance, music, language, and cultural identity. Join us Saturday, June 13th as explore the lessons on independent food systems and land sovereignty we can learn from maroonage.

🌿 Maroonteenth: The Making Of Liberation — Maroons, Medicine & Me!
📅 June 13, 2026 | 1:00 PM – 5 PM
📍 Black Yield Institute | 1623 Benhill Ave, Baltimore, MD

Choose your experience:
🎞 'Quilombo' Film Screening | $15 | 1 PM
🎙 Political Education Lecture | $15 | 3:30 PM
🍵 Tea Blend Workshop | $15 | 4 PM
🎟 All Day Pass (All Sessions) | $35

Tickets: linktr.ee/blackyield

#Maroonteenth #MakingOfLiberation #BlackYieldInstitute #MaroonHistory #Baltimore by @blackyield

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4 months ago

MAROONTEENTH IS A WEEK AWAY 📣🎉 Did you get your ticket yet? Now is the time! Tag a friend and comment "Maroonteenth" for a FREE All-Day pass — Enjoy all three offerings and be part of the moment!

🌿 Maroonteenth: The Making Of Liberation — Maroons, Medicine & Me!
📅 June 13, 2026 | 1:00 PM – 5 PM
📍 Black Yield Institute | 1623 Benhill Ave, Baltimore, MD

Choose your experience:
🎞 'Quilombo' Film Screening | $15 | 1 PM
🎙 Political Education Lecture | $15 | 3:30 PM
🍵 Tea Blend Workshop | $15 | 4 PM
🎟 All Day Pass (All Sessions) | $35

Tickets: linktr.ee/blackyield

#Maroonteenth #MakingOfLiberation #BlackYieldInstitute #MaroonHistory #Baltimore by @blackyield

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Building towards Black Land and Food Sovereignty cannot be done by just one person or one organization — We need YOU! 🫵🏾

Purchase a ticket to our Maroonteenth Festival Fundraiser and choose to invest in the betterment and resilience of our communities.

🌿 Maroonteenth: The Making Of Liberation — Maroons, Medicine & Me!
📅 June 13, 2026 | 1:00 PM – 5 PM
📍 Black Yield Institute | 1623 Benhill Ave, Baltimore, MD

Choose your experience:
🎞 'Quilombo' Film Screening | $15 | 1 PM
🎙 Political Education Lecture | $15 | 3:30 PM
🍵 Tea Blend Workshop | $15 | 4 PM
🎟 All-Day Pass (All Sessions) | $35

Tickets: linktr.ee/blackyield

#Maroonteenth #MakingOfLiberation #BlackYieldInstitute #MaroonHistory #Baltimore by @blackyield

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🌿 Maroonteenth: The Making Of Liberation — Maroons, Medicine & Me!
📅 June 13, 2026 | 1:00 PM – 5 PM
📍 Black Yield Institute | 1623 Benhill Ave, Baltimore, MD

Choose your experience:
🎞 'Quilombo' Film Screening | $15 | 1 PM
🎙 Political Education Lecture | $15 | 3:30 PM
🍵 Tea Blend Workshop | $15 | 4 PM
🎟 All Day Pass (All Sessions) | $35

Tickets: linktr.ee/blackyield

#Maroonteenth #MakingOfLiberation #BlackYieldInstitute #MaroonHistory #Baltimore by @blackyield

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5 months ago