In 2020, a coalition of Cornell University students involved with Anabel’s Grocery, Cornell Students 4 Black Lives, Dilmun Hill Organic Farm, and the Hydroponics Club created the Anti-Racist Action Grant. Grounded in the belief that every student, regardless of socioeconomic background, deserves access to fresh, nutritious and affordable food, the grant was created to support student projects and organizations working on anti-racist initiatives to address the many systematic inequalities that persist on campus. 
 

The Cooperative Food Empowerment Directive (CoFED) advised us during the creation of the grant and often stated, “food justice is social justice is food justice.” Issues of food security and food justice cannot be separated from broader social justice and systemic oppression. While the Anti-Racist Action Grant will not solve most of the issues we see at Cornell regarding food insecurity and injustice, it is a small way to bring student groups together and start fighting the bigger battle for food and social justice. 
 

By selling produce generously donated by Dilmun Hill Student Farm and Hydroponics Club, nearly $3,000 has been raised in two years. Thank you to the Basic Needs Coalition for guidance in the grant administration process. 
 

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis, so feel free to apply any time! To reach the grant committee, please contact anabelgrocery@gmail.com.