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Salaam Green

Proudly Born and Bred in the Black Belt of Alabama, 2018 New Economy's Fellow, Freelancer Writer, Deep South Storyteller, Poet, Master Healer. Founder of Literary Healing Arts & Red Couch Writers, Rural Organizer, Artist in Resident for Arts in Medicine, 2016 Poet Laureate for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 2018 Tedx Speaker.

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Standing in the government cheese line with my grandmother as a six-year-old

by Salaam Green June 24, 2019September 16, 2020

Grandmother reared me into a food justice activist as she received government assistance.

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The Lady and the land: Esther Calhoun leads The Black Belt Citizens in the fight against environmental racism in rural Alabama

by Salaam Green December 26, 2017September 16, 2020

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