On September 26, 2025, the world learned of the passing of freedom fighter, Assata Shakur. NBFJA co-founder and former executive director, Dara Cooper, reflects on her organizing with the Hands Off Assata Campaign and how it led to her first meeting co-founder Baba Malik Yakini in Detroit, who supported the campaign locally. Listen as she shares the deep ties our founders have to Assata and why, for over two decades, it has been vital to lift up her name while she was targeted as an enemy of the state and why it remains just as important now as we honor her as an ancestor.

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The National Black Food & Justice Alliance (NBFJA) has submitted a public comment in strong opposition to the USDA’s proposed reorganization plan. While USDA has invited public comments, the process lacks transparency. There is no public record of responses and limited time for meaningful participation.

In our effort to be transparent and accountable to our members and communities, we are sharing our full public comment below.

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