Our team is thrilled to welcome Dãnia Davy to the Agrarian Trust Board! We hope to post a interview with her that reflects her brilliance, insights, and the practical magic of reconnecting with ancestral land very soon. Until then, here’s a little about Dãnia and her journey.
Dãnia Davy is the founder of Land & Liberation, a consultancy promoting liberatory relationships between humans, natural and financial resources, and land. She teaches “Examining Food System Equity through Critical Race Theory” each summer at Vermont Law School. She has served as Senior Policy Advisor for the US Southeast Region at Oxfam, Director of Land Retention and Advocacy at the Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund, and started her legal career as a Skadden Fellow at the Land Loss Prevention Project.
Dãnia helped launch the Heirs Property Practitioner Network, has testified before Congress on Credit Access for Black and beginning farmers, served on the inaugural North Carolina Local Sustainable Food Advisory Council, and produced the film, “Our Land, Our Lives: The North Carolina Black Farmers’ Experience.” She earned her J.D. at the University of Virginia School of Law and her A.B. in Africana Studies & Community Health at Brown University.
Dãnia currently serves on the boards of the Farmers Legal Action Group, Southern Rural Development Center, A Place Matters, Inc., and Agrarian Trust. Originally from Jamaica, Dãnia is currently expanding her work back home to promote ancestral land stewardship, ecologically-sound energy access, and rural culture preservation.
