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Meet our Team

Board Members

Chair

As a yoga instructor for Transformation Yoga, she enjoys sharing what she has learned on her journey to hold space and encourage others along their journey. Her goal now is to hold sacred and safe space for others to reconnect with their truth and live it daily on and off their yoga mat to transform their lives and thus the world around them. Kennae is a strong believer in connecting with nature through urban farming, community skills classes, and fun yoga experiences to relax each individual. 

Treasurer

Steve Saltzman is the Chief Executive Officer of the Charleston LDC, a not-for-profit loan fund headquartered in Charleston, SC. 

Saltzman sits on a number of boards focused on food system justice and climate resiliency. He was recently appointed by Charleston’s mayor to serve on the city’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission; Steve serves as an advisory board member for the Kresge Foundation FreshLo (Fresh, Local and Equitable Program); and he is also an expert panel member for America’s Healthy Food Finance Initiative.

Member

AsiahMae is a queer artist, raconteur, and skin therapist cohabitating in Charleston, SC.  When she’s not writing poetry on the back of receipt paper, she’s curating community for artists via IllVibe The Tribe. As the granddaughter of farmers and healers, her life’s work is an ongoing homage to the southern land that she was birthed from and the Black lives that continue to save her. AsiahMae is coming to the board as a former resident of the Chicora-Cherokee community until 2019 when a slumlord situation caused her to relocate.

Member

Chris Tittle is a facilitator, organizer, and attorney focused on land and housing justice, participatory governance, and co-creating post-capitalist / post-white supremacist futures. He is Director of Land and Housing Justice at the Sustainable Economies Law Center. Chris organizes with grassroots coalitions including the South Carolina Housing Justice Network, Lowcountry Mutual Aid Fund, and Charleston Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). He also serves on the Board of Directors of the New Economy Coalition.

Employment with FFF!

They/Them

True food justice work employs people who are impacted by food apartheid and live where the work is done. As such, applicants who reside in the southern end of North Charleston at the time of application are preferred.

 

We look for candidates that embody our core values - Neighbors First, Keep Money Local, Sustainability, and Education - to join our team.  When we have openings, they will be listed below. You can submit your name for consideration to any opening that piques your interest with a current resume and cover letter.

P/T Development Manager

The successful candidate will be curious, driven, organized and a firm believer in the importance of quality data and systems management. The Development Manager reports to the Chief Farm Officer and will work closely with her and the Managers to support all in-house development department functions including, but not limited to: acknowledgments; database management; coordinating appeal mailings and other related mailings; donor research and special events support. They are also responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining systems that ensure the successful and effective implementation of the Farm’s annual development plan. 

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Must demonstrate shared values around justice, poverty, gender, patriarchy, and have a willingness to learn. A southern North Charleston resident with 2 years previous justice work is preferred. Must be able to work twenty hours per week to support grants and other fundraising activities with a salary of $25,000 for the first year. Please send resume, two writing samples, a list of grants you've won for other organizations over the last two years and a cover letter demonstrating how you have championed anti-racism in your previous positions, especially in your development work to info@freshfuturefarm.org.

P.O. Box 22194

Charleston, SC 29413

info@freshfuturefarm.org

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