Dawn
Dublin

Dawn Dublin is a strategist, practitioner and change-maker at the intersection of food sovereignty, decolonial practice and cultural placemaking. Her conviction: those most impacted by exclusionary systems must lead their redesign - toward liberation, not inclusion.

At the African & Caribbean Heritage Food Network, she co-designs decolonial strategy centring heritage foodways. As Co-Director of Black Butterfly, she co-developed Sussex's first Afrocentric mental health service and Black food sovereignty programme, distributing 12,000 bags of organic produce before transitioning to a community co-op.

Through her social business, Unveiled, she practiced cultural reforestation - An Afrocentric practice of reclaiming neglected spaces. During the pandemic, she secured five sites, bringing 50,000 sq ft into community use and supporting 300+ enterprises.

Dawn contributes to UN-engaged dialogues on food justice. Her work is animated by three verbs: to be, to have, to do - identity, belonging and purpose as the ingredients for true freedom.