Manzanita Fellowship for Racial, Economic and Environmental Justice

The Manzanita Fellowship for Racial, Economic and Environmental Justice supports visionaries working at the intersections and edges of racial, social, and environmental justice who use their creative energy as writers, journalists, playwrights, and more to help catalyze a better future for all.

Manzanita Fellows are selected by Mesa Refuge staff and alum Anna Lappé. The author or co-author of three books and contributing author to fifteen more, Anna wrote portions of all three of her books at the Mesa Refuge. These include: Hope’s Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet with Mesa Refuge alum Frances Moore Lappé (2002); Grub: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen with Mesa Refuge alum Bryant Terry (2006); and Diet for a Hot Planet: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork and What You Can Do About It (2010).

Anna has supported the Mesa Refuge through her role stewarding the Small Planet Fund at RSF Social Finance and the Food Sovereignty Fund at the Panta Rhea Foundation.