We are raising $500,000 to grow Seeds of Liberation’s food justice work across New York City and to sustain our community art studio — a space rooted in nourishment, creativity, and collective care. Your support helps us move from monthly to bi-weekly food distributions, expand into Manhattan and the Bronx in 2026, pay our currently unpaid staff, and fully equip our studio so we can continue offering free, accessible arts and political education to our neighbors.

Seeds of Liberation was born in the summer of 2020, during a time of collective grief, rage, and uprising. What began as mutual aid and emergency food distribution in the wake of George Floyd’s murder has grown into a long-term commitment to our neighbors. From the beginning, our work has been grounded in dignity: people deserve food, creative expression, and community — without barriers, shame, or cost. For the past five years, we’ve organized food distributions throughout Brooklyn and installed and maintained community fridges, long before food insecurity became a widely acknowledged crisis under the current administration. Our distributions are intentionally low-barrier: no ID, no social security number, no registration, no pre-approval. We trust people to know what they need.

Today, we serve predominantly working-class, immigrant, ESL, and low-income communities who are being pushed out, priced out, and cut off from resources. As gentrification deepens food deserts and federal food supports continue to be rolled back, our work is no longer optional — it is essential. Food justice is not charity. It is survival, dignity, and resistance.

At the core of this work is a simple truth: community care cannot be built on unpaid labor. Our team is made up of Black and brown people who are too often expected to give endlessly while being underpaid or not paid at all. We refuse to replicate that cycle. We believe in creating dignified jobs and paying livable wages so our team can show up fully — with their basic needs like housing and food met — and continue doing the deep, consistent work our communities deserve.

Our community art studio, Studio Sabek, opened in October 2025, extends this care through creativity. The studio offers free arts education, political education, and shared organizing space for neighbors and local groups. Here, art becomes a language beyond borders — especially for immigrant and ESL communities — offering space to tell stories, build confidence, heal, and imagine futures beyond survival. Studio Sabek functions as a co-working space, art studio, event venue, organizing hub, and the home of Seeds of Liberation

Supporting Seeds of Liberation means investing in food, art, dignity, and people — and in a future where our communities are not just surviving, but thriving.

Financial Breakdown:

$120,000 — Equipment & Supplies for Food Distribution and Arts Education
These funds will support the purchase of essential equipment — including a kiln, slab roller, extruder, shop vacuum, easels, remaining photo studio equipment — along with ongoing supplies needed to sustain our current programs and expand food distributions into Manhattan and the Bronx.

$80,000 — Remaining Lease Costs to Keep Our Community Space Open
This funding ensures we can maintain a stable, accessible home for our community by covering the remainder of our two-year lease and keeping the space open and operational.

$300,000 — Employee Wages for Staff and Freelance Educators
We are committed to paying truly livable wages. Fully funding staff and educator compensation allows us to offer free and low-cost programming without shifting the financial burden onto the communities we serve.