Christopher Bradshaw
Dreaming Out Loud, Inc.
Executive Director
Washington, District of Columbia
Christopher Bradshaw is a social justice entrepreneur whose expertise is using social innovation through the food system to grow meaningful community economic development within marginalized communities. He is the founder and executive director of Dreaming Out Loud, Inc., a nonprofit, cooperative social enterprise that is rebuilding an economically and environmentally sustainable, community-based food system in the Washington, DC metro region.
He developed his skills in social entrepreneurship and innovation as a StartingBloc Fellow and honed his skills in growing techniques at through training at Growing Power and the University of Arizona’s Controlled Environment Agriculture Center.
Christopher was selected as a 2015 Ashoka-American Express Emerging Innovator, serves on the Food and Health Equity National Working Group convened by the Food Trust, and is a member of the first-ever DC Food Policy Council.
He is a frequent speaker on the intersections of racial justice, class, gender, and food sovereignty -- his appearances include the Atlantic Ideas Festival, Bloomberg American Health Summit; and both regional and national gatherings for farmers and food activists.
He developed his skills in social entrepreneurship and innovation as a StartingBloc Fellow and honed his skills in growing techniques at through training at Growing Power and the University of Arizona’s Controlled Environment Agriculture Center.
Christopher was selected as a 2015 Ashoka-American Express Emerging Innovator, serves on the Food and Health Equity National Working Group convened by the Food Trust, and is a member of the first-ever DC Food Policy Council.
He is a frequent speaker on the intersections of racial justice, class, gender, and food sovereignty -- his appearances include the Atlantic Ideas Festival, Bloomberg American Health Summit; and both regional and national gatherings for farmers and food activists.
reparations
equity
economic development
racial justice
climate change