Experience

Black Church Food Security Network

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder/Executive Director

  • Apr 2015 - Present

  The Black Church Food Security Network partners with local congregations to establish gardens/farms on church-owned land. In addition, we partner Black farmers with Black churches to inspire mutual support and self-sufficiency. For more information visit: www.BlackChurchFoodSecurity.net The Black Church Food Security Network partners with local congregations to establish gardens/farms on church-owned land. In addition, we partner Black farmers with Black churches to inspire mutual support and self-sufficiency. For more information visit: www.BlackChurchFoodSecurity.net



Orita's Cross Freedom School

• Founder / Executive Director

  • Jan 2014 - Present

  Orita's Cross Freedom School - a project of Fusion Partnerships - is an African Centered Youth Educational program designed to teach critical thinking, self-sufficiency, and cultural pride. We are inspiring the next generation of society's change makers! Orita's Cross Freedom School - a project of Fusion Partnerships - is an African Centered Youth Educational program designed to teach critical thinking, self-sufficiency, and cultural pride. We are inspiring the next generation of society's change makers!


Pleasant Hope Baptist Church
• United States
• Religious Institutions
• Pastor

  • Jun 2008 - May 2022


Memphis Theological Seminary

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Adjunct Professor

  • Jan 2019 - Jan 2019

  The Doctor of Ministry in Land, Food, and Faith Formation at Memphis Theological Seminary critically explores the intersections of ministry with care for the land, agricultural practices, just access to food, and the role of faith communities in both rural and urban settings in addressing these issues. Rev. Dr. Heber Brown, III taught a course entitled, "Higher Ground: A Theopraxis of Land & Food." Drawing upon biblical study, and theologies of the land and its care, this course attended to both God’s gracious gift of the land and human responsibilities to care for the land. The role of faith communities in care for the land, including the role of agricultural practices, were addressed in light of biblical and theological resources. Show less



Wake Forest University School of Divinity

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Adjunct Professor

  • Feb 2018 - Feb 2018

  This course explored ways in which an attunement to natural and human ecologies and to legacies of food justice movements orient ministry leadership, both in imagining new ways of being church and in witnessing to God's restorative work in the world. Dr. Heber Brown will led students in an exploration of the oft overlooked connections between food sovereignty and Black churches. Beginning with the context of the Black Freedom Struggle of the 20th century, he presented modern practices of Christian leadership in the context of urban food security issues. Show less


Maryland Mentoring Partnership
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Manager of Public Policy

  • 2005 - 2008