Dr. Tracy E. Ore is a professor of Sociology at St. Cloud State University. She received her Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Michigan, is an active member of the American Sociological Association and the Southern Sociological Society and is Past-President of the Sociologists for Women in Society. Dr. Ore does research in the areas of poverty, food insecurity, food apartheid, and food justice. Her most recent text is The Social Construction of Difference and Inequality: Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality (Eighth edition), published by Oxford University Press in 2022. In addition to this work, Dr. Ore is a long-time activist and community organizer, from ACT-UP in the ‘80s to her current work around food justice. The connections between her scholarly work and activism are made real in the SCSU Community Garden, which she established in 2005.
Check out the resources mentioned in this episode:
S1E6 Growing and Sustaining Community with Dr. Tracy Ore – Episode Transcript
Tracy Ore: Life Lessons Cultivated in a Garden
Community Garden Crowdfunding Website
Canning and Freezing: Preserving the Summer Harvest
Email Dr. Tracy Ore: teore@stcloudstate.edu
Excellent interview. Tracy has been awesome in the community as an organizer, teacher, mentor, and campus master Gardner. Thank you for all you do to support MLK and other community organizations.