Writing & Speaking
Featured Published Writing
Office of Racial Equity: San Francisco Citywide Racial Equity Framework, 2020
Office of Racial Equity: COVID-19 Response & Recovery Racial Equity Toolkit: Fighting COVID-19 with Solidarity and Care for All, 2020
Serious Eats: Where to Eat and Drink in San Francisco: A Local's Guide, 2019
*Bon Appetit Magazine: Harlem of the West: What’s to Become of the Fillmore?, 2018 (Shak’s fave)
Feed the Resistance: How Food Can Be a Platform for Activism, 2017
San Francisco Chronicle: What Sanctuary Means to those on the Periphery, 2017
Civil Eats: Why We Can’t Talk about Race in Food, 2017
The Huffington Post: A More Abundant Share - The Future of Food is Black, 2017
Comestible Journal, Issue 5: Muslim Macelleria, 2017
Heritage Radio Network: 2017 Good Food Awards Ceremony Remarks, 2017
Edible Communities — San Francisco: Preserving Traditions, Values and Food, 2011
Speaking
Shakirah is an experienced, in-demand public speaker and presenter. She has also spoken at a number of major conferences and venues, including the True Cost of American Food Conference, The Commonwealth Club, B Corp Best for the World Gathering, New York City Harvest Leadership Summit, International Slow Food Youth Network Terra Madre, Real Food Media’s Good Food Rising, the La Cocina Food and Entrepreneurship Conference, MAD 5 in Copenhagen, the Stone Barns Center Young Farmers Conference, Cherry Bombe Jubilee (NYC and San Francisco) the Museum of the African Diaspora in SF and at SXSW in conjunction with National Geographic and Eater National.
Recent virtual speaking engagements include: Bikes, Gentrification and Anti-Blackness with the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, and “It Starts With Schools, It Starts With Us” keynote speech with IDEO’s Teachers Guild x School Retool teams.
Photography: Maria del Rio