Food Justice Is Economic Justice: How a Box of Produce Can Rebuild Our Food System


July 1, 2025

Dion's Chicago Dream

Dion Dawson is an internationally recognized social entrepreneur and the founder & Chief Dreamer of Dion’s Chicago Dream, a nonprofit social enterprise disrupting food insecurity through logistics and last-mile delivery. 

In this essay, Dion share his thoughts on uprooting the systemic inequities of our food systems with community-centered solutions rooted in autonomy and mutual-aid.