Reclaiming Land: Black and Indigenous Intentional Communities Reshape the Country
Discover how Black and Indigenous communities across the US are building ecovillages and communal spaces to 'reverse-gentrify the country' and reclaim land rooted in tradition and care.
Reclaiming Land: Black and Indigenous Intentional Communities Reshape the Country
Across the United States, from California to Alabama, people of color are taking bold steps to build communal spaces rooted in their shared values, traditions, and vision for the future. These intentional communities, as they are known, represent a powerful movement to reclaim land and reverse-gentrify the country, as described by Zappa Montag, a resident of the ecovillage Black to the Land in Boonville, California.
At Black to the Land, Montag and five other Black community members steward 76 hectares (189 acres) of land off the grid, relying on well water and solar power. The property is dotted with fruit trees, a large garden, and a small stream running through a valley surrounded by hills. This intentional community, located 115 miles north of San Francisco, is part of a growing trend of Black Americans and Indigenous people gathering to create spaces rooted in shared values and a common vision.
