Theory & Consent
This Indigenous scholar's definition of consent centers on someone "willingly accepting" an action that affects them.
Who is Kyle Powys Whyte?
The two cities where team BEHRP conducted interviews at farmers' markets.
What are Berkeley and Dublin?
California grows roughly this percentage of the United States' almond supply.
What is 100%?
Out of 300 wells tested by the Valley Water Collective between 2022–2025, about this fraction were found to have unsafe levels of nitrate.
What is half (roughly 50%)?
This high school student is the sole HS-level member of Team BEHRP.
Who is Bradley Zhong?
According to Whyte, this historical/political system/force often undermines or denies Indigenous peoples' self-determination to justify extraction and displacement.
What is (settler) colonialism?
Farmworkers' fear of this federal agency discourages them from providing ID information to access free bottled water programs.
What is ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement)?
California grows roughly this percentage of the world's almond supply.
What is 80%?
This agricultural region of California, home to Merced County, is where residents face pollution impacts including pesticides and contaminated well water.
What is the California Central Valley?
Unlike the rest of Team BEHRP, this member arrived on day two of class.
Who is Perla Zepeda?
Indigenous value/principle stands in contention with Western settler ideology's view of consent.
What is the "dish with one spoon" principle?
This labor protection for agricultural workers in California was only fully implemented between 2019 and 2025.
What is overtime pay (overtime for farmworkers)?
According to the Almond Board of California, this percentage of almond farms are family farms.
What is more than 90%?
This scholar's frame, which describes neoliberal cities as machines of economic production, is used to explain why corporations might sell filtered water to affected families instead of addressing root causes.
Who is Julian Agyeman?
What is architecture?
The artwork shown next to the consent theory slide is titled this — "Call to Action" and a number.
What is "Call to Action 50"?
One issue with the new overtime rules is that employers respond by capping workers' hours, forcing them to do this to make up lost income.
What is take on more jobs?
Brian Paddock, owner of Capay Hills Orchard, was interviewed by this member of Team BEHRP.
Who is Rick Mijares?
This term describes state measures that defund public services (like water infrastructure) to address debt and budget deficits, shifting the burden onto nonprofits.
What is an austerity measure?
This online collaborative whiteboard tool is the site where the team jotted down their brainstorming.
What is Miro (a Miro board)?