User:Platdujour/Ashtin Berry

Ashtin Berry (born ) is a hospitality activist, sommelier, mixologist, and co-founder of Radical XChange.

Ashtin Berry was named a Food & Wine magazine Game Changer of the year in 2021. https://eu.azcentral.com/picture-gallery/entertainment/dining/2022/02/10/sweet-wines-perfect-pairing/6693883001/

Career
worked in hospitality industry since she was a teenager in the mid 2000s. [ ]

Berry was named 2019 bartender of the year by Imbibe Magazine.

Activism
Along with Kisira Hill she co-founded Radical XChange in ? https://www.foodandwine.com/news/resistance-served-radical-xchange (This also has evidence of first Resistance Served Symposium )

Founder of Radical XChang's Resistance Served Symposium. Starting in February 2019 this multi-day conference hosted seminars, discussions,

Notes - Just working information,
33yo in April 2021

From Chicago https://www.tastemade.com/ashtin-berry?from-cf=true

Resistance Served is an annual food, beverage, and hospitality symposium based in New Orleans, LA. Since 2019, we have gathered restaurant folks across all levels of the industry to celebrate and contextualize the contributions of the African Diaspora to the world of hospitality through a multi-day program of educational seminars, discussions, and experiential activations that inspire community and encourage nuanced conversation.

Ashtin Berry. This activist, sommelier, and bartender cofounded Radical XChange, where she leads workshops on diversity, safety, and inclusion in hospitality.

2021, 'FOOD & WINE Names The 25 People, Products, And Movements Transforming The Way We Eat And Drink - First Annual Game Changers List Spotlights the Most Exciting Innovators of the Year, From the Visionary Spearheading the Modern Vegan Dairy Movement to Activists Improving the Hospitality Industry to Companies Uncovering Remedies for Hangovers', PR Newswire (USA), 16 Jun, (online NewsBank).

But workers themselves are taking on some of the ground-level organizing to fill the gaps left by owner-focused lobbying and inadequate state response. The organization America's Table has begun organizing around a stimulus bill petition and a hospitality census that seeks to gather the information needed to organize and support the industry's workers. "The lack of transparent and clear definitions of who the hospitality sector includes—in terms of laborers and structures of businesses—is something that needs to be addressed," said Ashtin Berry, hospitality activist and founder of America's Table. "Almost every other sector can provide detailed information on its laborers; our sector cannot. [This] prevents us from lobbying and erases those most marginalized within our hospitality sector, which we know are many."

Bull, M 2020, 'Blow Up the Restaurant Industry and Start Over - A system that relies on exploitation isn't one that should survive the pandemic. There's a better way to feed people and care for workers.', New Republic, The: Web Edition Articles, 21 May, (online NewsBank).

Drinks sector activist and educator Ashtin Berry is named the Roku Industry Icon

2020, 'Connaught Bar In London Is Named The World's Best Bar, Sponsored By Perrier, As The World's 50 Best Bars List 2020 Is Revealed', Canada Newswire (Canada), 5 Nov, (online NewsBank).