Movement Work & Grassroots Organizing

Soil Generation

Zakia serves as Co-Director of Soil Generation, a collective of Black & Brown women supporting our communities to access land, grow food, and prioritize healing.. Soil Generation is a multidisciplinary collective of land stewards, political and cultural organizers, educators, writers, healing practitioners, activists, and artists serving Black & Brown women and gender-expansive people who grow food and lead food, land, and climate justice in Philadelphia and beyond.

Operating within a co-directorship, Zakia practices shared leadership to co-create theory, vision, and strategic action—weaving lessons from the past into radical and revolutionary futures. With Soil Generation, she deepens her practices of land-based spirituality, artistic expression, and growing food and flowers.

Philadelphia Climate Works Coalition

Prior to her work with Soil Generation, Zakia organized the Philadelphia Climate Works Coalition. In this role, she bridged the intersecting needs of environmental, community-based, and labor union organizations. Her work spanned campaign planning, cross-sector relationship building, policy reform, and community engagement—advocating for home repairs, energy justice, sustainable transit investments, and workplace protections for sanitation workers and frontline labor forces disproportionately impacted by pollution.