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Women of Color Convening Thursday June 25
What Does Our Southeast Neighborhoods’ Food System Look Like?
Women of Color Convening
6 – 8 p.m. Thursday June 25
Brown Hutcherson Ministries
618 Jefferson SE 49503
Have you heard people call our southeast side neighborhoods a food desert? Do you know why this is not a true picture of our foodscape? Let’s share information and insights that can help us discover how to create better access to healthy foods in our neighborhoods. OKT’s executive director, Lisa Oliver-King, will facilitate the dialogue. Our cooking coach, Ms. Toni Scott, will prepare and serve nutritious (delicious!) refreshments for this free event–succotash and ginger bubbly tea. Recipes available to take home!
Women of Color Convening this Thursday
Lottie Spady & Lila Cabbil
Celebrate Minority Health Month!
Women of Color Convening
6 – 8 p.m. Apr. 16
Brown Hutcherson Ministries
618 Jefferson SE 49503
Join OKT for a dialogue about “The Health Status of Grand Rapids Southeast Neighborhoods.” Did you know that the African American women living in Grand Rapids southeast neighborhoods eat more fruits and vegetables than other women living in the rest of Kent County? Nutrition smarts is something take pride in … but how is our urban environment truly impacting our overall health? Let’s share information and stories that can help us discover how to create improved wellness for our families and neighbors. OKT’s executive director, Lisa Oliver-King will facilitate the dialogue. Our cooking coaches will prepare and serve nutritious (delicious!) refreshments for this free event.
Video short summarizes May 29 OKT Women of Color Convening
OKT team member, Lottie Spady, captured the essence of the evening’s dialogue in this video short.
2nd WOC Convening opened opportunities for impactful dialogue
Last night’s 2nd Women of Color Convening laid the foundation for important dialogue about food justice. The community members present shared their keen insights into the current food system’s role in denying people of color equal access to healthy foods, hence, promoting under-nutrition and disease in their communities. Facilitator, Lila Cabbil, president emeritus, Rosa Parks Institute, guided the dialogue. These kinds of conversations are evidence that change is not merely coming, it is already here.
” I really enjoyed the OKT’s Women of Color /Food Justice event last night. I am excited about all that I learned and I’m anxious to attend more events. I am still sharing the information I learned.” Gloria, attendee
2nd Women of Color Convening — next Thursday!
Lila Cabbil engaging the audience at the first Women of Color Convening, April 23.
Our Kitchen Table
invites you to the
2nd Women of Color
Convening
6 – 9 p.m.,
Thursday, May 29,
Madison Square Church
Community Room
1441 SE Madison Avenue,
Grand Rapids, MI 49507.
Cooking demo and dialogue on food justice facilitated by Lila Cabbil, president emeritus of the Rosa Parks Institute .
- Learn some new ways to burn in the kitchen and take care of ourselves and our families!
- What is our relationship to food? Rekindle the spark and reap the benefits of a long term, committed relationship to good healthy food.
- No matter who you are or where you live, we all are affected by the food we eat, where it comes from, and how it gets to us.
- We will be cooking another recipie from the “Afro-Vegan” cookbook by celebrity chef and food justice activist Bryant Terry.
WAIT! Does that say “VEGAN”? I’m not vegan! No worries! Good cooking and good eating involve many different preparation methods! With diet-related diseases increasing in our communities, vegetarian and vegan options–even some of the time–can help us make meals healthier for ourselves and our families.
Limited seating. RSVP to events@oktjustice.org or 616-206-3641. We look forward to cooking with you!
Our Kitchen Table 