A group of four Black and Indigenous women will host a day of learning how to grow, blend, cook and eat affordable, healthy and delicious foods at a Full Circle Food Usage event at Meadowridge Library on June 8, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. The event is part of the Library Takeover program at Madison Public Library.
The Library Takeover Team is made up Ciara Hartzog, Adwoa Asentu (aka Britney Woods), Ciera Carter, and Shyelle Aikens, each of whom brings a unique background and skillset.
“Food sustainability, holistic healthcare practices, and increasing access to healthy foods are all revolutionary acts. Black and Indigenous people are negatively impacted the most when it comes to disparities in health care coverage, racism within healthcare systems, discrimination from healthcare providers, medical negligence and biological warfare by way of food deserts and processed foods,” said Asentu, a member of the Library Takeover team, in a press release. “We want to empower our communities to take their health and their family’s health into their own hands. The best way to do this is to share with them the practices we have learned and integrated into our daily lives – practices that have aided us in curing ourselves of chronic illnesses, increased our energy levels, and decreased our dependence on fast food.”
The event will feature four hands-on workshops – each led by one of the four members of the Library Takeover team hosting the event – that are designed to help participants learn about sustainable food pathways. The workshops include sessions on meal prepping, blending herbal teas, juicing, and seed starting.
For more information about the event and the full bios of the four women hosting the workshop, click here.
