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UEMPOWER of Maryland's "The Food Project" brings culinary skills, job opportunities, sustainable food sources, mentorship & hope to the youth of South West Baltimore. With your support we can empower futures together.
VIRTUAL CLASSES SCHEDULE
Fall 2020
MONDAY
4:00 Kids Cook Monday w/ Chef Catina Smith
Healthy Cooking & Skills Sponsored by Johns Hopkins <<Private Class>>
TUESDAY
5:30 Cooking w/ Chef Catina Smith
Start the week off good with inspirational recipes. Receive the recipe and ingredients list from Chef Cat each week so you can cook along with her on Instagram LIVE just donate $50 for 5 weeks of classes here…
(Instagram LIVE @thefood.project)
WEDNESDAY (starting October 14th)
3:00 Ingerated Water Management System with Col. Walter Holmes, USAF (ret)
Community-based Participatory Research (CBPR) projects developed to providesolutions for our community. Register today…
THURSDAY
4:00 BeMoreGreen with Farmer Dominic Nell
Explore the plant world and learn how to #BeMoreGreen
(Instagram LIVE @thefood.project)
FRIDAY
2:00 FREE Sweat with King Arthur of the Harlem Wizards
(Instagram LIVE @thefood.project)
NOTE: If you miss any of our classes you can catch them on
@TheFood.Project IGTV
Overview
PRE-COVID Programing:
Cooking & Nutrition
Together with our professional guest chefs the younger kids will learn easy to make after school snacks, help with basic food prep while older kids will learn kitchen & cooking skills.
Chefs Include:
Chef Catina Smith of Just Call ME Chef
The Maryland Food Bank's Chef Manny
University of MD Expanded Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)
Monica E. Lapenta, founder, Be a Chef for a Day
Isabel Betancourt, MS, RDN, LDN, Community Dietitian, Moveable Feast
Jasina Wise, Baltimore Health Department
Chef Bryce Taylor, Teen Chef, “Chopped Junior” Finalist
Blackwall Hitch's Chef Mente & Chef Palmer
Atlas Restaurant Group Chefs
BRIO Tuscan Grille's Chef Jeff
Chefs from Local Food Distributors & Brokers
Restaurant Development
Under the leadership of our own restaurant owner, the kids will train and develop their own monthly restaurant. They will learn recipes and restaurant jobs from cook, waiter, bus person, runner, to host. The youth will also name the restaurant, design the logo & menu. At the end of the month, the kids will open their restaurant & feed the community.
Instructors:
Kosmas "Tommie" Koukoulis, Restaurateur, Café Mezzanotte, Capiche Street Food Italiano & Uncle’s Hawaiian Grindz
Michelle Suazo, Creative Director of IndigoPark Design & Technology
#BeMoreGreen Urban Farming, Yoga & Nutrition
STREAM programing around urban farming methods including microgreens with the City Hydro system. The abundant laboratory that surrounds us provides the perfect opportunity to teach the youthful minds in our neighborhoods the fundamentals of entrepreneurship and sustainable living through the process of growing and selling vegetables in the microgreen climate or classroom environment.
Also included in the BeMoreGreen programming is yoga, nutrition and mindfulness.
Instructor:
Dominic Nell, Urban Farmer, Owner of #CityWeeds, Director of #BeMoreGreen, Red Bull Amaphiko Fellow.
Alex Ambridge, Yogi, Bridger of Gaps
Healthy Literacy
What Lies Beneath? is a series of workshops that camouflage academic and social emotional gains within recreational project based activities. Ultimately building upon our core values where we serve the kids, community and in turn the kids serve the community.
Instructor:
Shaquan Rivers, So What Else
“Table Talks” Mentorship
Mentors will guide topics around the dinner table that include healthy relationships, setting boundaries in relationships, asking for help, coping with triggers, self-nurturing, red and green flags, understanding recovery, compassion, nutrition, and public health. The kids might be separated into groups by sex or age depending on the topics. Each mentor will have a different set of curriculum to help mix it up, but each will have multiple topics that will be chosen to meet the needs of the population and can creatively facilitated over the course of 8 weeks.
Mentors Include:
Jerel Wilson, For My Kidz, Founder
Nina Martin, Ph-D, Executive Officer, Science Communicator, Public Health United
Jason Duncan, Self Mastery
Knicole Taylor, Co-Founder & Director, Empowering Minds of Maryland
Henry Pertman, Hospitality
Food Production
Ages 14-23 will learn how to produce, brand, market & sell SeedyNutty a healthy snack sold in store. They will learn food safety procedures. Together we will create jobs and a sense of pride for SW Baltimore.
Trainer & Mentor:
Michelle Suazo, Executive Director of The Food Project and Creative Director of IndigoPark Design & Technology Clients include Goodie Girl Cookies, a national brand.
Healthy Voice
Youth learn how to express themselves through filmmaking and the visual arts. Creative projects will include creating stories & documentaries around health & food themes. We have added a Drum Circle program to teach the youth not only music-related skills but also team work, listening, discipline, and self-confidence. In addition the youth will have a sound studio to "cook up some beats" and express themselves through music.
Instructors Include:
Michelle Suazo, Creative Director of IndigoPark Design & Technology
Vonnya Pettigrew, Executive Director, Root Branch Films
Dr. Nina Martin, Public Health United, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Adruma Victoria, Percussionist
WHO WE SERVE:
The Food project is also looking into education & jobs with food production. Councilwoman Rikki Spector joined one of our young mentors, Mekhi Cole, from Makings of a Man to explore the possible opportunities with SeedyNutty, a healthy snack developed by Rosanne Skirble.
