Join the Institute for the Study of Los Angeles (ISLA) as we continue our speaker series "Breaking Bread in LA: Connecting Communities and Cultures through Food". This series is a compliment to the series of events this semester by Oxy Arts.
Join us as we welcome back Chia Cafe Collective, a grassroots group of individuals who share a philosophy that is action-based, a way of life connected to honoring all the Indigenous peoples of Southern CA and of our mother earth. Abe Sanchez and Craig Torres will lead an interactive workshop to share about the healing properties of our plant relatives and their cultural contexts.
The Chia Café Collective is dedicated to honoring all the indigenous peoples of Southern California and their connection to the land and native plants. Working with various agencies, organizations, schools, and tribal communities, the Collective offers Native food workshops and classes; gathers, processes, and distributes plants to elders and others; and transplants native plants in areas slated for development, cultivating them in gardens in order to share seeds and cuttings.
The Fall 2019 ISLA Speaker Series is generously funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Arts & the Urban Experience grant and Howard & Roberta Ahmanson.
