Tag: Mental health
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Group Interview: Tim Hall, Luke Blackwell, James Birth, Phyllis Metts, Janice Barnes
Tim Hall, Luke Blackwell, James Birth, Phyllis Metts, and Janice Barnes participated in a group interview led by Anita Gonzalez which explores how food functions in Black communities in Washington, D.C. as a source of health, healing, heritage, and connection. Janice Barnes opened by sharing her family’s generational history with high blood pressure and how Read more
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Timothy McDaniel
“Food helps my mental health. Some people eat to live, some live to eat. A good cook helps.” What is one special family food tradition, and can you tell us a story about it? Why is it important to your family? “Last 35 years, we gather on Christmas eve, we all open at least one Read more
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Regina Williams
“Mac n Cheese: noodles, flour, eggs, butter, cheese.” How do you use food for healing? “You need nourishment when you are weak. Stress eating is not good. I eat salads, tuna instead of greasy/fried foods. Fruits and veggies, water.” Read more
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Bonita Evans
“Community involvement by working at the restaurant. Seeing and meeting lots of people.” How do you use food for healing? “Nutrition, physical, emotional, mental healing. Sharing, sitting together, taking food to someone.” Read more