Grits and Greens by Dana

On Thursday March 27th, Darnell and I went to this event called Grits and Greens in Oakland.  Grits and Greens was an event that was a part of Impact Hub of Oakland Community which is Organizational Connection of different entrepreneurs trying to make network connections to affect change within different communities.  The idea behind the Hub is to co-learn and co-work.

There we also had food, we had,

1. Red Flint Polenta with Coconut Milk

2. Coconut Greens

3. English Peas and Asparagus

4  Roasted Strawberries with Rose Geranium

There was also 2 dance pieces that was shown that was based on real life events that happened in the news.  The first dance piece was about a young woman who was from Mexico who moved to America.  She got a job working in the field, she was pregnant and died because of not having enough water to drink.  The second dance piece was on hurricane Katrina. This older man was trying to swim to a safety boat and the woman rowing the boat told him it wasn't enough room, but the older man kept trying to get into the boat, the woman had to hit him to prevent him from drowning the boat.  Both dance pieces were sad. 

After everything was over Darnell and I met the executive director of a non profit called Urban Tilth based in Richmond.  They have different locations here in Richmond where they are teaching people about growing your own food.