1 00:00:09,943 --> 00:00:13,046 Good afternoon, everybody. 2 00:00:13,213 --> 00:00:13,747 All right. 3 00:00:13,747 --> 00:00:14,080 All right. 4 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:15,749 My name is Nate Moxley. 5 00:00:15,749 --> 00:00:18,084 I'll be your moderator today. 6 00:00:18,084 --> 00:00:21,488 I work for the Department of Neighborhoods P-Patch program. 7 00:00:22,022 --> 00:00:25,058 Shout out to everybody that's within the patch community. 8 00:00:25,058 --> 00:00:28,728 It's 50 years strong are the Patch community program. 9 00:00:30,163 --> 00:00:33,833 So I have the distinct pleasure of introducing our panelists today. 10 00:00:34,768 --> 00:00:37,470 I'm going to read, quickly read their bios. 11 00:00:38,304 --> 00:00:40,740 Have them introduce a bit about their work 12 00:00:41,608 --> 00:00:43,943 and then we'll jump into the questions. 13 00:00:44,544 --> 00:00:47,047 We will have. 14 00:00:47,514 --> 00:00:52,519 We will have an opportunity for folks to ask questions as well, at the end. 15 00:00:52,519 --> 00:00:54,354 Is that a hot mic? Okay. 16 00:00:54,421 --> 00:00:54,721 All right. 17 00:00:54,721 --> 00:00:56,489 Is this one on? Testing. 18 00:00:56,489 --> 00:01:01,027 Okay. 19 00:01:01,027 --> 00:01:02,228 So we're going to jump into this. 20 00:01:02,228 --> 00:01:06,032 So starting with Demarus Tevuk. 21 00:01:06,599 --> 00:01:10,236 She is an environmental educator focusing on traditional 22 00:01:10,236 --> 00:01:14,607 ecological knowledge, native plants and native pollinators. 23 00:01:15,208 --> 00:01:20,180 She's an Inupiaq woman from Nome, Alaska, and she enjoys sharing her research 24 00:01:20,180 --> 00:01:24,050 on the definition of sustainability from an indigenous perspective. 25 00:01:24,984 --> 00:01:28,088 Demarus is a program manager for the Seattle Indian Services 26 00:01:28,088 --> 00:01:33,460 Commission, a member of the Rising Tides Indigenous Planning Group 27 00:01:33,960 --> 00:01:37,630 and a board member of Common Acre. 28 00:01:37,897 --> 00:01:41,401 Anthony Johnson is an Anishinaabe and citizen 29 00:01:41,401 --> 00:01:44,370 of the Red Lake Nation in northern Minnesota. 30 00:01:45,271 --> 00:01:47,640 Anthony was born and raised in south Minneapolis. 31 00:01:48,408 --> 00:01:51,711 He studied at the University of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Twin 32 00:01:51,711 --> 00:01:54,647 Cities, where he graduated with a degree in finance. 33 00:01:55,448 --> 00:01:57,750 He moved to Seattle in May of 2021. 34 00:01:58,518 --> 00:02:01,855 Shortly thereafter, he started as a started 35 00:02:01,855 --> 00:02:06,025 at the ʔálʔal Café as a manager at the Chief Seattle Club. 36 00:02:06,793 --> 00:02:09,462 He cares deeply about hunting, fishing 37 00:02:09,762 --> 00:02:15,435 and foraging for traditional foods and decolonizing his diet. 38 00:02:16,035 --> 00:02:24,244 Is the environmental justice programs manager at Young Women in Power, Y-WE 39 00:02:24,244 --> 00:02:27,881 Particularly focused on youth farming and food justice programing 40 00:02:27,881 --> 00:02:30,250 at Marra Farm in South Park. 41 00:02:30,250 --> 00:02:34,954 They first connected with Y-WE as a mentor with the Nature Connections program 42 00:02:35,188 --> 00:02:39,759 and fell in love with the powerful intergenerational community of diverse 43 00:02:39,759 --> 00:02:44,731 women and gender expansive folks supporting each other in the outdoors. 44 00:02:45,331 --> 00:02:47,934 During this time, she served as an AmeriCorps term, 45 00:02:48,168 --> 00:02:50,837 or she served in AmeriCorps term with Solid Ground 46 00:02:51,104 --> 00:02:54,574 teaching, nutrition, cooking and gardening with elementary school 47 00:02:54,574 --> 00:02:56,676 students experiencing food insecurity. 48 00:02:57,577 --> 00:03:00,346 Neli also organizes with Got Green, 49 00:03:00,747 --> 00:03:02,749 Climate Justice for Black Lives, 50 00:03:03,383 --> 00:03:07,487 and with fellow South Asian community around BIPOC solidarity. 51 00:03:08,288 --> 00:03:10,590 She is passionate about working at the intersections 52 00:03:10,590 --> 00:03:13,960 of environmental, racial and social justice within community. 53 00:03:14,460 --> 00:03:18,131 Healing with the land and growing food with young people 54 00:03:18,131 --> 00:03:21,801 while disrupting racism and injustice within the food system. 55 00:03:23,203 --> 00:03:26,739 And lastly, we have Jaydalen Blossom, she/her. 56 00:03:27,340 --> 00:03:31,711 Jaydalen began her journey in Y-WE as a youth participant in 2018 57 00:03:32,445 --> 00:03:34,847 with the Nature Connections program. 58 00:03:34,847 --> 00:03:38,718 Since then, she's been involved in Y-WE, Create and Write. 59 00:03:38,718 --> 00:03:40,787 Lead Youth Leadership Council. 60 00:03:41,087 --> 00:03:43,890 And in recent times, she has been involved in Y-WE Grow. 61 00:03:44,791 --> 00:03:47,627 While participating in Grow Jaydalen found her calling 62 00:03:47,627 --> 00:03:50,997 and now she wants to help others find a sense of deep connection 63 00:03:50,997 --> 00:03:54,901 with themselves and with community by connecting with nature. 64 00:03:55,835 --> 00:03:59,305 She recently joined the Y-WE team this year as the program assistant 65 00:03:59,973 --> 00:04:02,475 for the Grow Spring Program. 66 00:04:02,475 --> 00:04:06,479 Besides her immense love and gratitude for the Y-WE community, 67 00:04:06,779 --> 00:04:09,616 Jaydalen loves spending quality time with her loved ones, 68 00:04:09,916 --> 00:04:12,719 being in nature, facilitating yoga. 69 00:04:12,952 --> 00:04:15,688 She recently graduated from the Heart Center 70 00:04:16,422 --> 00:04:18,958 and connecting with people from all walks of life. 71 00:04:19,292 --> 00:04:22,929 Join me in welcoming today's panelists. 72 00:04:25,698 --> 00:04:26,032 All right. 73 00:04:26,032 --> 00:04:27,667 So we're going to jump into this by having folks 74 00:04:27,667 --> 00:04:29,469 just kind of introduce their work, tell you a little bit 75 00:04:29,469 --> 00:04:33,873 a bit about their work and how it connects with today's topic. 76 00:04:33,873 --> 00:04:38,244 So we're going to start with with Demarus. 77 00:04:39,646 --> 00:04:41,247 Hi, Can you hear me? All right. 78 00:04:41,247 --> 00:04:44,484 I brought a presentation, but I don't know 79 00:04:44,484 --> 00:04:48,421 if we're able to bring it up 80 00:04:49,289 --> 00:04:52,125 for my work with the Rising Tides Group. 81 00:04:52,392 --> 00:04:58,998 from December of 2021 through July of last year, 82 00:04:59,399 --> 00:05:03,736 we had a native neighborhood survey that 83 00:05:03,736 --> 00:05:09,108 we were looking for at least 400 responses from people 84 00:05:09,108 --> 00:05:13,546 who are native and indigenous, who have a relationship with Seattle. 85 00:05:14,280 --> 00:05:17,317 We got an amazing 768 responses, 86 00:05:17,784 --> 00:05:22,855 and what I wanted to share today was a map that shows the diversity 87 00:05:22,855 --> 00:05:28,061 of our urban native community that we are from all over North America. 88 00:05:28,661 --> 00:05:32,231 The other thing I wanted to share with the presentation 89 00:05:32,231 --> 00:05:35,835 was a map of where people live in Seattle. 90 00:05:36,502 --> 00:05:41,941 And so for this study we also did 91 00:05:42,375 --> 00:05:45,978 food talking circle and we had support from 92 00:05:48,247 --> 00:05:50,149 What Office? 93 00:05:50,149 --> 00:05:55,221 Office of Sustainability Environment for the update to the Food Action Plan. 94 00:05:55,221 --> 00:06:00,326 So we had a talking circle that was co-sponsored by OSE 95 00:06:01,127 --> 00:06:03,529 and we actually had the meeting 96 00:06:03,529 --> 00:06:07,266 at Marra Farms outdoors, 97 00:06:07,266 --> 00:06:08,368 that was, 98 00:06:08,835 --> 00:06:12,805 we we didn't mean to do it this way, but we actually accidentally 99 00:06:12,805 --> 00:06:18,845 had it at the same time as the, the Sea Fair Indian Days powwow. 100 00:06:19,846 --> 00:06:23,082 But we even though we had it during the powwow, we still had 101 00:06:23,082 --> 00:06:27,653 a really great group of people come out and share their thoughts about, 102 00:06:28,454 --> 00:06:33,092 food security, food access and building 103 00:06:33,226 --> 00:06:36,329 a neighborhood for the urban Native community. 104 00:06:37,230 --> 00:06:42,335 And then as a board member with the Common Acre, 105 00:06:42,702 --> 00:06:46,672 we are planting camas at a site in South Seattle. 106 00:06:46,672 --> 00:06:48,474 It's called The Green Line. 107 00:06:48,474 --> 00:06:49,909 We planted the camas. 108 00:06:51,210 --> 00:06:54,680 We planted the camas last 109 00:06:55,081 --> 00:06:56,149 October, 110 00:06:56,149 --> 00:06:59,919 and the place that we harvested it from is in Oregon. 111 00:07:00,453 --> 00:07:04,323 I'm pretty sure that it is an intact pre contact 112 00:07:04,891 --> 00:07:08,394 camas site, which is really, really special because, 113 00:07:08,928 --> 00:07:12,899 camas prairies were lost 114 00:07:13,166 --> 00:07:17,603 during colonization and the reason why they were lost. 115 00:07:18,070 --> 00:07:19,038 Two reasons. 116 00:07:19,038 --> 00:07:24,544 first, access to the prairies was denied. 117 00:07:24,544 --> 00:07:28,347 The settlers would put up fences, but settlers 118 00:07:28,347 --> 00:07:32,485 would also let their their cows and their pigs go through. 119 00:07:32,485 --> 00:07:34,687 And they destroyed the camas prairies. 120 00:07:35,822 --> 00:07:37,890 So just last weekend 121 00:07:37,890 --> 00:07:40,927 we checked on the camas, and they're doing really well. 122 00:07:40,927 --> 00:07:41,828 They're sprouting. 123 00:07:41,828 --> 00:07:44,697 And I'm so happy that they they made it. 124 00:07:44,730 --> 00:07:48,468 We weren't sure if the bulbs were going to do okay. 125 00:07:49,135 --> 00:07:52,538 I guess the other thing about myself 126 00:07:52,538 --> 00:07:57,443 I wanted to share is like, I'm native Alaskan and I 127 00:07:59,212 --> 00:07:59,946 really I'm really 128 00:07:59,946 --> 00:08:03,082 privileged to know my traditional food really well. 129 00:08:03,082 --> 00:08:07,119 I grew up eating whale, seal, caribou. 130 00:08:07,420 --> 00:08:11,691 My older brother is a hunter and a whaling captain. 131 00:08:12,391 --> 00:08:17,063 And I went to high school in Neah Bay on the Makah Reservation 132 00:08:17,497 --> 00:08:20,766 during the time when they were seeking to, 133 00:08:21,467 --> 00:08:24,237 sorry if I'm speaking too long, but 134 00:08:25,171 --> 00:08:29,342 to get their treaty rights to, to be able to whale again. 135 00:08:29,342 --> 00:08:33,980 And they came up against a huge force of public opinion, 136 00:08:33,980 --> 00:08:37,049 opposition to their right to whale and 137 00:08:38,251 --> 00:08:40,286 food is so central to culture 138 00:08:40,887 --> 00:08:45,791 and all of the work that I do, I lean heavily 139 00:08:45,791 --> 00:08:49,896 on a group of values that I identified in some research 140 00:08:50,429 --> 00:08:52,899 while I was getting my degree in environmental studies at UW. 141 00:08:53,866 --> 00:08:55,101 I have a set 142 00:08:55,101 --> 00:08:58,604 of values that are related to sustainability, 143 00:08:58,971 --> 00:09:01,874 and I was just thinking today they're all related to food. 144 00:09:01,874 --> 00:09:05,778 It's all about how you gather food and then share it with people, 145 00:09:06,078 --> 00:09:10,249 how you take care of the land so that you can have the food 146 00:09:10,249 --> 00:09:13,119 that you need to share with each other and take care of each other. 147 00:09:13,853 --> 00:09:18,791 Like every value has some connection to food and, 148 00:09:19,025 --> 00:09:22,228 yeah, and that's about how to live. 149 00:09:22,862 --> 00:09:25,264 So, yeah, I don't know. 150 00:09:25,831 --> 00:09:29,402 I was hoping that I could share my presentation a couple of slides today. 151 00:09:29,869 --> 00:09:32,838 The, 152 00:09:32,838 --> 00:09:36,342 the report will hopefully be shared soon, 153 00:09:37,043 --> 00:09:39,245 through the Na’ah Illahee Fund website. 154 00:09:39,478 --> 00:09:42,248 That's the nonprofit that fiscally sponsored our work. 155 00:09:42,748 --> 00:09:44,850 Rising Tides has, 156 00:09:45,451 --> 00:09:50,523 we have the goal of, of building community spaces that are missing in Seattle 157 00:09:51,090 --> 00:09:54,226 and one of the other big themes 158 00:09:54,226 --> 00:09:57,863 from our survey responses that people want access to the land 159 00:09:58,431 --> 00:10:02,001 and they want, they want access to the land and to grow food 160 00:10:02,702 --> 00:10:05,972 as part of cultural revitalization programs. 161 00:10:06,372 --> 00:10:09,008 So being able to have gardens 162 00:10:09,008 --> 00:10:11,711 and any way rooftops, balconies 163 00:10:12,311 --> 00:10:15,815 and then open space, it's all really important to our community. 164 00:10:15,815 --> 00:10:19,051 So I think that's it. 165 00:10:23,289 --> 00:10:27,526 (greeting in his native language) 166 00:10:27,526 --> 00:10:29,028 Hey everyone. 167 00:10:29,662 --> 00:10:30,296 Greetings. 168 00:10:30,296 --> 00:10:33,265 My name is Anthony. 169 00:10:33,265 --> 00:10:36,002 As Nate said, I'm a Anishinaabe, a citizen of Red Lake 170 00:10:37,003 --> 00:10:43,142 in northern Minnesota and I am the cafe manager at Chief Seattle Club. 171 00:10:43,142 --> 00:10:45,678 The ʔálʔal Café Manager. 172 00:10:45,678 --> 00:10:49,115 ʔálʔal Café opened on Giving Tuesday, 173 00:10:49,815 --> 00:10:54,020 November 29th of Native American Heritage Month last year, 174 00:10:54,920 --> 00:10:57,156 and the café is on 175 00:10:57,156 --> 00:11:00,292 the ground floor of the ʔálʔal Housing Building, 176 00:11:00,660 --> 00:11:03,896 which is Chief Seattle Club's first permanent housing complex. 177 00:11:05,097 --> 00:11:06,899 You know, built from the ground up by 178 00:11:06,899 --> 00:11:09,902 Chief Seattle Club right down in Pioneer Square. 179 00:11:10,436 --> 00:11:12,872 So the club has been around for, you know, 180 00:11:12,938 --> 00:11:16,142 50 some odd years in Seattle, but has been, 181 00:11:16,976 --> 00:11:20,012 you know, really exponentially growing over the past couple of years 182 00:11:20,746 --> 00:11:23,282 to the point where you know, we were able to 183 00:11:25,084 --> 00:11:25,918 really build this 184 00:11:25,918 --> 00:11:30,322 massive capital campaign to be able to provide permanent supportive 185 00:11:30,322 --> 00:11:34,927 housing for our homeless native relatives out there on the streets. 186 00:11:35,561 --> 00:11:39,899 You know, there's a pretty big disparity in the homeless population within Seattle. 187 00:11:40,332 --> 00:11:44,670 Native people make up around 1% of the overall population of Seattle. 188 00:11:44,670 --> 00:11:48,107 But, you know, I've seen figures anywhere from 10 189 00:11:48,107 --> 00:11:51,811 to 15% of the homeless population. 190 00:11:51,811 --> 00:11:53,846 So there's clearly a disparity there. 191 00:11:53,846 --> 00:11:57,950 And, you know, there's a multitude of reasons for why 192 00:11:57,950 --> 00:12:01,087 that disparity exists that could take, 193 00:12:01,087 --> 00:12:04,890 you know, possibly the entire time to go into each one of those facets. 194 00:12:04,890 --> 00:12:09,528 But suffice to say that, you know, there is a disparity 195 00:12:09,528 --> 00:12:14,133 there that Chief Seattle wants to step in and to resolve. 196 00:12:15,468 --> 00:12:17,503 So the cafe is 197 00:12:19,038 --> 00:12:23,042 the cafe is, like I said, you know, been open for the past four months. 198 00:12:23,042 --> 00:12:26,879 And my mission and the mission of the cafe, 199 00:12:27,113 --> 00:12:31,684 you know, might seem a little bit distant between nonprofit providing permanent 200 00:12:31,684 --> 00:12:35,821 supportive housing and, you know, a business that's open to the public. 201 00:12:36,222 --> 00:12:38,791 But I see like a pretty clear 202 00:12:38,791 --> 00:12:42,094 connection between the cafe and the broader mission of the club. 203 00:12:42,094 --> 00:12:43,329 And what that is, is, 204 00:12:44,363 --> 00:12:46,332 you know, I believe that 205 00:12:46,365 --> 00:12:48,934 reclaiming our 206 00:12:48,934 --> 00:12:51,170 traditional food pathways and our connection to our 207 00:12:51,270 --> 00:12:55,207 our traditional foods is an important way to heal 208 00:12:55,207 --> 00:12:59,445 in the wounds of colonization that native people have faced. 209 00:12:59,445 --> 00:13:04,049 And so through that mission of, you know, serving traditional foods at the cafe, 210 00:13:05,017 --> 00:13:07,653 we're able to offer a space for, 211 00:13:07,920 --> 00:13:11,490 you know, native people to come in and to see some traditional foods 212 00:13:11,490 --> 00:13:15,427 that perhaps they haven't seen in a long time, you know, since their perhaps 213 00:13:15,427 --> 00:13:18,164 maybe their family was removed from the reservation and 214 00:13:18,497 --> 00:13:20,533 and brought out here to Seattle. 215 00:13:20,533 --> 00:13:24,103 And so, you know, I want to serve as that space for folks to come in 216 00:13:24,103 --> 00:13:29,208 and to learn and relearn their connections to their traditional foods. 217 00:13:29,909 --> 00:13:34,146 And I believe that's one of the ways that we could, you know, 218 00:13:34,213 --> 00:13:38,651 really start to regain our sense of self and who we are in our connection to food. 219 00:13:38,651 --> 00:13:42,221 Because connection to food, you know, it is so important to our culture. 220 00:13:42,521 --> 00:13:45,825 I know as Anishinaabe people like we really are, 221 00:13:46,158 --> 00:13:49,128 you know, we're really nothing without wild rice, without mnomen. 222 00:13:49,161 --> 00:13:52,565 And that that food is directly tied in to our 223 00:13:53,432 --> 00:13:55,634 our origin story and who we are as people. 224 00:13:56,068 --> 00:13:59,305 And so it's there's really you know, there's really 225 00:14:00,539 --> 00:14:01,440 a direct link 226 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:05,778 between us and that food And without that I mean it's tough to imagine 227 00:14:06,111 --> 00:14:08,314 what our culture would be and who are people would be. 228 00:14:09,315 --> 00:14:11,851 So, you know, with that being said, 229 00:14:12,451 --> 00:14:16,856 you know, I think that the cafe serves as a place to, you know, be able 230 00:14:16,856 --> 00:14:21,660 to spark that conversation with people and and gain awareness of the fight that, 231 00:14:21,961 --> 00:14:25,264 you know, a lot of Native folks are having for reclaiming their 232 00:14:25,564 --> 00:14:29,068 their traditional foods and protecting their traditional foods. 233 00:14:29,068 --> 00:14:32,938 We have a lot of issues with pipelines going through our wild rice beds back 234 00:14:32,938 --> 00:14:33,572 home, 235 00:14:34,406 --> 00:14:36,308 you know, oil pipelines 236 00:14:36,308 --> 00:14:39,845 and, you know, so gaining awareness of that, 237 00:14:39,845 --> 00:14:43,415 as well as raising awareness and the broader support of the, 238 00:14:43,682 --> 00:14:45,117 I guess, the average Seattleite 239 00:14:45,117 --> 00:14:47,720 and understanding the mission of Chief Seattle Club 240 00:14:48,587 --> 00:14:52,758 so that the cafe, you know, kind of serves as a space for people 241 00:14:52,758 --> 00:14:57,029 to come in and, you know, obviously hopefully get some really good food. 242 00:14:57,029 --> 00:14:58,130 I oversee the kitchens. 243 00:14:58,130 --> 00:15:00,532 I hope, you know, if everyone's been there, I hope you like the food. 244 00:15:00,833 --> 00:15:02,735 I won't hurt my feelings if you don't, you know. 245 00:15:04,603 --> 00:15:06,305 But yeah, I mean, I think so. 246 00:15:06,305 --> 00:15:07,673 It's you know, it's an entry point 247 00:15:07,673 --> 00:15:10,576 into learning about traditional foods and learning about the work of the club. 248 00:15:11,543 --> 00:15:15,748 So, yeah, really honored to be doing this work and to be here with all of you today 249 00:15:16,649 --> 00:15:20,252 and excited to, you know, kind of share more about, 250 00:15:20,252 --> 00:15:21,520 you know, some of the work that we're doing. 251 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:23,355 So miigwech (Thank You). 252 00:15:28,460 --> 00:15:30,496 Hi, everyone. 253 00:15:30,529 --> 00:15:32,231 My name is Neli. 254 00:15:32,231 --> 00:15:36,201 I am the Environmental Justice Programs manager at Young Women Empowered. 255 00:15:36,201 --> 00:15:40,105 Y-WE I feel very honored to be here with you 256 00:15:40,105 --> 00:15:44,143 all on this panel and everyone here. 257 00:15:44,143 --> 00:15:46,378 So Y-WE, Young Women Empowered. 258 00:15:46,378 --> 00:15:50,749 Our mission is to cultivate the power of diverse young women and gender 259 00:15:50,749 --> 00:15:55,120 expansive youth to be creative changemakers within their communities. 260 00:15:56,188 --> 00:15:56,789 We do that 261 00:15:56,789 --> 00:15:59,625 through a lot of different types of youth programing, 262 00:16:00,526 --> 00:16:04,997 ranging from creative expression to social justice issues. 263 00:16:04,997 --> 00:16:08,233 And Jaydalen and I get to be on the environmental justice 264 00:16:08,233 --> 00:16:12,071 and food sovereignty side of things. 265 00:16:12,071 --> 00:16:15,708 We primarily work with BIPOC 266 00:16:15,708 --> 00:16:18,410 youth, queer and trans youth folks 267 00:16:18,811 --> 00:16:22,381 who are often pushed to the margins. 268 00:16:22,381 --> 00:16:25,651 And uh, yeah, 269 00:16:26,552 --> 00:16:31,790 so some of our goals at Marra Farm in South Park where we get to do our 270 00:16:31,790 --> 00:16:34,893 Y-WE Grow program, which is focused on farming 271 00:16:34,893 --> 00:16:38,731 and food justice, our primary goal 272 00:16:38,731 --> 00:16:41,934 and maybe I'll say our foundational goal is to create a 273 00:16:43,202 --> 00:16:46,205 space where our young people can feel a sense 274 00:16:46,205 --> 00:16:49,742 of joy, healing, connection 275 00:16:50,776 --> 00:16:54,880 with each other, and also in relationship with their environment and the land. 276 00:16:55,814 --> 00:16:58,017 We know that essentially 277 00:16:58,017 --> 00:17:03,022 all the youth that we work with, whether they're indigenous to this land 278 00:17:03,022 --> 00:17:06,825 or part of diaspora, have experienced trauma at the side of the land, 279 00:17:07,159 --> 00:17:09,528 whether that's personally or ancestrally. 280 00:17:09,928 --> 00:17:12,164 And so we recognize a lot of young people 281 00:17:12,164 --> 00:17:15,434 coming into this space at Marra Farm in South Park. 282 00:17:16,368 --> 00:17:18,437 Many of them don't see themselves there 283 00:17:18,904 --> 00:17:22,307 or feel as many of them feel unsafe in these spaces. 284 00:17:22,708 --> 00:17:25,911 So it's kind of foundational for us to create 285 00:17:26,445 --> 00:17:30,549 a place where they can kind of regulate their nervous systems 286 00:17:30,916 --> 00:17:35,120 and, you know, lean on each other, but also their environment, 287 00:17:35,454 --> 00:17:40,526 plant allies, the creek, the soil, to start to kind of 288 00:17:41,827 --> 00:17:44,396 embody into the space and into the land. 289 00:17:44,663 --> 00:17:48,700 So that's the first thing we do from there. 290 00:17:48,700 --> 00:17:52,704 We also like to develop skills, we call them skills for interdependence. 291 00:17:53,205 --> 00:17:57,409 So we recognize that a lot of these systems, food systems 292 00:17:57,409 --> 00:18:01,113 included, were not built for us in our communities. 293 00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:04,049 They are steeped in racism and injustice. 294 00:18:04,049 --> 00:18:05,350 So we like to think about 295 00:18:05,350 --> 00:18:08,220 how can we develop skills where we can take care of each other. 296 00:18:09,288 --> 00:18:13,058 So that includes gardening and growing our own food, our cultural foods. 297 00:18:13,926 --> 00:18:16,562 But it also means food preservation, 298 00:18:17,229 --> 00:18:20,332 woodworking, ecosystem 299 00:18:20,332 --> 00:18:23,368 restoration, chicken care, fruit tree care, 300 00:18:23,769 --> 00:18:26,705 uh, mushroom cultivation. 301 00:18:27,606 --> 00:18:32,211 And the idea is that, yeah, even through these brief workshops, 302 00:18:32,211 --> 00:18:35,214 we can start building those skills, building that interest. 303 00:18:35,214 --> 00:18:37,583 But the idea too, is that, you know, 304 00:18:39,151 --> 00:18:42,321 we can take care of each other for now and in the future, 305 00:18:42,621 --> 00:18:46,258 and they can also go on to share those skills with their communities, 306 00:18:46,258 --> 00:18:49,361 families and be leaders in these spaces as well. 307 00:18:50,696 --> 00:18:52,831 Next, we really focus on 308 00:18:52,831 --> 00:18:56,468 kind of learning about environmental justice and food justice. 309 00:18:56,468 --> 00:18:59,138 There's often a narrative that 310 00:18:59,138 --> 00:19:02,541 this is new for BIPOC community to be connecting with the outdoors 311 00:19:02,541 --> 00:19:03,408 and growing food. 312 00:19:03,408 --> 00:19:07,412 And we recognize that this is like the opposite, like 313 00:19:07,412 --> 00:19:09,581 this is core to who we are. 314 00:19:10,582 --> 00:19:14,253 And so it's about remembering those connections and those lessons 315 00:19:15,020 --> 00:19:17,356 and getting to really highlight 316 00:19:17,356 --> 00:19:19,424 the people whose shoulders we stand on 317 00:19:20,092 --> 00:19:23,762 and also recognizing the original stewards of the land 318 00:19:23,762 --> 00:19:28,133 that we are so, so lucky to get to steward at Marra Farm. 319 00:19:29,168 --> 00:19:30,235 And then, 320 00:19:30,235 --> 00:19:33,272 yeah, our last goal is to we say love on community. 321 00:19:33,272 --> 00:19:36,742 So we have cohorts of about 20 young people 322 00:19:37,009 --> 00:19:41,113 and about four adult mentors that spend time with us at the farm. 323 00:19:42,581 --> 00:19:44,616 We have a spring cohort, fall cohort, 324 00:19:44,616 --> 00:19:48,420 and then we do a paid internship in the summer. 325 00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:52,057 And so throughout all of these cohorts, the young people get to 326 00:19:52,925 --> 00:19:55,928 get creative and plan offerings that they want to share 327 00:19:55,928 --> 00:19:59,031 with the larger community, and that can look like community events. 328 00:19:59,498 --> 00:20:03,602 We've made a zine sharing food, sharing, 329 00:20:03,602 --> 00:20:07,539 gardening resources, so kind of sharing that abundance outwards. 330 00:20:07,739 --> 00:20:09,208 Yeah. 331 00:20:09,208 --> 00:20:17,416 So I'll pause there. 332 00:20:17,416 --> 00:20:22,521 I guess there isn't much too much to add for me to share about Y-WE but I guess 333 00:20:22,521 --> 00:20:26,291 being here, I can be that representative of just 334 00:20:26,491 --> 00:20:31,730 the joy and love and healing that I receive from being a part of Y-WE. 335 00:20:31,730 --> 00:20:34,967 And yeah, I'm also just here to learn and yeah, 336 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:37,569 listen in to also do better. 337 00:20:38,337 --> 00:20:41,506 And maybe I'll add one thing, Jaydalen, 338 00:20:41,506 --> 00:20:44,676 you were in the first group of young people to ever visit the farm. 339 00:20:44,676 --> 00:20:46,812 Do you want to share a little bit about your story? 340 00:20:46,812 --> 00:20:48,113 Yeah, 341 00:20:48,547 --> 00:20:52,050 I started in 2019 and that's like the height of the pandemic 342 00:20:52,050 --> 00:20:54,987 and everything was kind of just like, 343 00:20:55,354 --> 00:20:58,790 I'm sure things people were going through their journeys 344 00:20:59,191 --> 00:21:03,128 with dealing with how they are showing up in spaces and why 345 00:21:03,128 --> 00:21:06,531 and Y-WE Grow was my safe space, 346 00:21:06,531 --> 00:21:10,035 like where I can actually connect with other people, connect with myself. 347 00:21:10,035 --> 00:21:13,905 Most importantly, and build my relationship with the land. 348 00:21:14,306 --> 00:21:16,808 That's where I received a lot of healing there. 349 00:21:17,009 --> 00:21:21,113 I remember many times where I would show up with whatever 350 00:21:21,113 --> 00:21:25,083 I was holding and just being in that space to really be who I am. 351 00:21:25,083 --> 00:21:28,320 And learning all the ways to show up in 352 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:32,157 community is was very healing for me, still is very healing. 353 00:21:32,157 --> 00:21:36,028 And now I get to have the opportunity to work alongside with Nelly and Tia, 354 00:21:36,028 --> 00:21:39,831 who are holding down the grow. 355 00:21:39,831 --> 00:21:42,401 Yeah, I'm very grateful. 356 00:21:47,372 --> 00:21:49,308 All right. Thank you all for intros. 357 00:21:50,642 --> 00:21:51,476 We're going to jump into this 358 00:21:51,476 --> 00:21:54,246 and I think this is a good Segway, what you just said. 359 00:21:54,246 --> 00:21:56,782 Jade Island is a good segue for this next question. 360 00:21:58,684 --> 00:22:02,521 And I think we're going to start we'll start with you, Jaydalen, 361 00:22:02,521 --> 00:22:06,725 because it actually kind of just a perfect, perfect segue. 362 00:22:06,725 --> 00:22:09,628 So can you tell us a little bit about 363 00:22:09,628 --> 00:22:13,231 your pandemic experience around food access and justice 364 00:22:13,899 --> 00:22:18,003 and how you see this as an area, as an avenue 365 00:22:18,303 --> 00:22:21,506 for healing and connection? 366 00:22:25,210 --> 00:22:28,680 The program that you hear Nelly and I talk about Grow, 367 00:22:29,147 --> 00:22:31,583 I think it's a great outlet for 368 00:22:32,484 --> 00:22:34,619 especially youth, who 369 00:22:34,619 --> 00:22:37,556 from my experience, I felt a sense of like 370 00:22:38,724 --> 00:22:41,593 I didn't feel like a sense of belonging or a sense of self 371 00:22:42,060 --> 00:22:44,062 or I felt very powerless. 372 00:22:45,130 --> 00:22:45,931 So being in 373 00:22:45,931 --> 00:22:49,267 that space, a container to really grow and heal 374 00:22:49,668 --> 00:22:52,037 and just learn ways that I can show up, 375 00:22:53,472 --> 00:22:55,674 it's like having it's like healing 376 00:22:56,341 --> 00:23:00,379 and also putting into action and like having those three things 377 00:23:00,379 --> 00:23:04,449 like releasing the trauma, like talking about things that have hurt us 378 00:23:04,449 --> 00:23:07,219 and then going through ways how we can heal by 379 00:23:07,219 --> 00:23:09,054 like taking care of the land and supporting each other 380 00:23:09,054 --> 00:23:11,656 and then putting it into action by having 381 00:23:14,059 --> 00:23:16,828 meetings where we plan events that we want to do. 382 00:23:17,095 --> 00:23:19,664 I think those three things have been very important 383 00:23:19,831 --> 00:23:22,934 in terms of healing and food justice. 384 00:23:24,069 --> 00:23:26,772 Yeah. 385 00:23:26,772 --> 00:23:28,273 Neli, do you want to 386 00:23:28,673 --> 00:23:29,908 tackle that question? 387 00:23:29,908 --> 00:23:30,909 Sure. 388 00:23:32,344 --> 00:23:33,779 Yeah, I think the pandemic. 389 00:23:33,779 --> 00:23:37,082 So we were about to start 390 00:23:37,315 --> 00:23:41,019 heading into Marra Farm, like waking up the garden 391 00:23:41,019 --> 00:23:45,624 right when, you know, lockdown happened. And 392 00:23:46,858 --> 00:23:49,361 yeah, there was, there was just so much going on. 393 00:23:50,262 --> 00:23:52,531 I was really grateful in the pandemic that 394 00:23:53,131 --> 00:23:57,002 so we had like young people and then also their parents 395 00:23:57,002 --> 00:24:00,872 and caregivers, they were like, I can't be inside anymore. 396 00:24:00,872 --> 00:24:03,542 I feel really isolated, you know? 397 00:24:03,542 --> 00:24:07,045 How would you feel if we came out there to kind of help you all at the garden? 398 00:24:07,078 --> 00:24:08,980 Like we feel okay with it? 399 00:24:08,980 --> 00:24:12,918 Because Y-WE at that point had shut down all of our programing in person. 400 00:24:13,985 --> 00:24:16,855 So and one of the parents was a physician. 401 00:24:16,855 --> 00:24:21,359 So I was like, okay, if you say you can come out here, sure. 402 00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:25,697 And then we started doing it and we were like, Oh, this is this feels okay. 403 00:24:26,364 --> 00:24:31,503 So we started our Y-WE Grow programing at the farm June 2020. 404 00:24:31,503 --> 00:24:36,274 And we've had young people out there since then and you know, 405 00:24:36,274 --> 00:24:39,478 the rest of our Y-WE programing was online 406 00:24:41,213 --> 00:24:43,048 basically through 2021. 407 00:24:43,048 --> 00:24:44,783 So like the fact that we could 408 00:24:44,783 --> 00:24:48,153 be a space where young people could come together in person, it was 409 00:24:48,887 --> 00:24:51,122 they were telling us this was the only time 410 00:24:51,122 --> 00:24:55,193 they were interacting with other people their age in person. 411 00:24:56,361 --> 00:24:58,830 So I think that sense of like isolation, 412 00:24:59,164 --> 00:25:03,235 panic, fear, rage with social justice, 413 00:25:03,301 --> 00:25:07,973 you know, racial justice, uprisings, I think there was a huge need. 414 00:25:08,807 --> 00:25:12,244 In addition to what folks were getting at home online 415 00:25:12,244 --> 00:25:17,749 in social media through the news of like what's going on and how to plug in. 416 00:25:17,749 --> 00:25:22,420 I think they also needed that mirror space where they can be in person, 417 00:25:23,889 --> 00:25:28,059 tap into like their physical embodied present space 418 00:25:28,059 --> 00:25:32,097 rather than like the mediated experience of just being bombarded 419 00:25:32,864 --> 00:25:35,867 with with the news in the panic. 420 00:25:35,867 --> 00:25:38,937 So I feel extremely grateful. 421 00:25:38,937 --> 00:25:43,441 The timing, because we started at Marra Farm in 2019, the fact that we had 422 00:25:43,441 --> 00:25:47,379 that space to be able to invite folks into was really was really huge. 423 00:25:47,779 --> 00:25:51,082 And then with that, like Jaydalen said, young people were coming 424 00:25:51,583 --> 00:25:55,620 kind of fried, like feeling, feeling a lot. 425 00:25:56,121 --> 00:26:00,158 So the fact that they could come in and feel, 426 00:26:00,392 --> 00:26:03,295 yes, their joy of being able to connect with each other, but 427 00:26:03,295 --> 00:26:08,700 also the deep sadness, the rage, like I mentioned, 428 00:26:08,700 --> 00:26:13,438 and have somewhere to kind of channel it, like with their hands in the land, like, 429 00:26:14,773 --> 00:26:15,206 you know, 430 00:26:15,206 --> 00:26:18,209 in the dirt, in, you know, by the creek. 431 00:26:18,209 --> 00:26:20,979 Like it kind of created that outlet for them to 432 00:26:22,147 --> 00:26:25,083 release the stress that was building. 433 00:26:25,450 --> 00:26:27,752 And so I feel really grateful for that. 434 00:26:27,752 --> 00:26:31,022 And also, like Jaydalen said, that that purpose piece, like 435 00:26:31,523 --> 00:26:34,993 we were feeling a complete lack of agency at that time. 436 00:26:34,993 --> 00:26:38,763 So the fact that young people could plug in to immediate like 437 00:26:40,065 --> 00:26:42,200 food sovereignty actions that we were taking, 438 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:45,236 South Park is an amazing community. 439 00:26:45,236 --> 00:26:48,506 The way that they showed up during the pandemic, 440 00:26:48,506 --> 00:26:51,910 South Park experiences food apartheid, which is a lack of 441 00:26:52,844 --> 00:26:57,515 fresh local produce, organic produce, disproportionately 442 00:26:57,515 --> 00:27:00,885 impacting communities of color, many immigrant communities in the area. 443 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:04,255 So neighbors just like came out 444 00:27:04,255 --> 00:27:06,858 in full force, started the food pantry system. 445 00:27:07,292 --> 00:27:11,129 We helped support meal distribution, and then all the food that we were growing 446 00:27:11,129 --> 00:27:15,867 at Marra Farm went into the food pantries, went to the local food bank. 447 00:27:15,867 --> 00:27:18,870 Neighbors also organized El Mercadito, 448 00:27:18,870 --> 00:27:22,307 the first neighbor organized farmer's market in South Park. 449 00:27:22,741 --> 00:27:26,911 So we got to plug into these efforts and like, feel 450 00:27:26,911 --> 00:27:29,881 that sense of purpose and, and agency 451 00:27:30,215 --> 00:27:32,717 that was so lacking at the time 452 00:27:33,518 --> 00:27:37,656 and just want to give a shout out to Monica Perez and Luciana Williams 453 00:27:37,656 --> 00:27:42,060 Cultivate South Park Urban Fresh Food Collective doing that work there. 454 00:27:42,260 --> 00:27:44,129 Yeah. 455 00:27:44,129 --> 00:27:47,298 And I also want to shout out Tayah Carlisle, I meant to mention her name earlier. 456 00:27:47,298 --> 00:27:50,535 She does this work with us and if you don't know where, there's 457 00:27:50,535 --> 00:27:53,805 a beautiful article in the Department of Neighborhoods blog about Tayah. 458 00:27:54,639 --> 00:27:57,742 Yeah. 459 00:27:57,742 --> 00:27:59,444 Anthony I'll reiterate the question. 460 00:27:59,444 --> 00:28:01,413 Just that'd. Be nice. Yeah. 461 00:28:01,413 --> 00:28:04,549 So can you tell us a little bit about your pandemic experience 462 00:28:04,549 --> 00:28:07,285 around food access, food justice 463 00:28:07,652 --> 00:28:11,923 and how you see this area as an avenue for healing and connection? 464 00:28:13,024 --> 00:28:17,462 Well, in fall of 2019, when 465 00:28:18,930 --> 00:28:21,866 I grew up, grew up in the city, I always been like an urban Indian, 466 00:28:21,866 --> 00:28:23,968 urban native and 467 00:28:25,303 --> 00:28:28,339 never really had a connection to culture. 468 00:28:29,774 --> 00:28:33,878 Like, you know, a lot of folks that grow up on the reservation do. 469 00:28:33,878 --> 00:28:36,915 So I didn't have that as a 470 00:28:37,115 --> 00:28:39,651 as a child and as like, you know, a teenager. 471 00:28:40,952 --> 00:28:42,721 And it 472 00:28:42,721 --> 00:28:46,291 it really took my sister, who is probably, 473 00:28:47,092 --> 00:28:50,161 you know, one of the most important people in my lives, who is 474 00:28:50,929 --> 00:28:52,230 an Ojibwe language teacher. 475 00:28:52,230 --> 00:28:55,934 She's an immersion teacher at our and on our on our tribe. 476 00:28:56,101 --> 00:28:57,335 They just opened 477 00:28:57,335 --> 00:29:01,706 an Ojibwe immersion school and she's the kindergarten teacher. And 478 00:29:01,906 --> 00:29:06,211 she really took it upon herself to reclaim the language and learn the language 479 00:29:07,178 --> 00:29:08,179 and, you 480 00:29:08,179 --> 00:29:11,216 know, is now able to teach that to, you know, the little ones. 481 00:29:11,216 --> 00:29:13,284 So that's their their first language growing up. 482 00:29:14,252 --> 00:29:17,489 And so she was instrumental and, 483 00:29:17,655 --> 00:29:21,493 you know, being able for, you know, for me to reclaim my indigeneity, 484 00:29:22,627 --> 00:29:25,330 you know, being separated from the community like that. 485 00:29:27,165 --> 00:29:29,734 So that, you know, that being said, 486 00:29:30,668 --> 00:29:32,103 you know, I 487 00:29:32,771 --> 00:29:34,572 in in fall 2019 488 00:29:34,572 --> 00:29:37,976 when on my first first year hunting trip 489 00:29:38,643 --> 00:29:41,279 and kind of near Red Lake 490 00:29:41,279 --> 00:29:46,151 but unsuccessful but I really like we really changed the way that I look 491 00:29:46,151 --> 00:29:50,054 about the way that I look at food and the way that I look looked at meat 492 00:29:51,089 --> 00:29:54,726 and it really flipped a switch where I wanted to. 493 00:29:55,093 --> 00:29:55,527 Now it's, 494 00:29:55,527 --> 00:29:58,730 you know, want to pretty much hunting is pretty much one of the only things 495 00:29:58,730 --> 00:29:59,330 I think about 496 00:30:00,498 --> 00:30:02,000 to my partner's demise, I guess. 497 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:07,105 But it's like it planted that seed And then with the pandemic, 498 00:30:07,105 --> 00:30:09,741 you know, happening six or so odd months 499 00:30:10,441 --> 00:30:14,012 after that, that hunting trip, 500 00:30:14,012 --> 00:30:19,417 I really started to question, you know, you know, question everything in my life. 501 00:30:19,417 --> 00:30:24,422 I had studied business and studied finance and was working for a corporation 502 00:30:25,590 --> 00:30:29,160 who shall remain nameless and didn't feel like I fit 503 00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:32,330 in, didn't feel like I had a purpose in life. 504 00:30:33,531 --> 00:30:39,270 And so I went to the drawing board and I just started to think about 505 00:30:39,270 --> 00:30:41,940 how I could give back to the community, how I could get involved 506 00:30:43,608 --> 00:30:48,213 in in the indigenous like world, in the native world. 507 00:30:48,213 --> 00:30:50,381 You know, there's a lot of folks that go into medicine, 508 00:30:50,381 --> 00:30:54,118 there's a lot of folks that go into, you know, planning government. 509 00:30:54,719 --> 00:30:58,489 And I was just and I thought about food that that's that's what I wanted to do. 510 00:30:59,524 --> 00:31:01,593 So while, you know, I was lucky enough 511 00:31:01,593 --> 00:31:04,095 to be in that corporate position, working from home 512 00:31:05,396 --> 00:31:09,467 pretty much had all my meetings camera off, mute and was just cooking 513 00:31:09,834 --> 00:31:13,872 my cooking just as much as I possibly could, just learning 514 00:31:13,905 --> 00:31:17,775 everything that I could about indigenous foods, reading books, reading blog posts. 515 00:31:18,776 --> 00:31:21,813 Going to the other native restaurants in Minneapolis to learn about 516 00:31:22,046 --> 00:31:23,781 what those pioneers in indigenous 517 00:31:23,781 --> 00:31:26,184 foods were doing, what they were cooking, what they were making. 518 00:31:27,151 --> 00:31:30,655 And I knew that that's where I wanted to like, pivot my career 519 00:31:30,655 --> 00:31:33,291 and what I wanted to do with my life is to just, 520 00:31:33,291 --> 00:31:36,728 you know, get into indigenous foods by any means possible, really 521 00:31:37,061 --> 00:31:39,631 by any means necessary. 522 00:31:39,931 --> 00:31:43,801 So, you know, through that process, then I threw together 523 00:31:43,801 --> 00:31:47,605 a little like PowerPoint, a little portfolio of like some food 524 00:31:47,605 --> 00:31:51,976 that I had made and sent it over to Chief Seattle Club and said, you know, 525 00:31:51,976 --> 00:31:55,213 hey, this is what I want to do, doesn't really fit with the cafe. 526 00:31:55,213 --> 00:31:57,248 But like, this is, you know, 527 00:31:58,149 --> 00:32:01,085 like, you know, this is where I want to go with my life. 528 00:32:01,085 --> 00:32:04,122 And they took a gamble on that, which was pretty cool. 529 00:32:04,122 --> 00:32:06,891 I'd never worked in food service or anything, you know, was coming 530 00:32:07,325 --> 00:32:08,960 out of the corporate world. 531 00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:14,098 So for me personally, there has been a lot of healing and reclaiming. 532 00:32:14,098 --> 00:32:18,770 I guess, you know, my my sense of my sense of self 533 00:32:18,770 --> 00:32:23,441 and my my self-worth to, you know, it I always felt 534 00:32:25,376 --> 00:32:25,710 it felt 535 00:32:25,710 --> 00:32:29,881 selfish to be, you know, I guess working for a company 536 00:32:29,881 --> 00:32:33,451 that wasn't directly benefiting the lives of Native people. 537 00:32:34,018 --> 00:32:36,220 And so I was able to hopefully, you know, 538 00:32:36,821 --> 00:32:40,391 take a step in the right direction where I'm able to give back to the community. 539 00:32:40,391 --> 00:32:43,761 And, you know, and then I guess 540 00:32:43,761 --> 00:32:47,065 as we as we talk about just 541 00:32:47,065 --> 00:32:49,801 what, you know, happens and what happened in the pandemic 542 00:32:49,801 --> 00:32:53,471 was all the traditional protocols and all the ways of harvesting, 543 00:32:53,671 --> 00:32:56,274 harvesting traditional food, we're like, we're shut down. 544 00:32:56,274 --> 00:33:00,044 So in March, it's the Anishinaabe New Year, it's the Ojibwe New Year. 545 00:33:00,044 --> 00:33:03,314 We're tapping maple trees and we're turning that sap 546 00:33:03,314 --> 00:33:06,684 into maple sugar and then maple syrup. 547 00:33:07,552 --> 00:33:09,721 And obviously, you know, it's around three, 548 00:33:09,721 --> 00:33:12,957 three years ago where we weren't able to go out. 549 00:33:12,957 --> 00:33:18,396 But it's yeah, it's, it's it's pretty amazing to you to kind of see 550 00:33:18,396 --> 00:33:23,801 the way that we're able to get creative and find safe ways to go out and collect 551 00:33:23,801 --> 00:33:28,072 sap and, you know, go berry picking and go hunting and everything like that. 552 00:33:28,439 --> 00:33:31,376 And so I was able to get back into it, you know, after kind of 553 00:33:33,177 --> 00:33:36,581 flipping that switch in 2019 and pausing throughout 2020. 554 00:33:36,581 --> 00:33:40,818 And I know everyone's life is on hold, but then, you know, 2021, 555 00:33:40,818 --> 00:33:45,289 it's been full steam ahead of, you know, Nate's at it in the bio, 556 00:33:45,289 --> 00:33:49,160 just trying to decolonize decolonize the diet, you know, only eat, 557 00:33:50,194 --> 00:33:52,196 you know, foods that were here before contact. 558 00:33:52,196 --> 00:33:55,566 And it's hard to do but I think having 559 00:33:55,566 --> 00:33:57,835 that is like the lens and how I 560 00:33:58,669 --> 00:34:02,273 you know, try to make meals and feed myself and you know 561 00:34:02,306 --> 00:34:06,210 I guess in the work that I do at the café, that's the always going to be, 562 00:34:06,210 --> 00:34:10,848 you know, try to try to be the mission or both of those aspects of life. 563 00:34:13,985 --> 00:34:16,487 The pandemic was 564 00:34:18,022 --> 00:34:21,726 a big disruption for me. 565 00:34:21,726 --> 00:34:26,597 I usually bring my kids up in the summer to Nome to visit my mom and my aunts 566 00:34:26,597 --> 00:34:32,136 and cousins, and we go berry picking and fishing and we pick grains. 567 00:34:32,570 --> 00:34:37,708 But I wasn't able to go in 2019 because of moving to a new house. 568 00:34:37,708 --> 00:34:41,579 And then during the pandemic, we didn't get to go home either. 569 00:34:42,647 --> 00:34:44,949 And, 570 00:34:44,949 --> 00:34:47,218 it was kind of depressing because 571 00:34:48,319 --> 00:34:50,421 I have a lot of native food in my freezer 572 00:34:51,222 --> 00:34:55,026 and in my pantry, but I really don't like eating it by myself 573 00:34:55,026 --> 00:35:00,631 because it's a family thing that I do with my mom and my family, my kids. 574 00:35:00,631 --> 00:35:04,869 So it was hard to not be able to go home and, 575 00:35:05,136 --> 00:35:10,708 like reinforce those traditions with my children. 576 00:35:10,842 --> 00:35:15,546 But instead it really forced me to get to know my new neighborhood 577 00:35:15,546 --> 00:35:18,716 and I've always known. 578 00:35:19,117 --> 00:35:19,817 Well, not always. 579 00:35:19,817 --> 00:35:23,087 I mean, I've always had an interest in plants because I grew up 580 00:35:23,654 --> 00:35:26,357 outside all day long in the summer 581 00:35:26,924 --> 00:35:29,460 and 582 00:35:29,460 --> 00:35:33,931 my mom would send me under the bushes to go pick her favorite, like, 583 00:35:33,931 --> 00:35:37,869 because I was small enough to go find her favorite herbs in Alaska. 584 00:35:37,869 --> 00:35:42,106 So, I have, what is it called? 585 00:35:42,106 --> 00:35:42,974 Plant literacy. 586 00:35:42,974 --> 00:35:47,078 I think like, I can tell the difference between plants. 587 00:35:47,078 --> 00:35:51,449 So, like, learning about native plants in Washington State was pretty easy for me. 588 00:35:51,883 --> 00:35:53,951 And I, I was always interested in it. 589 00:35:53,951 --> 00:35:56,354 I really enjoyed doing it. So 590 00:35:57,321 --> 00:35:58,823 during the summer 591 00:35:58,823 --> 00:36:02,593 of 2020, I took a lot of walks and got to know, like, 592 00:36:02,593 --> 00:36:07,231 just kind of paid attention to what's in the forest by my house. 593 00:36:07,231 --> 00:36:11,102 I found a patch of trailing blackberries. 594 00:36:11,636 --> 00:36:13,304 It's still kind of secret. 595 00:36:13,304 --> 00:36:17,508 Like, I'm not going to tell you where it is, but I invited my brother. 596 00:36:17,508 --> 00:36:19,443 He lives in Kirkland to come, 597 00:36:19,443 --> 00:36:23,281 and he came and wore his mask, and we went outside and picked berries. 598 00:36:23,281 --> 00:36:25,950 I think I still have a bag in my freezer. 599 00:36:26,484 --> 00:36:29,720 But that, that was that felt like a really beautiful gift 600 00:36:29,720 --> 00:36:33,157 from the world to be able to find trailing blackberries. 601 00:36:33,157 --> 00:36:39,197 If you get a chance to eat them, they are super tasty. 602 00:36:39,363 --> 00:36:43,201 I think loganberries or marionberries 603 00:36:43,201 --> 00:36:46,771 they're one of the plants that we're used to 604 00:36:47,805 --> 00:36:49,774 that because the flavor is so good 605 00:36:49,774 --> 00:36:52,343 that they're one of the like grandparents of that 606 00:36:52,777 --> 00:36:55,813 breed of berry. 607 00:36:55,813 --> 00:36:59,717 And there were other plants that I, I tried, 608 00:37:00,184 --> 00:37:03,688 I got a little sick because I don't know what I'm doing, but it's still, 609 00:37:03,688 --> 00:37:07,858 it was just a nice way to, like, kind of force me to get to know 610 00:37:08,159 --> 00:37:10,995 the local native plants and kind of 611 00:37:10,995 --> 00:37:14,565 build a relationship with the land and the, in a little different way. 612 00:37:14,832 --> 00:37:17,635 And then 613 00:37:19,003 --> 00:37:20,871 I think 614 00:37:21,138 --> 00:37:26,310 a lot of, a lot of issues that came out of the pandemic, 615 00:37:26,310 --> 00:37:29,280 like our communities have been saying 616 00:37:29,280 --> 00:37:31,882 that things are unfair and 617 00:37:33,017 --> 00:37:36,721 that there's, there's so much work, systemic racism 618 00:37:36,721 --> 00:37:40,658 that hasn't been addressed for the Native community and the pandemic 619 00:37:40,658 --> 00:37:44,629 really made it out in the open more like we couldn't ignore it anymore. 620 00:37:44,629 --> 00:37:46,931 And I'm grateful for that. 621 00:37:46,931 --> 00:37:51,002 But shifts in like the mainstream 622 00:37:51,602 --> 00:37:55,072 culture, like the mainstream, 623 00:37:55,072 --> 00:38:00,311 I guess, conversation about the issues, I still think there's a lot of work to do. 624 00:38:00,711 --> 00:38:04,248 Let's see. 625 00:38:04,248 --> 00:38:05,283 I don't know. 626 00:38:08,052 --> 00:38:10,488 Last summer was the first time 627 00:38:10,488 --> 00:38:15,059 that we were able to go back to Alaska, and I really appreciate it. 628 00:38:15,059 --> 00:38:19,130 We were we usually I try to go up for like three weeks 629 00:38:19,130 --> 00:38:21,666 because it's so expensive to fly back home. 630 00:38:22,566 --> 00:38:25,736 And we were there for like eight days and it was 631 00:38:26,871 --> 00:38:27,872 a whirlwind. 632 00:38:27,872 --> 00:38:31,409 And of course the weather was bad while we were there. 633 00:38:32,643 --> 00:38:34,211 But, 634 00:38:34,779 --> 00:38:37,515 yeah, I, I mean, I always appreciate 635 00:38:38,015 --> 00:38:43,020 what we're able to gather because appreciation is one of the 636 00:38:43,688 --> 00:38:47,558 sustainable values. Like you have to be think for while you're gathering. 637 00:38:48,092 --> 00:38:50,695 And that's a way that you give back to the world 638 00:38:50,695 --> 00:38:55,466 is by expressing thankfulness to the plants and animals. 639 00:38:55,466 --> 00:38:58,202 But I think the pandemic made it a little 640 00:38:58,836 --> 00:39:02,340 like a little more meaningful where I was really, really grateful to be able 641 00:39:02,340 --> 00:39:06,777 to go back home, go back to the tundra and, be with the land again. 642 00:39:07,345 --> 00:39:12,550 So, yeah, I don't know if that actually. 643 00:39:12,550 --> 00:39:15,152 The next question what you're saying really again 644 00:39:15,720 --> 00:39:17,154 works well with our next question. 645 00:39:17,154 --> 00:39:20,291 So I'm going to start with you, Demarus. 646 00:39:20,825 --> 00:39:25,429 How do we as a community intentionally make space to think about 647 00:39:25,429 --> 00:39:30,101 indigenous sovereignty, food sovereignty and racial justice together. 648 00:39:34,772 --> 00:39:35,406 When. 649 00:39:35,406 --> 00:39:39,944 Lets see, one of the things from our food equity talking circle that we did 650 00:39:39,944 --> 00:39:45,349 last year, one of the big things that I brought up 651 00:39:45,750 --> 00:39:49,253 for the Food Action Plan update is to just even point out 652 00:39:49,253 --> 00:39:53,457 that traditional first food is not even viewed as a food. 653 00:39:54,925 --> 00:39:57,495 There is a lot of native plants that are edible 654 00:39:57,495 --> 00:40:00,131 and they're just not viewed as something to eat 655 00:40:01,732 --> 00:40:03,801 for the common acre work. 656 00:40:03,801 --> 00:40:05,469 The Green Line site. 657 00:40:05,469 --> 00:40:09,073 I also want to just invite everybody to go check it out. 658 00:40:10,174 --> 00:40:12,343 That is a native plant restoration site. 659 00:40:13,144 --> 00:40:16,947 That program was set up before me 660 00:40:16,947 --> 00:40:20,184 and everyone on our like we flipped our board. 661 00:40:20,184 --> 00:40:22,486 We used to be white led. 662 00:40:22,653 --> 00:40:26,857 Now it's, it's a BIPOC organization BIPOC led 663 00:40:27,725 --> 00:40:31,829 and the program structure for the green Line. 664 00:40:32,963 --> 00:40:35,199 But their goal was to 665 00:40:35,433 --> 00:40:39,003 plant native plants for bees and birds. 666 00:40:39,003 --> 00:40:43,340 But they don't view the native plants as serving a purpose for people. 667 00:40:43,841 --> 00:40:46,477 And I view all of the plants that are 668 00:40:46,477 --> 00:40:48,646 there as medicine and food 669 00:40:49,547 --> 00:40:53,150 and as a way for us to help. 670 00:40:53,184 --> 00:40:58,155 Coast Salish tribes build a relationship with the plants 671 00:40:58,155 --> 00:40:59,423 that are there. 672 00:40:59,423 --> 00:41:03,761 And like trying to work 673 00:41:03,761 --> 00:41:08,732 from the bottom up to change that view of what the purpose of land is. 674 00:41:08,732 --> 00:41:10,468 It's, it's actually, it's really hard. 675 00:41:10,468 --> 00:41:13,404 A lot of these ideas about what conservation is. 676 00:41:14,071 --> 00:41:17,041 What land management is, like, 677 00:41:17,041 --> 00:41:20,478 what's the role of humanity in nature. 678 00:41:20,511 --> 00:41:24,482 A lot of that is really hard and to change the view of 679 00:41:24,849 --> 00:41:27,885 what is our purpose and what do we do. 680 00:41:28,185 --> 00:41:33,757 I still try to change people's viewpoint all the time about conservation 681 00:41:33,757 --> 00:41:38,996 can and should include people that when there is a lot of evidence 682 00:41:38,996 --> 00:41:42,299 that shows, like when people are interacting 683 00:41:42,299 --> 00:41:45,536 with the land, that nature 684 00:41:45,936 --> 00:41:48,572 does better, like it grows better, it's healthier. 685 00:41:49,907 --> 00:41:52,776 And to remove people from the land 686 00:41:53,277 --> 00:41:57,147 is is harmful to the plants and animals. 687 00:41:57,147 --> 00:42:02,119 So we just we need to I think we need a shift in mindset 688 00:42:02,119 --> 00:42:05,155 about what it means to be human and, 689 00:42:05,756 --> 00:42:07,791 and how to interact with plants. 690 00:42:08,526 --> 00:42:11,462 I forget what was the other? 691 00:42:13,564 --> 00:42:14,899 Really around finding ways 692 00:42:14,899 --> 00:42:17,902 I mean acknowledging these are intersectional issues, right. 693 00:42:23,440 --> 00:42:24,308 - Oh how to support. 694 00:42:24,308 --> 00:42:25,976 - Food sovereignty, racial justice. - Yeah. 695 00:42:25,976 --> 00:42:27,511 - And really this, this idea of making space, 696 00:42:27,511 --> 00:42:30,381 I mean, obviously today we're making space to think about these issues. 697 00:42:30,881 --> 00:42:34,652 How do you see you know in some of your work aligning with 698 00:42:34,652 --> 00:42:39,924 with those intersectional issues and again continually to to make space to yeah. 699 00:42:39,957 --> 00:42:42,660 To talk about to deal with to work on. 700 00:42:42,660 --> 00:42:47,064 - I think, I think also one of the biggest things that our ... 701 00:42:47,064 --> 00:42:50,968 like the groups that I've been working with keep struggling 702 00:42:51,569 --> 00:42:56,006 is just having land that we can manage it 703 00:42:56,040 --> 00:43:02,146 on our own, on our terms and how, how we want to manage it and to not have 704 00:43:02,746 --> 00:43:04,548 like a top down definition 705 00:43:04,548 --> 00:43:08,285 of what you can do with the space, like being able to have the freedom 706 00:43:08,285 --> 00:43:11,789 to grow what we want and manage the land 707 00:43:11,789 --> 00:43:15,159 and the way that we decide is, is good. 708 00:43:15,359 --> 00:43:18,729 That, that's something that keeps coming up. 709 00:43:18,729 --> 00:43:23,667 And, there's also a theme of wanting to be able to co-create 710 00:43:24,001 --> 00:43:28,472 funding opportunities like don't, don't have the top down. 711 00:43:28,472 --> 00:43:31,775 They're telling us what we should do, like our community. 712 00:43:32,576 --> 00:43:34,912 But a lot of our work is grassroots, 713 00:43:35,679 --> 00:43:38,749 like being, like being able to have the, 714 00:43:39,183 --> 00:43:41,352 the power at the same level, 715 00:43:42,286 --> 00:43:45,956 like so that we have equal or maybe even a little stronger voice. 716 00:43:45,956 --> 00:43:50,461 And what we would like to do and co-creating the opportunities for that 717 00:43:50,694 --> 00:43:54,231 to actually happen. 718 00:43:54,231 --> 00:43:59,036 Excellent. 719 00:43:59,036 --> 00:44:00,771 So 720 00:44:02,039 --> 00:44:02,940 yeah, so I guess the 721 00:44:02,940 --> 00:44:05,643 way that I'm thinking about this is, 722 00:44:05,976 --> 00:44:08,312 you know, through the direct work at the, at the café. 723 00:44:09,713 --> 00:44:12,182 So I was telling Demarus, 724 00:44:12,349 --> 00:44:15,953 so I built the staffing model of, of the café. 725 00:44:15,953 --> 00:44:20,824 And in my infinite wisdom, I thought that I would have the capacity 726 00:44:20,824 --> 00:44:25,229 to be both the lead cook, run the kitchen as well as do 727 00:44:25,229 --> 00:44:29,700 all the admin stuff related to the café, which it turns out that I can't. 728 00:44:30,300 --> 00:44:32,803 So I've been pretty much 729 00:44:34,338 --> 00:44:36,674 I've been probably like a 95 730 00:44:36,674 --> 00:44:39,343 five split between 95% in the kitchen 731 00:44:39,677 --> 00:44:42,279 during the day to day operations of running that. 732 00:44:43,147 --> 00:44:47,785 And then probably 5% on the kind of bigger picture admin work. 733 00:44:48,218 --> 00:44:52,523 So four months under our belts and starting to rethink 734 00:44:52,523 --> 00:44:56,493 how the staffing models set up, you, I'm definitely going to try 735 00:44:56,493 --> 00:44:59,697 to have a more healthy balance and a better split between those two. 736 00:45:00,330 --> 00:45:03,067 And the reason that, you know, kind of give a little inside baseball 737 00:45:03,067 --> 00:45:06,937 there is because the café is a place that I want 738 00:45:07,471 --> 00:45:11,408 to be a space to have these conversations, to have 739 00:45:12,576 --> 00:45:14,311 the yeah, 740 00:45:14,311 --> 00:45:18,415 to be a place for Native folks and non-Native folks to come in 741 00:45:18,415 --> 00:45:23,120 and learn about food sovereignty and learn about traditional foods and beyond. 742 00:45:23,120 --> 00:45:24,688 Just simply eating the foods. 743 00:45:24,688 --> 00:45:29,493 But in presentations, native markets make makers markets 744 00:45:29,760 --> 00:45:34,298 and really be a gathering space for the community. 745 00:45:34,298 --> 00:45:38,302 So that is, I guess, something to look forward to that, 746 00:45:38,602 --> 00:45:41,705 you know, got a bit of a better grasp on how to run the 747 00:45:41,705 --> 00:45:45,843 I run the shop and you know kind of reconfigure my time. 748 00:45:45,843 --> 00:45:48,779 I think I'm, you know, going to be able to spend more time on 749 00:45:49,313 --> 00:45:52,382 planning those events, advertising those events and gathering 750 00:45:52,950 --> 00:45:58,021 other voices in the indigenous food space and letting those folks share 751 00:45:58,021 --> 00:46:00,991 about the work that they're doing so that, 752 00:46:01,358 --> 00:46:05,229 you know, people can learn about all the different avenues 753 00:46:05,229 --> 00:46:08,098 of the indigenous foods and the food sovereignty movement. 754 00:46:08,465 --> 00:46:16,607 But I think it's also important to maybe mention that a lot of these topics 755 00:46:17,941 --> 00:46:20,444 are very high up on like 756 00:46:20,444 --> 00:46:23,881 the higher Maslow's hierarchy of needs like these, 757 00:46:24,248 --> 00:46:30,020 these topics are not something that, you know, a day to day member of Chief 758 00:46:30,020 --> 00:46:34,758 Seattle Club who's riding the busses all night to stay safe and to stay dry. 759 00:46:35,159 --> 00:46:38,328 It's a very difficult conversation and a topic 760 00:46:38,729 --> 00:46:40,931 for us to talk about with them 761 00:46:41,398 --> 00:46:44,401 simply because they're trying to make it to the next day. 762 00:46:45,102 --> 00:46:48,205 So that's, I guess, like a duality that I always try to think about, or 763 00:46:48,205 --> 00:46:49,606 just to keep in mind 764 00:46:49,606 --> 00:46:52,843 that a lot of the folks that we serve in our core focus of the club 765 00:46:52,843 --> 00:46:57,815 and the focus of the work that we're doing is, you know, providing meals every day, 766 00:46:57,815 --> 00:47:02,252 providing hygiene services, showers, those day to day supplies that folks need. 767 00:47:03,253 --> 00:47:06,356 And, you know, and then on top of that, 768 00:47:06,557 --> 00:47:09,626 I guess looking at the bigger picture and trying to, 769 00:47:10,661 --> 00:47:14,832 yeah, dance between those two kind of tensions that I see. 770 00:47:15,566 --> 00:47:18,335 So - Thank you, Anthony. 771 00:47:18,936 --> 00:47:21,238 I want to jump to our last question. 772 00:47:21,238 --> 00:47:23,740 I'm going to start with with Nellie and Jaydalen 773 00:47:25,108 --> 00:47:27,044 So I feel like this is a really important question 774 00:47:27,044 --> 00:47:32,349 and thank you to everybody that's here, everybody that's tuning in online. 775 00:47:32,349 --> 00:47:37,521 But the question is, again, for, for, for Nellie and Jaydalen, how would you like 776 00:47:37,521 --> 00:47:41,024 to see city staff and community leaders supporting 777 00:47:41,558 --> 00:47:44,094 your work? 778 00:47:48,866 --> 00:47:50,033 All right. 779 00:47:50,100 --> 00:47:50,968 Hello? 780 00:47:51,668 --> 00:47:55,005 Let's see. 781 00:47:55,005 --> 00:47:56,940 I have a few thoughts. 782 00:47:56,940 --> 00:47:59,910 I think echoing what Demarus 783 00:48:00,010 --> 00:48:03,280 had shared around access to land. 784 00:48:03,280 --> 00:48:05,549 So the way that we access our plot 785 00:48:05,549 --> 00:48:09,319 at Marra Farm is through the city, through the Department of Neighborhoods. 786 00:48:09,319 --> 00:48:09,820 Thank you. 787 00:48:11,355 --> 00:48:13,624 And we're really grateful. 788 00:48:13,624 --> 00:48:17,427 And we also are in good relationship with you all, Nate’s our, 789 00:48:18,562 --> 00:48:21,665 Nate’s the person I talked to, actually. 790 00:48:21,932 --> 00:48:24,768 And just recognizing, like, wanting to honor, 791 00:48:25,202 --> 00:48:29,640 you know, what's happening with nurturing roots right now of, 792 00:48:29,973 --> 00:48:35,746 you know, that they have been investing their time and love into the land 793 00:48:35,746 --> 00:48:40,784 and community for eight years, and then that can be taken away from them. 794 00:48:41,184 --> 00:48:43,820 So I think, yeah, 795 00:48:43,820 --> 00:48:46,690 that's, that's one piece is like access to land 796 00:48:47,958 --> 00:48:51,695 that where people can actually 797 00:48:52,529 --> 00:48:54,831 grow roots and not feel like 798 00:48:55,198 --> 00:48:59,202 they can be displaced at any moment and not actually be displaced at any moment. 799 00:48:59,202 --> 00:49:01,371 I think that's really important 800 00:49:01,772 --> 00:49:04,675 and maybe they can share a little bit more about that too. 801 00:49:05,175 --> 00:49:10,147 I think the other piece is, you know, we are really also grateful 802 00:49:10,147 --> 00:49:14,418 to be funded through the city grant programs. 803 00:49:14,418 --> 00:49:18,355 That is an incredible, you know, the Environmental Justice Fund like these 804 00:49:18,355 --> 00:49:20,757 are incredible opportunities 805 00:49:21,358 --> 00:49:24,227 for us to access needed resources. 806 00:49:25,262 --> 00:49:27,130 So keep up with that. 807 00:49:27,130 --> 00:49:30,600 And I think there can be challenges 808 00:49:30,600 --> 00:49:33,270 with funding models asking, 809 00:49:34,071 --> 00:49:37,708 you know, communities to compete for resources. 810 00:49:37,774 --> 00:49:42,846 That is, you know, for a finite set of resources that is really challenging. 811 00:49:43,981 --> 00:49:46,216 And the other piece too, of like 812 00:49:46,216 --> 00:49:51,121 always wanting community to be doing something new or different, 813 00:49:51,121 --> 00:49:53,991 like the act of actually sustaining and allowing 814 00:49:54,891 --> 00:49:58,762 programing or whatever we're working on to naturally evolve. 815 00:49:58,762 --> 00:50:03,066 It might not look like a big shiny new program, 816 00:50:03,066 --> 00:50:07,170 but valuing like a natural organic evolution in the way that, 817 00:50:07,637 --> 00:50:13,143 you know, plants do and our earth does, I think that's really important. 818 00:50:13,143 --> 00:50:16,813 And I think another piece would be, 819 00:50:19,883 --> 00:50:22,586 I think sometimes interacting 820 00:50:22,586 --> 00:50:26,957 with city folks, again, really grateful to have a strong relationship, 821 00:50:27,958 --> 00:50:31,094 but sometimes it can seem disjointed As someone coming in 822 00:50:31,094 --> 00:50:33,864 from a community based organization realm. 823 00:50:35,132 --> 00:50:37,434 I can talk to a lot of folks 824 00:50:37,434 --> 00:50:40,003 from many, you know, parts of the city 825 00:50:40,537 --> 00:50:43,874 that might not know each other or know that I'm talking. 826 00:50:44,074 --> 00:50:46,610 So I sometimes have to play that middle person. 827 00:50:47,210 --> 00:50:50,080 But with that, sometimes we fall through the cracks as well. 828 00:50:51,181 --> 00:50:54,251 So encouraging inter 829 00:50:54,251 --> 00:50:58,155 I don't know what you all call an interdepartmental relationship 830 00:51:00,390 --> 00:51:02,592 I think would be really, really great. 831 00:51:02,592 --> 00:51:05,028 And then. 832 00:51:05,028 --> 00:51:08,398 And as for how 833 00:51:09,199 --> 00:51:14,271 I guess we'd like the city to help support is to care to listen, 834 00:51:14,271 --> 00:51:20,710 especially with the youth as young people I think we all have been young people. 835 00:51:21,411 --> 00:51:24,114 So I think it's very important that 836 00:51:25,048 --> 00:51:27,751 to create that healing, that generational healing. 837 00:51:27,751 --> 00:51:29,486 We listen to the people 838 00:51:29,486 --> 00:51:32,222 and especially ourselves because we are a mirror to each other. 839 00:51:33,256 --> 00:51:34,591 I know that 840 00:51:34,591 --> 00:51:39,362 even the mentors like speaking that how Y-WE we have mentors 841 00:51:39,362 --> 00:51:42,966 who are in their young adult years and then we have us youth 842 00:51:42,966 --> 00:51:47,003 interacting with them in that already I can see healing and change. 843 00:51:47,003 --> 00:51:50,941 I think just being able to communicate and treat each other with that same 844 00:51:50,941 --> 00:51:53,977 respect is really important when it comes to like 845 00:51:54,444 --> 00:51:58,281 how we can be involved with each other because everything is connected 846 00:51:58,582 --> 00:51:59,449 and that's what we get 847 00:51:59,449 --> 00:52:02,586 to learn being at the farm that we're all connected in somehow 848 00:52:02,853 --> 00:52:05,455 and we all get to make that change. 849 00:52:06,990 --> 00:52:07,324 Yeah. 850 00:52:07,324 --> 00:52:10,260 Thank you. 851 00:52:10,260 --> 00:52:11,761 Maybe I have one thing to add, but I want to hear 852 00:52:11,761 --> 00:52:14,097 what they have to say first, and then I can. What? 853 00:52:14,231 --> 00:52:17,267 And I just wanna say thank you for for calling out the interdepartmental 854 00:52:17,801 --> 00:52:18,535 communication piece. 855 00:52:18,535 --> 00:52:20,871 The city is is a large entity, and 856 00:52:22,172 --> 00:52:23,173 we could do better with that. 857 00:52:23,173 --> 00:52:25,108 So thank you for calling that out. 858 00:52:25,108 --> 00:52:27,844 We, we do our time is limited. 859 00:52:27,844 --> 00:52:30,714 So, but I do want to hear from Anthony and Demarus 860 00:52:30,714 --> 00:52:36,286 on this last question about how we can better support your work. 861 00:52:36,286 --> 00:52:37,554 I think 862 00:52:38,088 --> 00:52:41,191 I mean, yeah, I guess keep it brief. 863 00:52:41,191 --> 00:52:46,363 I think capital is super important, you know, receiving funding. 864 00:52:46,363 --> 00:52:47,497 We have 865 00:52:48,965 --> 00:52:50,200 one grant through the 866 00:52:50,200 --> 00:52:53,837 Food Equity Fund, Department of Neighborhoods that we've received. 867 00:52:54,271 --> 00:52:56,439 That's a two year grant, but 868 00:52:57,541 --> 00:53:00,710 margins are are pretty thin and 869 00:53:00,710 --> 00:53:05,282 food service and Chief Seattle Club, you know,we try to pay our folks a living wage. 870 00:53:05,282 --> 00:53:08,852 You know, no one at the club earns under 20 bucks an hour 871 00:53:09,052 --> 00:53:14,257 and so you know and benefits and all this stuff so it's expensive to run 872 00:53:15,992 --> 00:53:18,061 you know a business within a nonprofit. 873 00:53:18,061 --> 00:53:22,032 And so direct investment through capital and supporting with 874 00:53:23,466 --> 00:53:25,502 easy grant requirements like this 875 00:53:25,936 --> 00:53:28,638 you know grant that we have is is offering where 876 00:53:29,306 --> 00:53:32,475 it's kind of this outcome based, 877 00:53:32,475 --> 00:53:36,780 you know, outcome based invoicing where, you know, we're able to put together 878 00:53:37,013 --> 00:53:40,417 attainable goals and if we achieve those goals, were able to invoice for, 879 00:53:41,017 --> 00:53:42,152 you know, certain amounts of money. 880 00:53:42,152 --> 00:53:45,722 So keeping those administrative burdens down 881 00:53:45,989 --> 00:53:51,228 and I guess increasing, you know, donation of capital or, you know, not 882 00:53:51,228 --> 00:53:57,834 donation, but, you know, access to capital is really important. 883 00:53:57,834 --> 00:54:00,570 Oh, I'll just repeat and 884 00:54:00,570 --> 00:54:04,307 yeah, the competition 885 00:54:04,307 --> 00:54:08,211 for limited funding is super frustrating. 886 00:54:09,412 --> 00:54:13,617 I know like one of the previous reports from 2014 887 00:54:13,617 --> 00:54:18,121 with the Urban Native communities said we want to be able to be cooperative. 888 00:54:18,722 --> 00:54:23,326 But the Yeah, grant funding is very competitive. 889 00:54:23,326 --> 00:54:27,897 Also, yeah, all the grant reporting is, 890 00:54:28,465 --> 00:54:33,903 is so much work and the grant objectives 891 00:54:33,903 --> 00:54:37,707 don't always match what the community wants to do, like what's important to us. 892 00:54:37,707 --> 00:54:41,011 So but again, just co-creating 893 00:54:41,011 --> 00:54:45,181 the grant opportunities and the parameters, like what, 894 00:54:45,181 --> 00:54:49,653 what should be reporting and what should the money be used for. 895 00:54:50,053 --> 00:54:51,121 I think some people, just 896 00:54:52,088 --> 00:54:54,891 everyday people just need money like guaranteed 897 00:54:54,891 --> 00:54:58,895 basic income that that's the thing, a small project that I'm working on. 898 00:55:03,033 --> 00:55:07,103 I know Rising Tides love to be able to give our native neighborhood 899 00:55:07,103 --> 00:55:10,507 the findings presentation to city staff. 900 00:55:10,540 --> 00:55:13,109 It hasn't happened yet. 901 00:55:13,209 --> 00:55:18,915 We are so eager to share all of the data 902 00:55:18,915 --> 00:55:22,152 that like the big picture data that we have gathered, 903 00:55:22,786 --> 00:55:25,588 and we would also love to have funding to be able 904 00:55:25,588 --> 00:55:29,326 to dig into the qualitative data because 905 00:55:29,759 --> 00:55:35,165 768 people wrote thousands and thousands of comments in our survey. 906 00:55:35,165 --> 00:55:40,570 And, we don't have to go do the outreach again. 907 00:55:40,570 --> 00:55:44,474 We can dig through the, the data and find, 908 00:55:44,741 --> 00:55:49,112 visioning and design and all like answers to all kinds of questions. 909 00:55:49,112 --> 00:55:51,581 Let's see. 910 00:55:51,581 --> 00:55:54,150 I also I need capacity building support. 911 00:55:54,317 --> 00:55:56,019 I keep saying it and 912 00:55:57,220 --> 00:56:00,857 it's like I have to go find the opportunities 913 00:56:00,957 --> 00:56:06,062 and also apply for funding to pay myself to learn how to do things. 914 00:56:06,062 --> 00:56:10,700 And there's, it just feels like there's a lot of I've, 915 00:56:10,700 --> 00:56:13,703 I actually came across a program 916 00:56:13,703 --> 00:56:16,673 that was about capacity building but 917 00:56:17,540 --> 00:56:20,477 we don't even have the basic things that they were looking for 918 00:56:20,477 --> 00:56:21,811 in order for me to apply. 919 00:56:21,811 --> 00:56:24,781 So there's there's just a lot of 920 00:56:24,781 --> 00:56:28,518 things that end up being restrictions, like a lot of well-meaning, 921 00:56:28,518 --> 00:56:32,889 but maybe a little out of touch with what is actually needed. 922 00:56:33,556 --> 00:56:37,494 But yeah, capacity building I think is a huge thing. 923 00:56:37,827 --> 00:56:40,764 I would like to try 924 00:56:40,764 --> 00:56:43,366 to get more people excited about planning and, 925 00:56:44,100 --> 00:56:47,070 project management 926 00:56:47,670 --> 00:56:51,174 all like being able to build our own places and like 927 00:56:51,174 --> 00:56:54,811 have radical design, like all of that stuff is like really exciting, 928 00:56:55,311 --> 00:56:59,582 and also long overdue. 929 00:56:59,582 --> 00:57:00,884 Thank you. Thank you to Demarus. 930 00:57:00,884 --> 00:57:04,621 And the Department of Neighborhoods is going to be hosting Rising Tides next 931 00:57:04,621 --> 00:57:08,792 month, and we're looking forward to that and hearing about all the amazing 932 00:57:08,792 --> 00:57:09,859 work that that's happened. 933 00:57:10,827 --> 00:57:11,094 All right. 934 00:57:11,094 --> 00:57:14,264 So as we close out, I just want to thank everybody again for joining us 935 00:57:15,932 --> 00:57:20,136 and just join me in thanking our panelists for for their work 936 00:57:20,136 --> 00:57:23,072 and for their contributions today and sharing their work.