Free Black Children: Chat & Chew Book Discussion

Mama Tanya's Kitchen + Black Feminist Project present a special sit down dinner to discuss radical and intentional parenting.
About this Event

Join Executive Director, Food Media Personality & Urban Farmer, TanyaDenise Fields aka Mama Tanya for a spirited and informed discussion with author,of Black. Single. Mother., Jamilah Lemieux and family court lawyer, Kaiesha Scarbrough

Over a specially curated menu from Mama Tanya, we will lovingly and candidly discuss radical and intentional mothering & caregiving. What is it? What does it look like in practice? What are the unique and systemic challenges? How do we persist to raise free Black Children.

This is a sit down meal and program. Please find resources for childcare as this day is designed to also be respite and a space to speak with candor. Alice Fields Community Center is a courageous space and LGBTQ caregivers are welcomed. We ask that folks honor that this is women and femme event.

Jamilah Lemieux is a pioneering feminist blogger, journalist, and cultural critic whose work has shaped national conversations around race, gender, politics, and Black culture in digital media. A former Senior Editor for EBONY magazine, she has written for major publications including Essence, The Cut, Playboy, the LA Times, the Nation, and Vanity Fair. Known for blending sharp social commentary with deeply personal analysis, Lemieux has become a leading voice in contemporary Black feminism and popular culture criticism. She has appeared on programs such as Nightline and The Daily Show and in a host of documentaries, including Surviving R. Kelly, A People's History (AKA the Black Twitter documentary), and Time of Essence, a 5-part docuseries on the history of Essence magazine for which she served as a producer. Black Single Mother is her first book, and it has been hailed as "one of the most important books of the young century." Lemieux writes a weekly parenting advice column for Slate and resides in Los Angeles, where she co-parents her daughter Naima.

Kaiesha Scarbrough, Attorney at Law Child Custody, Visitation & Parental Support