Dallas Food Plan Community input session
2026-08-06 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | Pan African Connection Bookstore, 4466 SOUTH MARSALIS AVE, DALLAS, TX, 75216, United States
Pull up a seat and let’s discuss creative, healthy food systems for Dallas.

Cara mia theatre at Pan-African Connection Bookstore
2026-08-08 12:00 - 13:00
Cara Mia Theatre

Creative Writing class
2026-08-08 14:30 - 16:30
Creative Writing for Readiness and Resilience.
What would you really do with only a few minutes to evacuate— or without power or other conveniences?

Step inside real emergencies and write your way through them, discovering what you’re ready for and what you’re not.

Bring your pen and your imagination

Dr. Ashante' Reese, Book Signing 'Gather' a vibrant new vision of food justice that places Black communities at the center and offers us a visionary, delicious path forward.
2026-08-09 13:00 - 15:00
A vibrant new vision of food justice that celebrates Black food and recognizes the power of gathering to create sustainable, systemic change.

Food justice is defined as the understanding that our food system is unequal and that something needs to be done about it. But how can we create a world where everyone has enough? What does it mean to truly nourish ourselves and our communities?
In Gather, anthropologist Ashanté M. Reese argues for a vibrant new vision of food justice that places Black communities at the center and offers us a visionary, delicious path forward. Reese reveals that to truly create equity in our food systems, we must embrace the abundance that already exists around us—and recognize that the social body is as important as our individual health
Gather presents rich, on-the-ground stories of gathering around food in four spaces—gardens, family reunions, repasts, and protests. Blending rich storytelling with analysis, these chapters argue for the political power of food and invite us to learn from the tactics Black communities have long used to create sustainable, systemic change.

2026-08-09 15:00 - 17:00
Drum Circle

Canning and Preserving Food from your garden.
2026-08-15 13:30 - 15:30
Learn to Can and preserve food for the winter.

Canning class

Fall Gardening class
2026-08-16 13:00 - 15:00
Planning for fall garden
