Wren’s Reviews > Gather: Black Food, Nourishment, and the Art of Togetherness > Status Update

“What gathering does require is a willingness to build something that may not be easily measurable or standardized”

“At its core, mutual aid is based on the truth that because we are living under the precariousness of capitalism, and in a society built through colonialism and violence, any one of us could be the person who is in need at any moment”

“We need a lot of practice with willingly sharing burdens that aren’t “ours” but will make life easier for someone else. We cannot live into the fullness of a ‘we’ or community without it.”

“In these moments, we see clearly that we cannot cede the soul and community-saving work of nourishment to the state or capitalist institutions. We must imagine otherwise.”

“What reunions teach us is that perhaps we can and should learn from the after glow of eating and what makes people feel truly nourished”

Hmm the idea of reclaiming public space

“Radical hospitality means making room for others with whom we don’t have an immediate connection”

Kin folk by choice and strangers turned kin are beautiful ideas

“ this also reminds us that the only way any long-term care is sustainable is if it is collective.”

“The more emergency food provisioning becomes the standard in place of a social safety net that should be provided by the government, the more we undermine the philosophy that food itself is a human right, not a gift that is dependent on someone else’s charitable heart”