One hundred and fifty community members across all zip codes converged on the campus of Booker T. Washinton High School for our 8th Annual MLK PEACE through PIE social. Attendees enjoyed inspired MLK speeches from Xavier Holmes, runner-up and Cadence Smith, winner of the Foley, Lardner LLC competition held yearly at Antioch Baptist Church. A great time was enjoyed by all.
MLK PEACE through PIE 2024 Event in Review
Event Sponsors and Supporters
Garnett Level Sponsors
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Community Partners
Event Workshops
During our 2024 MLK PEACE through PIE event, we held 5 gardening workshops and 5 Rooted in Wellness workshops where attendees learned gardening techniques and how to prepare traditional recipes as well as new recipes rooted in wellness. Many attendees took home fruit trees donated by Trees for Houston as well as herb plant starters from Beauty’s Community Garden.
Garden Workshops
Thank you to the instructor's below for making our Garden workshops a success
Stephanie Gray
TEXAS MASTER GARDENERS
TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE EXTENSION
(HARRIS COUNTY HORTICULTURE)
Cindy Meredith
WORKSHOP ON, HERBS IN
EVERYDAY LIVING AND HEALTH
(HERB COTTAGE)
Rhonda Radford Adams
WORKSHOP ON, CREATIVE ART POTS FOR THE GARDEN
(ARTRRA MANTRA)
Robin Yates
WORKSHOP ON, BENEFITS OF GARDENING WITH NATIVE PLANTS
(TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE EXTENSION)
Jasmine Carey
WORKSHOP ON, CONTAINER GARDENING
(TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE EXTENSION)
Ashley Hadley
WORKSHOP ON, ENTOMOLOGY
(BEAUTY'S COMMUNITY GARDEN)
Cooking Healthy Workshops
Thank you to the instructor's below for making our Cooking Healthy)workshops a success.
Chef John De Leon
WORKSHOP ON, ORGANIC SALADS AND CULINARY TECHNIQUES
(H-E-B)
Chef Whitney
WORKSHOP ON, BLACK BEAN TOSTADAS AND ZUCCINI ENCHILADAS
Chef Irv
WORKSHOP ON, HEALTHY STUFFED CHICKEN BREAST
(KROGER - THE WOODLANDS)
Ricki McKenna
WORKSHOP ON, ROOT ‘N TOOT’N
BOUNTY FROM THE EARTH
(RICKI’S KITCHEN)
Cherie Diehl
KROGER’S “CHEF JUNIOR” COOKING CLASS
(KROGER - THE WOODLANDS)
Inkind Supporters
Thanks to our food sponsors made up of local area restaurants and retailers we were able to feed all our guest free of charge. Thanks to Kroger, we were able to offer for the first time a Junior Master Chef class and it was incredible. A list of all other sponsors are included on our Facebook page. Please visit at https://www.facebook.com/beautys-community-garden
Food & Donations
Pies, Pies & More
This Event Made Possible By
Beauty's Community Garden is located at 3201 Airline @ E. 32nd Street, in Independence Heights–the first African American municipality in Texas. Our mission is to close the gap on food inequities and achieve a community culture of health and well-being. Our programs, events and educational materials focus on breaking the cycle of food insecurity, poor nutrition, and the resulting health outcomes people experience who have poor access to fresh produce. These communities are called food deserts, and our garden is located in one of forty plus food deserts in Houston. We are committed to transforming lives through showing the connections between growing foods and their nutritional impact on health, wellbeing and life's possibilities.