Relevant Remedies is a “soft workshop” meant to address key topics such as Foraging,Harvesting & Processing Practices, and Communal Skill/Informational Exchange by creating a circular “show-and-tell/storytelling atmosphere” where participants will share their own relevant remedies they’ve learned through life experience or friends/family. Hence the term “Relevance,” we want to prioritize plants and materials that are found in our respective communities and are likely accessible to most, if not all. This can look like mushrooms, seeds, herbs, etc.
Relevant Remedies are things you can find on your walk home, in the garden, or sometimes grocery store. At some point, home herbal remedies have saved each of us from colds, cramps, fevers, and worse – whether they were learned from a parent, friend, or even natural discovery, return the power of health to the people. These can come in the form of syrups, tinctures, soups, infusions, etc.
Join us for a night of reciprocation and storytelling as we sit to share remedies, hacks, facts that are relevant to us.
Be sure to bring a recipe and/or story to accompany your remedy!
We will have a remedy “scribe” that will record the remedies that participants are sharing so that they can be compiled and shared with the participants and eventually, the greater community.
Speakers/Presenters
Khalil Griffith - Khalil is an Arkansas-native and has been in Seattle for 3 years - 2 of which have been spent volunteering and now working as the Site & Programs Director of the Beacon Food Forest. He is passionate about expression by any means, creating and sharing deep communal ties, and the reclamation of food for all. In his free time he loves reading, working in his garden, gaming, crafting, and mixing songs!
Hae Malecek - information coming soon
Liza Thomas - Liza Thomas was born and raised in Southern Louisiana and moved to Washington state in 2017 to complete a year of service in AmeriCorps. There, found her love for cooking with and for her community. She is a graduate of Seattle Central Culinary Academy and currently teaches youth how to bake and cook. One of her life missions is to connect people back with the Earth and each other through shared food and experiences. She enjoys eating all kinds of foods but loves cooking East and West African, Palestinian, Brazilian, Korean, Southeast Asian, and Creole/Cajun foods!