Creativity blooms from many sources.
Informed & moved by the work, ideas, and contributions of the below in no particular order:
Immolakee Coalition of Workers
Lily Choi, TCM practitioner
The Atavist, magazine
Andrew Wong, chef and anthropologist
Paulo Freire, writer and educator
Mirisata, worker-owned restaurant
Atlas of Transformation, global guidebook
Ashtin Berry, hospitality activist
Gran Fury, AIDS activists and guerilla art collective
Ocean Vuong, writer and poet
Josh Niland, chef
New Economy Coalition, solidarity economy coalition
Sidney Mintz, writer and anthropologist
Carmen Maria Machado, writer
Jamaica Kincaid, writer
Cordial, restaurant and bar
Project Cybersyn, Chilean political experiment
Reciprocal filial piety
Sunnyside-Woodside Mutual aid, neighborhood mutual aid network (and the many others in NYC borne of queer mutual aid legacies)
Aimé Césaire, writer and poet
Guerilla gardening
Stuts Jazz Journey, Spotify playlist
ROC United, restaurant worker organizers
Reem Assil, chef and activist
Sally Barnes, fisherwoman
Aeon, magazine
Design Justice, framework
Black Panther Party’s breakfast and medical clinic programs
Nalgonas, dissident ED educator
BJ Dennis, chef
Kyla Wazana Tompkins, writer
Maintenance Phase, podcast
Commune de Paris
Hanif Abdurraqib, music critic
Keywords for American Cultural Studies, essay anthology
Triage in food distribution
Stop Cop City, abolitionist organization
Dawa’s, restaurant
Assata Shakur, activist
Atoboy/Atomix, restaurants
Chicago Teacher’s Union
Radical hackerspace culture
Lil Deb’s Oasis, restaurant
Splendid Table, podcast
W.O.W. Project, Manhattan Chinatown activists
Anthony Padilla, mycologist
James Baldwin, writer
Natalie Diaz, poet
Sakagura, restaurant
Verso Books, publishing house
Project O, fermentation project
Emergence, magazine
Anthony Bourdain, writer
Septime, restaurant
Jacobin’s Bourdain obituary, by Arun Gupta
Corona Plaza Street Vendors Association
Eartha Kitt, musician and activist
Bluestockings, bookstore
Cecilia Vicuña, artist
Anna Tsing, writer
last updated 3.5.24