Mar 4, 2021Dale C. BuffaloeBlack History Month, day 28 On this final day celebrating Black History Month for 2021, I recognize my beautiful, intelligent, indomitable, and kind mother, Dale C. Buffaloe. If you followed me all month, this edition is the most important one. I love you, Mom. Dale Buffaloe was born and raised…5 min read
Mar 4, 2021Jaki NettBlack History Month, day 27 Few may know that Jaki Nett is the only African American teacher and faculty member of the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco (IYISF). Fewer will know that Jaki is a resident of St. Helena, California, and teaches public classes at IYISF and at her…1 min read
Mar 4, 2021Queen Cleopatra & VermicompostBlack History Month, day 25 Leah Penniman, who profiled on day 22 of this series on Black history, taught me that some of the greatest sources of knowledge about agriculture and ancient practices come from Africa. In one lecture, I learned that Queen Cleopatra recognized the value of earthworms and…2 min read
Mar 4, 2021Ron Finley, the Gangster GardenerBlack History Month, day 24 The last thing that you would expect to find in South Los Angeles is a beautiful garden sprouting up through the concrete, coloring the urban landscape. Instead what comes to mind are gangs, drugs, liquor stores, abandoned buildings, and vacant lots. As part of an…2 min read
Mar 4, 2021Jamiah Hargins & Crop Swap LABlack History Month, day 23 Everybody eats. Regardless of politics, skin color, religion, or how much money we have in the bank, we all need food to live. And we all need healthy food to be healthy.But not all of us have the same access to nutritious food. Not by…2 min read
Mar 4, 2021Leah Penniman & Soul Fire FarmBlack History Month, day 22 In summer 2018, I discovered that gardening every day anchored well-being within me. I didn’t plant much of anything that year and I felt the loss. It was a particularly stressful summer because the book I was managing editor for was at its final, crucial…2 min read
Mar 4, 2021Shirley M. Sherrod & New Communities, Inc.Black History Month, day 21 The story of New Communities is thoroughly entangled with the lives of Charles and Shirley Sherrod. Charles was one of the founding members and one of the first field coordinators of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). …2 min read
Mar 4, 2021The Big SipBlack History Month, day 20 Think Napa doesn’t have anything going on regularly to amplify BIPOC voices within the Valley? Think again. “The Big Sip” is a podcast series that spills knowledge on “sip” that matters, by highlighting and amplifying black and brown trailblazers breaking barriers in the food, wine…1 min read
Mar 4, 2021Napa’s 4th Annual Black History Month CelebrationBlack History Month, day 19 Thanks to the Napa Valley CanDo Organization’s weekly e-newsletter, I can credit and thank a network of people and organizations for staying relevant and celebrating Black history right here in the valley. On Saturday, February 20, 2021, a day-long line up of events and presenters…2 min read
Mar 4, 2021Black Lives MatterBlack History Month, day 17 Black Lives Matter (BLM) is a decentralized political and social movement protesting against incidents of police brutality and all racially motivated violence against Black people. BLM began in July 2013 after the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of African-American teen Trayvon Martin…2 min read
