Agueda Villaman (left) shared a story of food, family and resilience with her daughter, Sussy Santana, a poet, performer and cultural organizer.
Valerie Tutson, a Brown graduate and founding member and director of the Rhode Island Black Storytellers, participated in Tender Table’s first Rhode Island event in February.
For Stacey Tran, founder of Tender Table, “Food always felt like a place to celebrate community.”
Satpreet Kahlon, a multidisciplinary artist, made an Indian dessert, the base of which was shredded carrots and sugar.
Star Su, a second-year undergraduate at Brown, spoke of her grandfather and made three different kinds of focaccia.
Janaya Kizzie, an artist, writer and the current Arts & Culture Research Fellow with the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities, presented a performance piece exploring race and motherhood.