The Welcome Handbook
Photo of April Cincinnati’s Table dinner. Photo by Tina Gutierrez
As part of the Fund to Foster Belonging Grant by Welcoming America, Wave Pool hosted monthly community building dinners where we focused on a different topic of concern and interest. Each dinner featured the food of a local chef and an interactive art piece by an artist who gathered community input, stories, and feedback regarding the topics at hand.
Additionally we had local officials and experts on the designated topic present at the dinners each month who assisted with identifying and sharing the resources provided within each chapter of the resulting Welcome Handbook.
The themes for the dinners were decided on based on community concerns voiced through online social channels, Camp Washington community council meetings, neighbor testimonials, and on-going community surveys that Wave Pool conducts.
Participants attend these dinners for the free food, to discuss the pertinent topics at hand, and to experience multi-cultural art making and food experiences.
Schedule:
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Artists: Mark Harris and Carmel Buckley
Topic Expert: Madeline Ndambakuwa
Chef: Rose Che
Location: The Gateway
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Artist: Rebecca Nava Soto
Topic Expert: Julia O. Bianco
Chef: Ruth Nava
Location: Welcome
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Artists: Justin Maxon, Allonte Hart, Sarah Northrop, and Others
Topic Expert: Cameron Foster from Addiction Services Council
Chef: Rose Che
Location: CWURC
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Artist: Rami George
Topic Expert:
Chef:
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Artist: Sofía Padilla
Topic Experts: Mayra Casas-Jackson and attorney Erin Patterson from the Immigrant Refugee Law Center
Chef: Fabiola Rodriguez
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Art: FotoFocus Symposium
Topic Experts: Jardín de las Tres Hermanas, (Three Sisters Garden)
Chef: Ibtisam Matso
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Artists: Lyric Morris-Latchaw and Maggie Lawson
Topic Expert: Meghan Henshaw
Chef: Katie Jesurun