Revitalizing Native Food Culture with the Chia Café Collective

Learn about Southern California's vibrant Native American cultures through traditional foods with the Chia Café Collective, a grassroots group dedicated to honoring the Indigenous peoples of Southern California and their connection to the land & native plants. During this workshop, we'll hear from Chia Café Collective member, Abe Sanchez, about his work decolonizing our diets by cooking and consuming native California and southwest plant-based foods. We'll discuss plants you are probably familiar with (and didn't realize were so tasty!) through the Chia Café Collective's cookbook, Cooking the Native Way, and explore strategies for introducing students to contemporary Indigenous perspectives and narratives. We recommend supporting the Chia Café Collective and purchasing their cookbook prior to this workshop.