GRACE KC Program

Faculty Director and Associate Professor of the Practice at Georgetown University; Director of the Global Hospitality Leadership master's program at Georgetown University; Co-Founder and Organizer, DMV Black Restaurant Week

Altaye Tutu Mihrete

Executive Chef, Occasions Catering

Psyche Williams-Forson, Ph.D.

Professor and Chair of the Department of American Studies at the University of Maryland College Park

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Part 1 | 12 noon - 1:00 p.m.

WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION

Marc Bamuthi Joseph

THE OCCASION

Nolan Williams, Jr.

FLASH FRY #1

GIVEAWAY #1

Mamba sauce gift packs, compliments of Capital City Co.

PERFORMANCE

“Scraps” (from THE NOLAN WILLIAMS PROJECT)

Monique Steele Griffiths and Ensemble

LECTURE PRESENTATION

“Celebrating a Moment of GRACE: African American Foodways – A Brief Cultural Journey”

Psyche Williams-Forson, Ph.D.

Q&A

FLASH FRY #2

GIVEAWAY #2

Denyce's Opera Blend spice jars, compliments of Denyce Graves

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Part 2 | 1:00 - 2:15 p.m.

PERFORMANCE

“Our Story: 1830” (from THE NOLAN WILLIAMS PROJECT)

Anitra Raquel

PANEL #1

"Portraits of GRACE: A Conversation with Two Regional Culinary Pioneers"

Virginia Ali and Dr. Lance London

Jamila Robinson, Moderator

Q&A

FLASH FRY #3

GIVEAWAY #3

Mochabox coffee packages, compliments of Harlin Thomas and Floyd Sartin

PERFORMANCE

“The Wave of Change” (from GRACE)

Nova Payton

PANEL #2

"Sustaining GRACE: Understanding Our Regional Food Ecosystem"

Furard Tate and Erinn Tucker-Oluwole, Ph.D.

Crystal Fernanders, Moderator

Q&A

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Part 3 | 2:15 - 4:00 p.m.

CULINARY TASTING

Curated by Chef Rahman "Rock" Harper, Chef Carla Hall, Dr. Lance London, and Chef Altaye Tutu Mihrete

Tastings:

Chef Carla’s Black-eyed pea salad with sweet potatoes and fennel and a hot sauce vinaigrette
Chef Mihrete’s Peanut suya spiced Brussel sprouts
Dr. London’s Jerk wings with Mac and cheese
Chef Mihrete’s Cajun vegetable terrine “Moi Moi”

SPECIAL PRESENTATION: The inaugural GRACE AWARDS

Presented by Nolan Williams, Jr. and The Kennedy Center, the Grace Award honors extraordinary leadership and exceptional works that celebrate and elevate African American culinary traditions in the spirit of GRACE, the musical

FLASH FRY #4

GIVEAWAY #4

$20 Gift Cards to Queen Mother's Fried Chicken Restaurant, compliments of Chef Rahman "Rock" Harper
Tickets to the Wellspring Manor and Spa's 2022 "At the Table" HBCU Dinner, compliments of Lisa Brown Alexander
All-access passes to the 5th Annual DMV Black Restaurant Week, compliments of Dr. Erinn Tucker-Oluwole and Furard Tate

PANEL #3:

"Decoding GRACE"

Carla Hall, Joanne Hyppolite, Ph.D., Psyche Williams-Forson, Ph.D., Rahman "Rock" Harper | Nolan Williams, Jr., Moderator

>> Pioneering chefs

PERFORMANCE: “Bogle, Augustin, Prosser, Dorsey, Jones & Minton” (from GRACE) – Kevin McAllister and Ensemble

>> Food origins

PERFORMANCE: “Three Okra Seeds” (from GRACE) – Anitra Raquel and Ensemble

Tasting: Chef Rock's Stewed okra and tomatoes with steamed rice

>> Food shaming and classism

PERFORMANCE: "’Dady’ Used to Say” (from THE NOLAN WILLIAMS PROJECT) – Kevin McAllister

>> Potlikker & potato chips

“Potlikker” (from THE NOLAN WILLIAMS PROJECT) – recording

Tasting: Dr. London's Collard greens and Sweet potatoes

Tasting: Chef Carla's Potato chip shortbread cookie

Q&A

GIVEAWAY #5

Carla's Comfort Foods Cookbook, compliments of Chef Carla Hall

CLOSING REMARKS

Nolan Williams, Jr.

FINALE

“When Gran’Me Cooked” (from THE NOLAN WILLIAMS PROJECT)

Monique Steele Griffiths

Nolan Williams, Jr.

A colloquium celebrating African American foodways

"That's why we cook just like Gran'me, and when we cook, we, too, are free to tell our stories proud, with spices, shout them loud..."

"We're strugglin' try'n to take this food tribulation and make a meal with lots of imagination. We'll use the bits we have to work best they could. 'Specially at supper time, we make the SCRAPS taste good."

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Part 1 | 12 noon - 1:00 p.m.

"I refuse to be ousted from my home by all these newbies who have no regard for us or honor for our legacy. More than ever, we have got to show them that we've been here, we belong here, and we won't let them push us all away."

Part 2 | 1:00 - 2:15 p.m.

"Before our first Gran'Me was led far away, she scurried to fine something special to take. Though naked, she clutched in her right hand alone just three little seeds to remind her of home."

Part 3 | 2:15 - 4:00 p.m.

Thanks to the following for providing our giveaways:

A colloquium celebrating African American foodways

"That's why we cook just like Gran'me, and when we cook, we, too, are free to tell our stories proud, with spices, shout them loud..."

"We're strugglin' try'n to take this food tribulation and make a meal with lots of imagination. We'll use the bits we have to work best they could. 'Specially at supper time, we make the SCRAPS taste good."

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Part 1 | 12 noon - 1:00 p.m.

"I refuse to be ousted from my home by all these newbies who have no regard for us or honor for our legacy. More than ever, we have got to show them that we've been here, we belong here, and we won't let them push us all away."

Part 2 | 1:00 - 2:15 p.m.

"Before our first Gran'Me was led far away, she scurried to fine something special to take. Though naked, she clutched in her right hand alone just three little seeds to remind her of home."

Part 3 | 2:15 - 4:00 p.m.

Thanks to the following for providing our giveaways:

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