The Afros + Knives Miniseries: The Okra Project with Ianne Fields Stewart

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🗓️ 15 July 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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“I have for a very long time seen that the world was unjust,” said Ianne Fields Stewart, actor, activist, and founder of The Okra Project. “To me, the solutions seem simple.” Ianne, a Black queer nonbinary transfeminine New York-based storyteller, wanted to do something about Black Trans People experiencing a lack of community, family, and food insecurity. The result was The Okra Project, a collective that pays Black Trans chefs to make home-cooked, healthy, and culturally-specific meals. “The joy of looking at someone who’s cooking a meal for you, who’s chosen you, and to see a piece of yourself in them—there is nothing more beautiful and powerful,” said Ianne. The Okra Project has expanded to include cooking classes, grocery funds, and more, and Ianne’s big goal for the group is to one day have a brick-and-mortar location for its community. Ianne joins Chef Tiffani Rozier, the host of the Afros + Knives podcast, for a special edition of her show on Radio Cherry Bombe. All month long, Chef Tiffani will be speaking with Black women at the intersection of food and social justice about their life, their work, and their organizations.

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the Afrozenice podcast mini-series on Radio Cherry Bomb.
0:16.6	I am your host Tiffany Roseir, and it has been awesome collaborating with Cherrybaum to bring you interviews with amazing black women who are feeding their communities and working towards justice and equality in food systems across the country.
0:29.9	Today's interview is a conversation with the amazing Ian Fields Stewart.
0:34.0	She's a black, queer, non-binary, trans feminine storyteller living and working in New York City at the intersection of theater and activism.
0:42.6	She is the powerful force behind the Okra Project, an organization holding space, providing meals, and wellness support for the Black trans community.
0:51.9	Chefs are dispatched to homes across the city to prepare home-cooked, healthy,
0:55.9	culturally specific meals at no cost. Most importantly, they have created a space for members of
1:01.6	the black trans community to feel well care for, safe, and loved. Thank you to the folks at Trigger
1:07.7	Grills for supporting this very special episode of Afros and Knives.
1:11.6	We appreciate your support so much.
1:13.6	We'll be right back with Ian Field Stewart after this word from Trager Grills.
1:19.6	It's summertime and I love to get out of the kitchen and light up the grill.
1:24.6	Nothing makes me happier than fire, a little smoke,
1:28.7	and a really good char.
1:30.9	Okay, maybe one thing makes me happier.
1:33.2	And that's Traeger Wood Fired Grills,
1:35.3	sponsoring the Afro's and Knives miniseries
1:38.1	on Radio Cherry Bomb.
1:39.8	I know great cooking requires great tools,
1:42.0	and Trigger makes the best-selling wood-fired grills around.
1:45.3	Having a Trager grill set you up to master the art of cooking outdoors. In addition,
1:50.7	Trager is making a special donation to support Kia Feeds the People, a program founded by
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