Dr. Ashanté M. Reese launches Gather: Black Food, Nourishment, and the Art of Togetherness in conversation with Dr. Ashley D. Farmer, associate professor of African and African Diaspora Studies at The University of Texas at Austin and author of Queen Mother: Reparations, Black Nationalism, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore (Pantheon, 2025)

Dr. Ashanté M. Reese launches Gather: Black Food, Nourishment, and the Art of Togetherness inconversation with award-winning cookbook author and self-described home chef Nicole Taylor. To learn more about Nicole’s work, visit her website: https://www.nicoleataylor.com/.

Dr. Ashanté M. Reese launches Gather: Black Food, Nourishment, and the Art of Togetherness in conversation with Dr. Bianca C. Williams, Matthew D. Branche Associate Professor of Africana Studies and Anthropology at Bowdoin College and author of The Pursuit of Happiness: Black Women, Diasporic Dreams, and the Politics of Emotional Transnationalism.

Dr. Ashanté M. Reese launches Gather: Black Food, Nourishment, and the Art of Togetherness in conversation with Ivy Walls of Ivy Leaf Farms.

Dr. Ashanté M. Reese launches Gather: Black Food, Nourishment, and the Art of Togetherness in conversation with Rev. Dr. Heber Brown III, founder and executive director of the Black Church Food Security Network.

Dr. Ashanté M.Reese launches Gather: Black Food, Nourishment, and the Art of Togetherness in conversation with writer, filmmaker, community organizer, and Black Studies scholar Charlene A. Carruthers.

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Dr. Ashanté M. Reese launches Gather: Black Food, Nourishment, and the Art of Togetherness in conversation with Anela Malik,  creator, speaker, and the author of American Soul: The Black History of Food in the United States.