Edible Schoolyard NYC Journal / Graphic Design by Razi Hedström
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CELEBRATING CREATIVITY AND FOOD JIM HODGES QUESTLOVE RUTH ROGERS DAVID CHANG AMANDA & GLENN FUHRMAN CHRISTINE MUHLKE MARLIES VERHOEVEN REIJTENBAGH & JACCO REIJTENBAGH LELA ROSE & BRANDON JONES JAMIE NIVEN @ESYNYC • #EDIBLEBENEFIT 2 ND GRADE STUDENT, P.S. 216, GRAVESEND, BROOKLYN 6 TH GRADE STUDENT, M.S. 7, EAST HARLEM 3 Dear Friends, On behalf of Edible Schoolyard NYC’s staff and board, good evening and welcome to our sixth annual Spring Benefit! We are here tonight to celebrate all that we’ve achieved this past year and look ahead to the future as we prepare to unveil our new, four-year strategic plan. Tonight’s event also celebrates the unique relationship between creativity and food as expressed by three visionaries in their field — Jim Hodges, Questlove and Ruth Rogers — each of whom has supported our work in myriad ways throughout the years. We are forever grateful to them. Today, more students, families, educators, and community members throughout New York City are making important connections between their food and the world around them thanks to ESYNYC’s programming. They are eating more fruits and vegetables, applying what they’ve learned in garden and kitchen classes to issues like food waste and climate change during their math and science lessons, and exploring the cross-cultural connections of their unique school communities. Our hands-on approach to edible education has the power to create local cultures of wellness, strengthen communities, protect the environment, and one day, change our broken food system. Every public school student in NYC deserves an edible education and the wealth of benefits it brings. The money we raise here tonight will set us on the path to making this a reality. As we gather around the table tonight to share a meal - the way our students do at the end of each kitchen class - my thanks go out to all of you. Because of your support, we are able to make an impact in the lives of 80,000+ young New Yorkers. I am also deeply grateful to our dedicated co-chairs — Amanda and Glenn Fuhrman, Christine Muhlke, Marlies Verhoeven Reijtenbagh & Jacco Reijtenbagh, and Lela Rose & Brandon Jones — whose incredible generosity, leadership, and commitment to our cause makes tonight possible; our auctioneer Jamie Niven, who has been an extraordinary champion for ESYNYC since our inception; our Culinary Chair David Chang, who, for six years now, has worked tirelessly for our cause; our chefs who make this night so delectable and special; our Board of Directors; our hard- working event committee; our volunteers; and our staff, FoodCorps service members, and school partners, who are changing the lives of young New Yorkers, everyday. Now let’s raise a glass to our students who inspire us with their open hearts, curious minds, green thumbs, and adventurous palates. The future looks bright! Thank you gardeners, thank you cooks! KATE BRASHARES Executive Director WHAT WE DO Edible Schoolyard NYC partners with public schools to transform the hearts, minds, and eating habits of young New Yorkers through garden and kitchen classes integrated into the school day. WHY WE DO IT Too many of New York City’s 1.1 million public school students lack the knowledge, skills, and resources to make healthier food choices. Down the line, this can lead to diet-related diseases such as obesity, hypertension, and diabetes. • 94% of NYC children don’t eat • These issues disproportionately enough vegetables. affect Black, Latin, and low-income New Yorkers. • 40% of NYC elementary school children are obese or overweight. HOW WE HELP We take a research-based approach to edible education, working in Title 1 NYC public schools in underserved communities with the highest rates of diet- related diseases. • In our garden and kitchen classes, • We also teach educators through students learn how to grow and cook our Professional Development (PD) with fruits and vegetables. program. • We engage families and communities • To deepen our impact, we create through after school and weekend partnerships with like-minded programming. organizations. 5 OUR IMPACT IN THE 2016-2017 SCHOOL YEAR: 2 OUT OF 3 students reported liking vegetables more at the end of their first year in our program. 88% of 8th graders in our program can make a salad without help. 66% of parents at our partner schools engaged with our program. 87% of Professional Development (PD) participants said they felt inspired to lead edible programming at their own sites. 6 SPECIAL GUESTS ANA GRANT Ana Grant is in the 8th grade at P.S. 7 in East Harlem. She enjoys playing volleyball and archery, and is a member of the Citizen Schools after-school program. Ana has been cooking and gardening with Edible Schoolyard NYC since elementary school! SHOMARI JACKSON Shomari Jackson is in the 7th grade at Evergreen Middle School in Bushwick, Brooklyn. He loves to dance, sing, and act. Shomari visits Edible Schoolyard NYC’s “green room” daily and enjoys trying different foods. SAYYID KHALIL Sayyid Khalil is in the 7th grade at Global Tech Preparatory in East Harlem. 6 TH GRADE STUDENT, He loves basketball and hopes to be in EVERGREEN MIDDLE SCHOOL, the NBA when he gets older. His favorite BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN recipes from kitchen class are Cuban and Jamaican rice and beans! MARIAH WILLIAMS Mariah Williams is in the 8th grade at Evergreen Middle School in Bushwick, Brooklyn. She enjoys cooking, dancing, and hanging out with friends. Mariah is looking forward to high school next year. 7 8 BOARD OF DIRECTORS JOHN LYONS Board Chair Mary Bernard Jessica Kempner Karen Ratchford Alison Cayne Anjali Kumar Jacco Reijtenbagh David Chang Elizabeth Leeds Lela Rose Corbin Day David Maupin Tamyka Smith Amanda Fuhrman Christine Muhlke Eden Werring Jim Head Fernanda Niven Brett Williams Mark Ramadan KATE BRASHARES Executive Director EVENT COMMITTEE Amale Andraos & Dan Wood Elizabeth & Jeffrey Leeds Abby & Matt Bangser John Lyons Mary Bernard Kay Matschullat & Allan Arffa Beth Blake & Corbin Day David Maupin & Stefano Tonchi Athena Calderone Sophie McNally & Adam Pritzker Lea Carpenter Isaac Mizrahi Alison Cayne Tarajia Morrell Jessica Chastain Carolyn Murphy & Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo Chrissy & TJ Murphy Sofia Coppola Marion Nestle Rachel Crawford & Mark Ramadan Fernanda Niven Ariel Emanuel Kimberly & Raph Osnoss Laura Ferrara & Fabio Chizzola Max Osterweis Cary Joji Fukunaga & Kate Foley Osterweis Agnes Gund Becca Parrish Jake Gyllenhaal Courtney Potts & Jim Head Robert Haskell & Brett Williams Karen & Buck Ratchford Kim Hastreiter Oliver Ressler Britt McVicker Jacobs Tamyka & Shane Smith & Michael Jacobs Beatrice Stern & Jamie Niven Jessica Kempner Martha Stewart Anjali Kumar & Atul Sharma Edwina von Gal Jenny & Trey Laird Lynn Wagenknecht Jane Larkworthy Nancy & George Walker Miyoung Lee & Neil Simpkins Eden & Joel Werring Judi Wong 9 HONOREES JIM HODGES Jim Hodges was born in 1957 in Spokane, Washington, and lives and works in New York. His work has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions at institutions including: the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Camden Art Centre, London; the Aspen Art Museum; CGAC, Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York; and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Most recently a major traveling retrospective of Hodges’s work was exhibited at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; the Dallas Museum of Art; and the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. Hodges has received multiple awards and grants including the Association International des Critiques d’art, the Albert Ucross Prize, Washington State. Since the late 1980s, Jim Hodges has created a broad range of work exploring themes of fragility, temporality, love, and death utilizing a highly original and poetic vocabulary. His practice frequently deploys a variety of materials and techniques, from ready-made objects to more traditional media, such as graphite, ink, gold leaf, handmade paper, and mirrored elements. Through acts of subtle transmutation, which merge the processes of drawing and sculpture, Hodges presents evocative reminders of longing and loss and the formation of queer identity in the aftermath of the AIDS crisis. “CREATIVITY IS AS AN ANSWER TO A NEED - A RESPONSE TO SOME DEEP LONGING SPARKED SOMEWHERE INSIDE THE DARKNESS OF US - IGNITING INQUIRY, BURSTING INTO CURIOSITY AND THE IMAGINATION, LEADING TO INFINITE MANIFESTATIONS OF EXPRESSION ACROSS A SPECTRUM OF MAKING. OUR HUMAN STORY IS TOLD THROUGH THE COLLECTIVE OUTCOME OF THIS PROCESS.” JIM HODGES 10 HONOREES QUESTLOVE Drummer, DJ, producer, culinary entrepreneur, New York Times best-selling author, and member of The Roots - Questlove, is the unmistakable heartbeat of Philadelphia’s most influential hip-hop group. He is the Musical Director for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where his beloved Roots crew serves as house band. Beyond that, this 4-time GRAMMY Award winning musician’s indisputable reputation has landed him musical directing positions with everyone from D’Angelo to Eminem to Jay-Z. Questlove has also released two books including the New York Times bestseller Mo’ Meta Blues and Soul Train: The Music, Dance and Style of a Generation. One of his latest endeavors includes scoring Chris Rock’s film, Top Five, and also working as the music supervisor. He also recently produced the Original Broadway Cast Recording of Hamilton, alongside Alex Lacamoire, Bill Sherman, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Tarik “Black Thought” Trotter. He will also serve as the Executive Music Producer and Composer on the A&E Mini Series “Roots.” Questlove made his way into the culinary world with his signature “Love’s Drumstick.” Currently, he is hosting a series of Food Salons with world-renowned and innovative chefs at his Financial District apartment in the NY by Gehry building. Questlove has appeared as a Guest Judge on Top Chef Season 11, his interest in food and his own culinary endeavors have been featured on the cover of New York Magazine, in Food & Wine Magazine, Bon Appetit, and seen on The View, Watch What Happens Live, and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.