Lillian Marrero Library

Inspired by “Diasporicans—the 5.5 million people living Stateside who continue to cook the food of our homeland.”Share foods and stories of the Afro-Indigenous Diaspo-Rican intersecting identities and plant-based ancestral recipes with Rebeca from Veggie Mijas.“Veggie Mijas is a collective of people of color passionate about spreading awareness of the lack of resources we have to healthier options in the hood, animal liberation, and environmental justice.”Featuring the books Black Rican Vegan and Diasporican.

Eat plantains and revel in the poetry of Melania Luisa Marte. How do we learn to love ourselves, survive, and honor the ancestor?In the book Plantains and Our Becoming, Marte, an Afro-Latina Dominicana from New York, writes to us in English and Spanish."Through the exploration of themes like self-love, nationalism, displacement, generational trauma, and ancestral knowledge, this collection uproots stereotypes while creating a new joyous vision for Black identity and personhood."Join us at Lillian Marrero Library where artist Yannick Lowery is drawing on his culinary background to prepare both sweet and savory plantains while we consider what is meaningful about