If my Mom really likes you - she will randomly gift you a #pomelo 😁
Jada was gifted a pomelo, today ❤️

#AsianMastodon #POCFriends #SisterFriend #PeopleILove #KindredSister

Here's the event slideshow.

1st #NorthAfrican #Cookout at Fed Farm in #Vicwest. Absolutely fabulous community event! Lots of delicious #Moroccan & #Tunisian foods were cooked & given to guests to eat. Many stories shared. Beautiful acoustic music was played. Wonderful new local BIPOC connections were made & some lovely reunions occurred too. I had a really great time!

Most folks who came out had similar displacement backgrounds. Several of us are war survivors who lost our family homes overseas & are far from many family members(my Mom's side is stuck in remote offgrid village) who are still living in our homelands. It was good for our souls to be around fellow POC diaspora. We understand each other better than others do because of similar life experiences from before coming to Canada. We also faced similar struggles/racism when we came to Canada as refugees of wars.

I am looking forward to helping them out more at some future community connecting events & grassroots projects in the near future.

On #Clapper
https://clapperapp.com/video/7XoLv0ZRWYbzBkgy?is_invite=1&r=DPjnVj3gPj&c=sh&m=co

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/Dgey4f5HzWk

Organized by Iyé Creative Collective.
https://www.iyeherstories.com/
Hosted at Fed Farm.
https://www.get-fed.ca/fed-urban-farm

#VictoriaBC #Cultural #ArtsAndCulture #BIPOC #ConnectingCommunity #CommunityEvent #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #NorthAfricanCulture #SongheesTerritory #POCfriends #CulturalConnections #FoodCulture #POCfoods #GlobalSouthFood #EthnicEats #TraditionalFood #CommunityBuilding

Amir, tuning his acoustic guitar. He's #Syrian.
Hungry guests & volunteers, lined up to fill their plates with yummy #foods from Morocco & Tunisia.
Lovely urban farm location.
So much #cultural #community #love shared & beautiful new #BIPOC connections were made 💖

Organized by Iyé Creative Collective.
https://www.iyeherstories.com/
Hosted at Fed Farm.
https://www.get-fed.ca/fed-urban-farm

#VictoriaBC #Cultural #ArtsAndCulture #BIPOC #ConnectingCommunity #CommunityEvent #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #NorthAfricanCulture #SongheesTerritory #POCfriends #CulturalConnections #FoodCulture #POCfoods #GlobalSouthFood #EthnicEats #TraditionalFood #CommunityBuilding

From yesterday. Vid wouldn't upload from site.
This is still during event prep & waiting for more guests to arrive.

Organized by Iyé Creative Collective.
https://www.iyeherstories.com/
Hosted at Fed Farm.
https://www.get-fed.ca/fed-urban-farm

#VictoriaBC #Cultural #ArtsAndCulture #BIPOC #ConnectingCommunity #CommunityEvent #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #NorthAfricanCulture #SongheesTerritory #POCfriends #CulturalConnections #FoodCulture #POCfoods #GlobalSouthFood #EthnicEats #TraditionalFood #CommunityBuilding

Saraa, making yummy #FishTagine - #Tunisian #food. This one was made with mackerel.
At #NorthAfrican #Cookout.

Organized by Iyé Creative Collective.
https://www.iyeherstories.com/
Hosted at Fed Farm.
https://www.get-fed.ca/fed-urban-farm

#VictoriaBC #Cultural #ArtsAndCulture #BIPOC #ConnectingCommunity #CommunityEvent #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #NorthAfricanCulture #SongheesTerritory #POCfriends #CulturalConnections #FoodCulture #POCfoods #GlobalSouthFood #EthnicEats #TraditionalFood

This is #community - people working together, helping out, sharing food & stories & music, at #NorthAfrican #Cookout & Cultural Connecting event. Mega great vibes 💖

Organized by Iyé Creative Collective.
https://www.iyeherstories.com/
Hosted at Fed Farm.
https://www.get-fed.ca/fed-urban-farm

#VictoriaBC #Cultural #ArtsAndCulture #BIPOC #ConnectingCommunity #CommunityEvent #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #NorthAfricanCulture #SongheesTerritory #POCfriends #CulturalConnections #FoodCulture #POCfoods #GlobalSouthFood #EthnicEats #TraditionalFood

Sarah making some #Tunisian #brik #pastries. These are usually baked in an oven but we had no oven on site so she fried them instead.

Organized by Iyé Creative Collective.
https://www.iyeherstories.com/
Hosted at Fed Farm.
https://www.get-fed.ca/fed-urban-farm

#VictoriaBC #Cultural #ArtsAndCulture #BIPOC #ConnectingCommunity #CommunityEvent #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #NorthAfricanCulture #SongheesTerritory #POCfriends #CulturalConnections #FoodCulture #POCfoods #GlobalSouthFood #EthnicEats #TraditionalFood