AmeriCorps member Lilah Abrams writes about The Ark, one of our meals partners. The Ark addresses gaps in social services and community resources for seniors in Cheatham County, Tennessee. The Nashville Food Project shares about 100 meals each week with their seniors.
Food as a Lens
On a recent Thursday, more than 45 people filed into The Nashville Food Project’s community dining room, shaking umbrellas and shedding coats to join us for a hot cup of scratch-made sweet potato chili, a panel, and community conversation on the complexities of food injustice and how hunger intersects with other systemic inequities.