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Hosted by Venezuelan artist Carlos Salazar Lermont, this dinner centered on food, community, and solidarity in support of those affected by two devastating earthquakes in Venezuela. Striking only thirty seconds apart on June 24, the earthquakes caused widespread destruction, displacing thousands of people and leaving many without reliable access to food, water, shelter, and medical care.&nbsp; We are partnering with the Illinois Venezuelan Alliance to aid those who need it the most. IVA&rsquo;s mission is &ldquo;to serve, provide humanitarian aid, educate, foster civic engagement, and advocate for the Venezuelan community residing in the state of Illinois, working together to strengthen a positive and resilient community presence.&rdquo; All proceeds from this dinner will support victims of the double earthquake through the Illinois Venezuelan Alliance. The evening&rsquo;s menu featured the Reina Pepiada, a beloved arepa filled with chicken and avocado salad whose Indigenous roots and immigrant influences reflect Venezuela&rsquo;s rich cultural history, followed by traditional dulce de lechoza and majarete for dessert. Through these dishes, Venezuelan culinary heritage became an expression of care, resilience, and collective action.

Community Kitchen: Venezuelan Dinner 7:30 PM

Hosted by Venezuelan artist Carlos Salazar Lermont, this dinner centered on food, community, and solidarity in support of those affected by two devastating earthquakes in Venezuela. Striking only thirty seconds apart on June 24, the earthquakes caused widespread destruction, displacing thousands of people and leaving many without reliable access to food, water, shelter, and medical care.&nbsp;We are partnering with the Illinois Venezuelan Alliance to aid those who need it the most. IVA&rsquo;s mission is &ldquo;to serve, provide humanitarian aid, educate, foster civic engagement, and advocate for the Venezuelan community residing in the state of Illinois, working together to strengthen a positive and resilient community presence.&rdquo; All proceeds from this dinner will support victims of the double earthquake through the Illinois Venezuelan Alliance. The evening&rsquo;s menu featured the Reina Pepiada, a beloved arepa filled with chicken and avocado salad whose Indigenous roots and immigrant influences reflect Venezuela&rsquo;s rich cultural history, followed by traditional dulce de lechoza and majarete for dessert. Through these dishes, Venezuelan culinary heritage became an expression of care, resilience, and collective action

Community Kitchen: Venezuelan Dinner 5:30 PM

Hosted by sisters <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.beizararadini.com/" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Beizar Aradini</a> and Beimal Yazdanparast, this dinner centers on what it means to cook as part of the Kurdish diaspora. Raised in Nashville, Tennessee, home to one of the largest Kurdish communities in the United States, their family arrived as refugees after fleeing the Anfal genocide, Saddam Hussein&#39;s genocidal campaign against the Kurdish people in the late 1980s. This displaced hundreds of thousands of Kurds and forever reshaped the lives of Kurdish families across the world. This same campaign was carried out with chemical weapons and enabled in part through U.S. support for the Iraqi regime during that period.The Kurdish people are the world&#39;s largest stateless nation, with more than 40 million people living across present-day Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria, and throughout the global diaspora. Today, Chicago is also home to many Kurdish residents who continue to sustain their language, traditions, and culture, far from their ancestral homeland.Growing up between two languages usually means constantly translating&hellip;not only words, but customs and ways of being. There is both loss and possibility in that space. Some recipes survive almost unchanged; others are reinvented through what is available in new landscapes and what is passed onto the next changing generations. For Beizar and Beimal, cooking is a way of holding onto tradition while allowing it to evolve and transform. Please join us.

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