30th Anniversary
The Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault Celebrates Keeping the Fire Going -The Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault celebrates 30 Years of helping the victims By Kathy Utley
“Dining for Peace, Prevention and Healing” How you can Help
What we eat connects us to the land and what we eat connects us with each other. I love to cook, entertain and help others. Cooking can become a way to bring people together for fun, for love or for a good cause. Michael Pollan, the author of “Cooked”, recently said in a presentation to Google, that home cooked food is healthier and that “a poor woman who cooks at home, is healthier than a rich woman who does not.” Simple home cooked foods that are easily prepared are the most rewarding and meaningful way to nurture yourself and others. Cooking is healing.
According to the research conducted by Pollan for his book, “Cooked” around the time that humans began to cook with fire, amazing things began to happen to the evolution of the human species. Our brains began to grow larger, and we began to live longer. With the advent of cooking, we begin to see the beginning of civilization. And, he asserts that you cannot grow a healthy brain without cooking.
In regards to building community, as soon as we began to cook, we needed cooperation. Eating around a fire is about civilization. All kinds of things happen around a fire, like language, for example. We are no longer eating around the table. And, this disconnects us with the land as well. When we cook, we are connecting with the land. And, we are connecting with each other too.
Cooking heals, celebrates, nurtures and comforts. What better way to help celebrate 30 years of the Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault (WCASA) than by cooking for friends and family? I have been asked to be the event manager of “Dining for Peace, Prevention and Healing” as WCASA celebrates 30 years. We are asking people in our community who love to cook and entertain to volunteer to host a private party at their home and invite their friends and family to raise funds for WCASA.
This is your event. Your event can be as formal or informal as you like. Some people are hosting a back yard barbecue and some are holding potlucks, some are having picnics. If you are the kind of person, like me, who loves to cook, eat, entertain and raise money for a great cause and organization, please contact me at [email protected] or call me at 1-608-308-2051. We have a host packet and can offer support as well.
“Dining for Peace, Prevention and Healing” How you can Help
What we eat connects us to the land and what we eat connects us with each other. I love to cook, entertain and help others. Cooking can become a way to bring people together for fun, for love or for a good cause. Michael Pollan, the author of “Cooked”, recently said in a presentation to Google, that home cooked food is healthier and that “a poor woman who cooks at home, is healthier than a rich woman who does not.” Simple home cooked foods that are easily prepared are the most rewarding and meaningful way to nurture yourself and others. Cooking is healing.
According to the research conducted by Pollan for his book, “Cooked” around the time that humans began to cook with fire, amazing things began to happen to the evolution of the human species. Our brains began to grow larger, and we began to live longer. With the advent of cooking, we begin to see the beginning of civilization. And, he asserts that you cannot grow a healthy brain without cooking.
In regards to building community, as soon as we began to cook, we needed cooperation. Eating around a fire is about civilization. All kinds of things happen around a fire, like language, for example. We are no longer eating around the table. And, this disconnects us with the land as well. When we cook, we are connecting with the land. And, we are connecting with each other too.
Cooking heals, celebrates, nurtures and comforts. What better way to help celebrate 30 years of the Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault (WCASA) than by cooking for friends and family? I have been asked to be the event manager of “Dining for Peace, Prevention and Healing” as WCASA celebrates 30 years. We are asking people in our community who love to cook and entertain to volunteer to host a private party at their home and invite their friends and family to raise funds for WCASA.
This is your event. Your event can be as formal or informal as you like. Some people are hosting a back yard barbecue and some are holding potlucks, some are having picnics. If you are the kind of person, like me, who loves to cook, eat, entertain and raise money for a great cause and organization, please contact me at [email protected] or call me at 1-608-308-2051. We have a host packet and can offer support as well.
Kathy Utley has worked in the culinary profession for over 20 years. She has worked for the Goodman Community Center managing food security programs, including their food pantry and their Thanksgiving Basket Program. She is currently serving on the Madison Food Policy Council as well as the Dane County Commission on Poverty.,