Out in the Community…

CNN the Human Factor Feature

Our Chef & Executive Director, Maria Parra Cano, and our COO/CFO Enjolie Lafaurie were recently shadowed for the day for an upcoming feature through CNN’s the Human Factor.

Award from LISC Phoenix

The Cihuapactli Collective was recently awarded one of the 2021 Exemplary Community Response Awards as a result of our efforts around Food Relief during the COVID-19 pandemic. Special thanks to our partners, farmers, growers, and community.

View a brief video shared by LocalBuzz with LISC Phx presenting the Collective with the Exemplary Community Response Award.

Happy 6 year anniversary

This Indigenous Peoples Day we celebrated 6 years of being a community & relationship-based non-profit. We celebrated with food, music, community recognitions & lots of love!

Food as Medicine Documentary

If we take a closer look at our natural desert environment, healing food exists all around us.

In this Good Food Film, Chef Maria Parra Cano of Sana Sana Foods discusses foods that can be naturally found in our neighborhoods and in the desert that possesses medicinal and healing qualities, which can heal us from ailments caused by the conventional diet.

Next, take a walk with Twila Cassadore, a food educator, and member of the San Carlos community as she shares the healing journey of finding food in the wild. Join us as we go foraging with her to uncover nutrient-dense offerings and the health benefits of Native food.

Community Seed Sharing through Native Seeds/SEARCH

Grateful to Native Seed/ Search for their Community Seed Grant that went out to our community members to grow their own food.

Immigrant communities connect with Indigenous products to nurture and heal during the pandemic

Story on NPR ~ The World

Listen in as the amazing Valeria Fernandez touches on our Food Justice Work.

How does the Phoenix community development garden grow? With innovations like the Funds to Feed grant

Many thanks to LISC Phoenix for their highlight of our Food Justice work during the pandemic.

In Arizona, Birth Workers Of Color Fight For More doula Access and recognition of traditional knowledge keepers

An article from NPR that touches on our Advocacy work in support of Indigenous birth workers, traditional knowledge keepers, and birth workers of color.

Comadres al Aire Podcast! (in Spanish)

Elders & comadres of the Collective were featured in Episodes 1 through 3 of this beautiful offering by local mothers & journalists.

Podcast interview with Marinah FarrelL & Maria Parra Cano touching on the birth of the Cihuapactli collective

In Part Two of this community-based podcast, Carmen Parra Cano joins the podcast to talk about her experience in the United Birthworkers of Color AZ, a prototype envisioning resilient partnerships for the reproductive health of their communities.

Under the direction of The New School and Social Movements + Innovations, three Arizona-based organizations came together as part of a cohort of prototyping labs working on re-imagining sustainable leadership and organization while testing disruptive and creative ways to challenge the white dominant culture.