The Afterschool Leadership Program runs Sept-May, guiding middle and high schoolers through a culinary journey. It provides weekly culturally-relevant, accessible, and empowering culinary education to youth at schools and community sites.

Youth cook together in class, explore the local food system, and are offered take-home ingredients kits to continue learning at home. Our curriculum includes knife skills, grocery stores, wellness, sustainability, world cuisines, and food stories. The food we eat and have access to helps us understand our history, our communities, our climate, and our bodies. We defer to youth to lead conversations that unpack complicated topics of power, privilege, identity, and culture.