Chicago Bakers, Including a James Beard Winner, Firing Up Their Ovens for #BakersAgainstRacism
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In the fight against racism, bakers around the world are firing up their ovens as part of a virtual bake sale to raise funds for organizations that support equality and justice for all.
The Bakers Against Racism campaign, which culminates Saturday, started in Washington, D.C., and has since gone global. A host of Chicago-area bakers have taken up their whisks and spatulas in the cause, professionals and amateurs alike, ranging from Publican’s Greg Wade, a James Beard Award winner, to high schoolers with Instagram followers.
The premise is simple: A baker offers a special item or two for sale, customers place their order, and the sweets are either picked up or delivered on Saturday. Many of the specials are available in limited quantities and some have already sold out.
Each baker has chosen where to send proceeds. Chicago beneficiaries include My Block My Hood My City , Brave Space Alliance , Black Lives Matter Chicago chapter, the Transgender Law Center and Assata’s Daughters , among others.
We’ve rounded up some of the Chicago-area participants. Check Instagram, #bakersagainstracism, for anyone we might have missed.
City Mouse at the Ace Hotel. Pastry chef Felicia Mayden and executive chef Matt Danko are baking up treats.
Aya Fukai, owner of Aya Pastry .
Paula Haney’s Hoosier Mama Pie Company , with locations in Chicago and Evanston.
Floriole owner Sandra Holl will split her proceeds between Brave Space Alliance and Urban Growers Collective.
Publican’ s head baker Greg Wade and executive pastry chef Erika Chan are both contributing.
Anna Posey, co-owner and pastry chef at Elske , will be selling slices of carrot cake.
Bakers Against Racism details are live! Swipe through to learn about the two items I will be selling: pastry samplers and cookie samplers! . I’m thrilled to be splitting 100% of my proceeds between @assatasdaughtersig, @black.feast, and @officialblmp. . . Assata’s Daughters is a Black woman-led, young person-directed organization rooted in the Black Radical Tradition. Assata’s Daughters organizes young Black people in Chicago by providing them with political education, leadership development, mentorship, and revolutionary services. . . Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project (BLMP) envisions a world where no one is forced to give up their homeland, where all Black LGBTQIA+ people are free and liberated. BLMP builds and centers the power of Black LGBTQIA+ migrants to ensure the liberation of all Black people through community-building, political education, creating access to direct services, and organizing across borders. . . Black Feast is a culinary experience that weaves food into a celebration of Black artistry. Curated by two Black queer artists, Founder and Director Salimatu Amabebe and Head of Design Annika Hansteen-Izora, Black Feast was founded on the premise to rail and dance against the erasure of Blackness in the food and art worlds. . . I will post updates to my story as items get close to selling out, but I recommend getting your orders in ASAP! Link to the order form is in my bio✨ Let’s do this! #bakersagainstracism #bakersagainstracismchicago
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Want fresh bread and to donate to a great cause? This week I’m participating in a bake sale with #BakersAgainstRacism, and donating all proceeds to Brave Space Alliance, the first Black-led, trans-led LGBTQ Center located on the South Side of Chicago, dedicated to creating and providing affirming, culturally competent, for-us by-us resources, programming, and services for LGBTQ individuals on the South and West sides of the city. Check out @bravespacealliance for more info :) Place orders with me by Thursday, 6/17 to pick up on Saturday, 6/20! Contactless pickup in Uptown. DM me to donate and reserve your bread!
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Cookies and slices of cake or pie can add up to some serious coin. Heather Bodine-Lederman, owner of Pie Pie My Darling vegan bakery, collected more than $4,000 for Brave Space Alliance in just two days of her own fundraiser.
In just TWO DAYS you babes helped us raise $4,105 for @bravespacealliance!!! I’m adding 10% of our sales from the past week to that, so the grand total going to BSA is $4,425! My hands are literally SHAKING I’m so blown away, and so touched. We just picked the winners in my story (and decided to make FOUR rainbow cakes instead of three), and the winners are MEGAN GARCIA, MELISSA RUSHING, BLAIR MCKEE, and CLEA DORUELO! Winners—please email us to coordinate pickup! Thank you all SO much from the bottom of my heart for being a part of this. Truly couldn’t have done it without you and it means the world to know I’m followed/supported by people who actually care and want to make a difference If you didn’t win a cake this time around, know that your contribution is deeply appreciated Please follow @bravespacealliance if you don’t already, and consider signing up to contribute to them monthly. Let’s keep fighting for the rights of our fellow humans. BLACK LIVES MATTER @afrobohemianrhapsody #blacklivesmatter #blacktranslivesmatter #bakersagainstracism
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