The Food Divide

This article, The Food Divide, by Christopher D. Cook, published several weeks ago in the SF Bay Guardian shows the importance of Uhuru Jiko as an economic development project that aims to transform the black community by opening up a commercial kitchen that will facilitate the opening of small food businesses, nutrition, health, cooking classes and a community garden in East Oakland. The conditions in East Oakland are similar to those in the Bayview neighborhood of San Francisco. This is why Uhuru Pies is such an important fundraiser, getting resources to fund these community-based programs.

Uhuru Pies at the San Francisco Rock Project Winter Holiday Rock Prom & Auction

This evening, Sunday, December 18th, Uhuru Pies will be selling pie slices and taking orders for the holidays at the San Francisco Rock Project Winter Holiday Rock Prom & Auction.

Come out to the event which starts at 5pm and come by the booth, which will be outside the Rickshaw Stop at 155 Fell Street in SF.

The event itself is a fundraiser for youth music programs run by this non-profit and features Adam Savage of the popular Discovery Channel program MythBusters will be our esteemed MC for the evening and there will be some seriously rocking performances by the SFRP Students, Victims Family with Jello Biafra, a solo performance by Ty Segall, Ricky Berger, and an awesome live auction!

Come help Uhuru Pies get the word out to the SF Rock Project community about Uhuru Jiko and ways they can support economic development in the black community.

San Franciscans can pick up their pies on Friday and Saturday, December 23rd and 24th at the pie pick up table at the Global Exchange Fair Trade Store at 4018 - 24th St. or at our pie table on the same dates at the Safeway at Webster St. in SF.

Order your pies now! Email oakland@uhurupies.org

Don, one of our baking coordinators, racks up the pumpkin pies!

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Skyline HS Key Club is Busy in the Kitchen Making YOUR Uhuru Pies!

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Uhuru Pies is out EVERY DAY at Grand Ave Safeway!

Uhuru Pies volunteers Annie and Cassandra prepare samples at the Uhuru Pies table at the Grand Ave Safeway in Oakland - across from Uhuru Furniture!
Come down to Grand Ave Mon, Tues or Wed between 9-5 or Thursday morning 8-12 to taste, buy, order or pickup your pies!
Order NOW online: http://UhuruPies.org
Schedule your pickup today, for pies baked fresh the night before!

Uhuru Pies Partners with SF Business and Non Profit for Holiday Fundraiser

On Tuesday and Wednesday, November 22nd and 23rd, 2011, Uhuru Pies will present its delicious holiday pies on the streets of San Francisco with Rocket Dog Rescue - a volunteer based organization serving the greater Bay Area, dedicated to saving homeless and abandoned dogs from over crowded animal shelters - in front of When Modern Was, the store with one-of-a-kind, high quality painted furniture in unexpected colors and distressed detail.

Uhuru Pies funds go to support black community economic development such as the Uhuru Jiko, Swahili for "Freedom Kitchen," coming to the Oakland Uhuru House community center to create a hub of economic and cultural life in the African community of East Oakland, which bears the brunt of unemployment and home foreclosures.

The project will empower the community by bringing in much-needed resources.

Uhuru Pies met Rocket Dog Rescue at the San Francisco Green Festival and felt that she has always felt aligned with the organization. "I've known about Uhuru for years and love what they do," says Pali Boucher, director and founder of the volunteer organization that is dedicated to saving homeless and abandoned dogs from over crowded animal shelters.

Boucher used her connections to secure the site for Uhuru Pies, which makes its delectable five flavors available for ordering for pick up in front of When Modern Was on Tuesday and Wednesday, November 22nd and 23rd between 11am and 6pm. To order ahead of time, go to:
http://apedf.org/programs/uhuru-pies/oakland/order.html

Metacafe Pie Party in San Francisco

The San Francisco office of online video entertainment website Metacafe held an Uhuru Pies tasting party today, thanks to Manager of Creative Services Benjamin Saluti, who also donned an official Uhuru Pies apron and helped dish out samples of our delicious Sweet Potato and Apple Crumb pies to his coworkers, who were all blown away by the #bestpiesever!

The folks at Metacafe are getting in their holiday pie orders, so make sure you get yours in today!
Want us to come do a tasting at your office? It's not too late!

Clif Bar Loves Uhuru Pies!

Clif Bar welcomed Uhuru Pies back to their Emeryville office for a tasting Wednesday, November 16th. The employees were excited to taste the delicious free samples, and put in their orders for holiday pies -- both for their families as well as donated pies for people in need.

Make sure you order your pies today!

Uhuru Pies at Old Navy / Gap!

Shirdelah Manipon and Cheryl Faison hosted a pie tasting in the cafeteria at the San Francisco headquarters of Old Navy / Gap on Tuesday, November 15th.

Both met Uhuru Pies when they volunteered in the pie kitchen.

Uhuru Pies will deliver to their offices on Friday and Tuesday before Thanksgiving.

Order your pies today!

APEDF and Uhuru Pies at the Green Fest this Weekend!

On this weekend, November 12th and 13th, the African People's Education and Defense Fund will present its mission of sustainable economic development in the black community while also offering an opportunity for individuals and businesses to participate in Uhuru Pies, an annual holiday fundraiser.

Uhuru Pies is a popular holiday fundraiser that features delicious, homestyle, organic and fresh ingredients. Uhuru Pies includes traditional pumpkin, sweet potato and pecan and also blackberry and apple crumb vegan options for the holidays. Come by the booth and support this fundraiser by buying holiday pies for your family, company, community gatherings. With a purchase of ten pies, we offer free delivery.

Meet some members of the Uhuru Pies 2011 Team!

from left to right:
One of our Production Coordinators - John Janosko, Operations and Donations - Coordinator Pete Yaroschuk -Operations & Donations, Kitty Reilly - Business & Community Relationships, Sales Team - Bakari Olatunji, Production Team - Linnet Peal, Overall Coordinator - Maureen Wagener, Sales Coordinator - Wendy Snyder

Photographer (not pictured) - Volunteer Staffing Coordinator - Bill Canada



Come to our weekly meetings at the kitchen at 1607 - 63rd St. in Emeryville 7 pm every Wednesday. Join the baking, operations, donations, community outreach, sales and volunteer coordinator teams.

Uhuru Pies is a fundraiser for the African People's Education and Defense Fund programs for economic development in the
African community! Find out more!