Our Garden by Kevin Dam (Pre-Order)

11"x14" giclee print
Illustration by Kevin Dam (San Francisco, CA)

Proceeds from the print will directly support Good Good Eatz and their initiatives within the Oakland communities.

Orders are estimated to ship around mid-September.

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Kevin's piece illustrates a memory submitted by May.

"In the early 90s, at the corner of 90th and MacArthur in East Oakland, site of the weekend drag races and donuts, my mother organized our apartment building of a dozen southeast Asian immigrants and refugees to take over the abandoned acre of land next to the building and grow food. Overnight, they transformed the neighborhood into an oasis of Asian herbs and vegetables. Young and old were drawn from their homes to care for the plants. My mom would take her harvest to Oakland Chinatown and trade for other food. We didn’t gave much, but we always ate very well."

From the artist:

"I resonated with this story because of this family taking initiative, the community coming together, and the mutual care of a space and people through growing their own food and working with one another. I think stories like this really show us that people can come and take care of each other in many different circumstances. "