I, Faatma, lover of vegetables and people, invite YOU to join us.

Peace Family –
I was meeting with a friend last week… and we were talking about perceptions and business and dollars and money and language and community and being (heart & mind)open and he said something to the effect of “ what does business look like for you?” And I said something to the effect of, it’s not really about business in the common sense of the word, it’s about a movement in community.

I (Faatma, lover of vegetables and people) invite YOU to join us.

We know you want SOLAR to open soon. We do too. This is your opportunity to become a part of a movement in food & culture for YOU(and everybody else). There are those that don’t believe that SOLAR can work because people don’t like vegetables. But we know YOU do.

We are short some dollars to begin the building process for SOLAR and have exhausted all the normal bureaucratic avenues for said dollars. So now we turn to those who have been calling, emailing, stopping by and blowing kisses in anticipation of SOLAR in the CITY.

Sponsorships/Donations/Gifts from you can make it happen and then we can show the universe (and be trailblazers in our city) how invested the people are in their own personal health and the longevity of the community.

It’s always been a part of SOLAR’s mission for the organization and the space to be community driven and for the people and now it can also be BY the people. As you know while we are in the “business” of food, we are also very much in the business of FUN. So in thinking about how to commemorate the people who offer Sponsorships/Donations/Gifts and we‘ve started visioning the inspiracy (because we inspire not conspire) like this:
Whether you have one dollar or a thousand dollars we value you and all dollars are welcome!
*FLOWER ESSENCE* EVERY Sponsorships/Donations/Gifts will forever have their name on the wall of fame & get a limited edition (only 100 printed) SOLAR – innerG & Livity Tee Shirt.

*LEAF/STEM INFUSION* Sponsorships/Donations/Gifts over $100 get the above plus they get to name a plate… whatever they want (so long as its uplifting), whether it’s your name, a superhero, a quote (short)…etcetera (you get the drift)

*ESSENTIAL OILS* Sponsorships/Donations/Gifts over $300 get the above plus they get to name a space. It could be named after you or after someone/thing you admire. Spaces like The kids corner, the bar, the theatre, the gallery, the dining area, the lounge, the kitchen, the community wall, the newsstand, etc….

CLICK HERE to DONATE 

I’m at SOLAR all day every Monday slanging vegetables for the OG LunchBox and would love to share our plans with you. Come visit me…. I’ll show you the space plan, the “business”plan, the menu (ooooh), and give you a tour.

WE LOVE YOUR GUTS!!!

gems from massage mo…

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Peace!  I forgot to mention that we have a blog up now for OG LunchBox particpants to get recipes for thier weekly LunchBox… check it HERE

OG LunchBox

back in the days when I was a teenager, before I had status and before I had a pager…. ways out… for real tho back in the days at Karma in the olden days, we did this thing… it didn’t have a name or anything and it wasn’t really advertised, but we did it anyway because we love the people.  we love ourselves and we love y’all and we love the city and we love the garden but most of all…. we love your guts.

now that we work toward gettin Solar open (I’ll give you an update on that in just a sec) we start thinkin about the people we love and thier guts…. what are y’all gon’ eat until we get open?  and how do we stay connected to our resources in the interim. 

and the OG LunchBox is Born.

The OG Lunch Box  (OG for OrGanic & Lunchbox cus it comes in a box) is a way for us to eat organic produce at a significantly lower cost than the retail grocers will ever allow for us.  We have long term goals and plans for the hood OG food co-op and in the interim we would love to invite you to participate in the OG Lunchbox.  Basically SOLAR will receive organic produce from local farmers (as best we can) via Growers Organic and Delaney Farms every monday, sort out the boxes into two sizes which you can choose. 

a small OG LunchBox can feed 1-2 people for the week

a large OG LunchBox can feed up to 5 people in a week

the box will include a mixture of inseason fruits and vegetables and varies weekly based on what is in season and available to us and you can come and pick it up on location at SOLAR on mondays.

If you want an OG Lunchbox email me at fa@solarlivity.com and I’ll give you all the data.

we really sincerly love your guts and what this is more than anything else is a start on showing each other how little effort it will really take for us to make change (no obama jokes please) in our hood without selling off our first born children and our souls.  It can be easy, we just have to do it together to make it work (I swear I’m not a politician).

Anyway… hit me up if your interested.

SOLAR UPDATE.

I promise I really and truly planned to be opening right about now.  And its ok that it hasn’t happened that way.  we are learning alot about the process and the way our city builds things.  We are trailblazin y’all and part of the reason why some of this is taking some time is because our city does not have a space like SOLAR yet.  And while no one doubts that we are most neccesary they also have questions.  fair enuf.  I have become the expert at explaining our vision as well as explaining the practical application of such a space.

Our city is beginning to love SOLAR too.  I know sometimes it feels like were taking forever, when really we are just making sure the energy is right, the dollars are right, the building is right, the foundation is rooted in our mission, and the folks who are helping to manifest this space are down for the greater good.

OH! and how could I forget to tell YOU!!  The Website is LIVE!!  http://www.solarlivity.com the content is being added daily… there may be some kinks to work out, but my girl Celia Herrera is super duper fly in her design.  leave us comments there and check in for updates regular.  I will be posting the MENU soon!!!

once again, I love your guts (mine too) and I promise to feed you SOON!

Peas (and Peace)

Faatma

open relationships…

SOLAR being the center of our known universe (the sun y’all!) likes to work with everyone who is about growth and reciprocity in our communities…

we’ve been walking and talking with all those who are on similar paths of local economy and green life/living.

one of the most hard working, and nice-to-people people, are at the Mile High Business Alliance who are really all about LOCAL FIRST… and you can see how many other folks are down to earth locavores at the Colorado Local First Business Directory

I bought a T today after a super duper mental marketing workout w/ the Local Flavor Marketing Guru’s

Check out my fly gear!

GET YOU ONE… HERE

Peace and Peas and Rice and Green Smoothies and …..

were on our way!

is that so……

I’m thinking this is the one….any thoughts?

let me count the ways…

i be out and about…. talkin about Solar… without business cards and flyers… pshaw.  I tell everyone to go to the website and register for updates…. then I realize the website brings you HERE…

I promise y’all within a weeks time I’ll pull together all the media and make it more accessible.

in the interim….these are the many different ways to reach Solar & FaaTma

solarlivity@gmail.com

www.myspace.come/karmsouljahs (SOLAR)

faatmasphere@gmail.com

www.myspace.com/thirdworldearth (faatma)

the blogs are

http://solarlivity.wordpress.com (SOLAR)

http://vegetablenerd.blogspot.com (faatma)

and … just an fyi

Faatma ( I ) is also the eidtor of the Health & Living Section of www.originalthoughtmag.com .  a metazine founded and operated by original people for original people, focused on the affects of the U-n-I verse on original people. 

LOVE to YOU

vegaholics not so anonymous

***just so you know I am a huge fan of brackets, parenthesis and elipses… (see!), it just makes it all more fun, whether or not its grammatically correct…

so we were a participating food vendor at this years (which happens to be the 1st) VegFest & Health Expo.  mind you, I don’t think anyone really knew what was going to happen….. it was an adventure after all.

1 week prior I tried to pull out as a vendor, and I got a message from Mr. D who was like, “ oh hell naw, you *itches betta ask somebody what “your word is your bond” means and then come tell me what you gon do!”.  Well, he didn’t exactly use those words, but you get my meaning (and if you don’t you *itches betta ask somebody what it means!…j/k).  so I got it together and revised my meal plan, went shopping (which was the most fun bcs I spent half my time chatting food politics with the produce guys {which I love to do} ) and pulled out all the appliances just to realize how small my kitchen is at home. 

I cried and complained to L (also known as Lavell my business partner who shall be referred to as L in this entry for anonymities sake) and he says, “ well come use my kitchen” and appalled, I replied, “ I can’t do that because, eeeew, it’s a bachelor pad!”, and he assured me, “I’ve had it cleaned especially for you!”.  Aaaaaaah… I exhaled(who knew it could be so perty when its clean [thank you Ayana!].)

For two days I was in production mode… mumbling about love up rising under my breath in hopes of creating some like-water-for-chocolate-like effect on the food.  It was all raw, because well, I knew all the other vendors would bring cooked food and that it would probably be a tofu extravaganza and also because its sooo good!  I made sesame pecan cookies w/ strawberries, banana-nut cakes w/ kiwi slices, falafel balls, pumpkin seed spread wrapped in marinated chard AND chocolate truffles.  I was sure I had made more than enuf food and at least enuf for 1500 people.  All the while writing to do lists for L (my equal and support staff), which he graciously obliged no matter how loud I may have barked at him. (THANK YOU)

The morning of got me some green water packed it up and headed out, pondering my intentions you know, do I do it out of obligation to the world, or because I love myself enuf to share?  Does it matter?  Is it the same thing?  I wasn’t sure if it would be an event where a few people trickle in with good conversation or if there would be a steady flow of Veggies to eat my food… it didn’t matter, I love vegan food in its many forms and was ready to learn something.

YO… on the real, I had not anticipated the organization!  You know, I have vended so many different types of events (albeit this was my first time vending food) and never in all my years have I encountered such warmth and genuine care for the vendors by the volunteers and the other vendors.  Veggies just love each others guts sooo much we just can’t help it I guess.

And on the strength… I think Mr.D reported more than 1600 people there.  Yeeehaaa! I was out of food by 1:30!  Now I did make the mistake of having multiple platters of food out at a time (lucky folks who got to try three and four things at once) but all in all it was a beautiful event.  I didn’t get to see any of the speakers tho (sad face) because there was a constant and heavy flow of people coming to EAT food all day, and after I was done serving food I was tryna taste and talk and chat and politic and it was the most fun.

Long story short… if you need some catering done… call me.

 

 

so much space in space…

3200 sq ft of LOVE.  my brother Kinh calls it LOVE UPRISING.

partnerships (we/i & i) r init together you knowledge.

ART-openings & features, life drawing, sacred doll making, hand-creafted book making/binding, fashionshows, crafters market, performances (music & what nots), dance & capeoria instruction, bboys&bgirls, NUTRITION, discussion/forum/instruction… and more…

SOLAR… the nova soon come.