Join us at the table as V Efua Prince talks with Rahima Rice about changing food and changing neighborhoods. Growing up in the Brookland neighborhood of Washington, DC, carryouts were a staple in what would other wise be a food desert in the predominately African American community. Now like cities across the country, Rice’s neighborhood is gentrifying. And like many of her generation, Rice has abandoned her childhood diet for a healthier, more sustainable lifestyle. Rice is concerned about the food deserts in black urban communities that leave residents dependent on less healthy convenient meal options.

Rice is a playwright and filmmaker who draws upon the neighborhood she grew up in as the setting of her work. Her most recent work includes the web series, Room 513, the one-act play, The Eight -which premiered at the 2018 Anacostia Playhouse Visions/Revisions New Works Festival- and the soon to be released short film Making & Breaking. She is the founder of The 4208 Group. https://www.the4208group.com/

Also, in today’s Opening Paragraph segment, Rice reads The Four Noble Truths from the Dhammapada.