Soul Food Sunday: Preserving Traditions of Black Belonging

Soul Food Sunday: A Monthly Gathering for Community, Culture, and Connection

You asked and we listened. We heard you missed our farm meals and gatherings from our early days. Therefore, we are reintroducing Soul Food Sunday, in a new format designed to bring people together for connection, culture, and intergenerational dialogue. Each month we explore a theme rooted in Black culture, belonging, and our collective well being.

All cultures have a “soul food” tradition. Soul food traditions often involve gathering around a culturally meaningful meal to connect, remember, and pass down family and community traditions. This month we will explore the question: What is your soul food tradition? How have you kept it alive, or how would you like to bring it back? What food or community traditions would you love to see practiced more often? This prompt will guide an informal conversation to help us get to know one another in a warm and welcoming way.

Soul Food Sunday is also an opportunity to consider what it means to build Black community within Maine’s multi diasporic landscape, including African American, Afro Caribbean, Afro Latinx, African immigrant, and Afro Indigenous experiences. Through shared meals, storytelling, music, and conversation, we create space to reflect, reconnect, and strengthen community practice. Research shows that culturally grounded gatherings support mental health, reduce isolation, and build resilience, making spaces like this especially important in this moment.

This month’s gathering features a catered meal by Bab’s Table, along with storytelling, music, and plenty of laughter.

Menu:

BBQ Chicken

Collard Greens

Potato Salad

Macaronni & Cheese

Candied Yams

Peach Cobbler

Assorted beverages

We hope you will join us for nourishment, connection, and a seat at the table.

**** Space is limited to 30 people****

BIPOC and their blended families are welcome to attend. Community allies who have attended two or more events hosted by The Third Place in 2025 are welcome to join.

Also check out other Health & Wellness events in Lewiston.