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Chef Behind The Prospect Kc Selected for Accelerator Focused on Employment, Social Impact
Foundation: REDF
"Seeing the light go on with someone who is experiencing a new flavor, gaining experience with an unfamiliar ingredient, or mastering a technique for the first timewhen the light of learning and empowerment goes onthese are the moments of connection that I live for."
That's what chef Shanita McAfee-Bryant has to say about her new role as one of 18 employment social enterprise leaders selected by the Roberts Enterprise Development Fund to participate in the second cohort of the REDF Accelerator.
The accelerator is a unique, hands-on program designed to springboard growth and learning for leaders of employment social enterprises like the Prospect KC, founded by McAfee-Bryant in 2019.
The 16-week culinary job training program is "about offering participants the ability to learn solid kitchen techniques that transfer to the real world while exploring ingredients and dishes that excite the participants," McAfee-Bryant says in a statement, per the Kansas City Star.
The Prospect KC is a social enterprise modeled as a high-impact solution to hunger, homelessness, and poverty in Kansas City's east side, a neighborhood struggling with food apartheid.
"The east side community surrounding the 18th & Vine Historic Jazz District deserves and requires the same type of investment I had as a young mother and chef," McAfee-Bryant
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