Members of St. Petersburg’s Uhuru chapter—an arm of the African People’s Socialist Party that supports Black power by protesting policing, colonialism and racism—regularly bake pies for St. Pete’s Saturday market and Friday’s Jiko Kitchen. For Thanksgiving, pickup happens in South St. Pete, Tuesday-Wednesday, Nov. 26-27.
Nearly a dozen pie varietals are available, including Georgia pecan, chocolate bourbon, pumpkin, peach, and the Africa Apple whose crust is topped with a pastry version of the continent.
When nana asks what Uhuru means, tell her that local members of the organization were recently acquitted of failing to register as Russian agents after the feds argued that they were part of a seven-year conspiracy to sow division in American politics (four members of group, however, were convicted of a lesser charge of conspiring to act as agents of the Russian government)—that should get everyone talking!
Pies for the Uhuru Holiday Pie Campaign are $11-$24 and available via uhurupies.org
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This article appears in Nov 14-20, 2024.

