Join Urban Wholistics during Black History Month for an informative talk focusing on medicinal herbs and how to use them. Experience an herbal tea and take a recipe to create at home.
\n< p>Urban Wholistics is a total health\, community based\, grassroots initia tive created to beautify open land in neighborhoods that have been histori cally excluded from access to wholistic green spaces. They are committed t o making a strong contribution to an improved environment\, job creation a nd giving back to their community through the development of green spaces\ , Urban Wholistics\, is able to engage community through education\, instr uction\, land development and the creation of economic opportunities. \;\n​
\nThe Association for the Study of African Ameri can Life and History (ASALH) has selected \;African Americans and Labo r \;as the theme of Black History Month 2025. In celebration of this t heme\, Toledo Library is hosting programs throughout February that spotlig ht Black-owned businesses in Lucas County.
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From the ASALH we
bsite (asalh.org):
The 2025 Black History Month theme\,
African Americans\, and Labor\, focuses on the various and profound ways t
hat work and working of all kinds &ndash\; free and unfree\, skilled\, and
unskilled\, vocational and voluntary &ndash\; intersect with the collecti
ve experiences of Black people. Indeed\, work is at the very center of muc
h of Black history and culture. Be it the traditional agricultural labor o
f enslaved Africans that fed Low Country colonies\, debates among Black ed
ucators on the importance of vocational training\, self-help strategies an
d entrepreneurship in Black communities\, or organized labor&rsquo\;s role
in fighting both economic and social injustice\, Black people&rsquo\;s wo
rk has been transformational throughout the U.S.\, Africa\, and the Diaspo
ra. The 2025 Black History Month theme\, &ldquo\;African Americans and Lab
or\,&rdquo\; sets out to highlight and celebrate the potent impact of this
work.