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Growing Cotton in Brooklyn

February 5, 2026 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Pratt Library, Alumni Reading Room (3rd floor), 200 Willoughby Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11205,

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Join us for Growing Cotton in Brooklyn on February 5, 2026, at 6PM at the Alumni Reading Room, at the Pratt Institute Library.

The event will begin with a screening of an episode from the docu-series How We Grow, created by filmmaker Maxine Simone, featuring the episode Why Maya Grows Cotton in Brooklyn, which highlights Maya Marie S., a Black urban farmer, foodways educator, and founder of Deep Routes.

The screening will be followed by a conversation and panel discussion with Maxine Simone, Maya Marie S., and textile artist Shradha Kochhar, exploring local cotton cultivation, foodways, and textile practices rooted in community, land stewardship, and cultural memory.