Artist, activist, founder of C.U.R.B., Candace Thompson will change the way you see the natural world around you if you're ready to pay attention. Candace's trained looking and researching includes an appreciation of spontaneous urban plants, known to many of us as weeds. "Those plants are the ones that are adapting to be able to survive and some of them are wild crop cousins to the plants that we eat everyday. Like black nightshade, it's the wild crop cousin to our tomatoes.
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Originally published on May 18, 2021 2:20 pm
Recent weekends on Capitol Street in downtown Charleston have been active. At Capital Market last Saturday, people pushed shopping carts at the open-air market, looking for plants to fill their gardens this summer. The city blocked off much of the street for outdoor dining. A jazz band played for those eating. Couples went out for ice cream and coffee.
There was a line outside of local bakery Charleston Bread. Patti Salisbury, 62, ordered fresh cookies for a church celebration the next day.
“They’re still apparently having their limited capacity inside, which is okay with me,” she said.
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She’s a busy mom of two who works three jobs.
“I just made it on my lunch break, very convenient,” said Bianca Vargas, who got vaccinated.
Candace Thompson collaborated with West Dallas leaders to open the vaccine site.
“I think it reaches more people because it helps overcome the barriers that accessing the vaccine presented in the first place,” said Community Outreach Manager for Baylor Scott & White Health and Wellness Center, Candace Thompson.
Organizers say the site is a great start that will hopefully bring more clinics to the area.
“75212 West Dallas is a very huge area. I’m not sure if people know that. A lot of our areas are walking communities too, so just because a vaccine clinic is offered in West Dallas, doesn’t mean there shouldn’t be two or three offered just to provide that accessibility,” said Executive Director for the Wesley-Rankin Community Center, Shellie Ross.