Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows is a well-known face in the Syracuse community. She poses here at Redhouse Café, where she will be speaking Wednesday. Abigail Henson
Syracuse — J. B. B. — three little letters that translate to one name that, for many, means so much.
Since moving to Upstate New York in 2004, Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows has reached out to her community through food, faith and friendship. Her many hats have put her in a position to enlighten, inform and inspire change, and her presence will be missed when she disembarks from what has become her home here in Syracuse to take on a new position in Chicago, Illinois, this coming January.
Having come from Northern California where she had a great job and access to a diverse food scene, Baskerville-Burrows recalls her move to Syracuse in the midst of a wintery season as an almost regrettable decision, but it wasn’t long before her involvement with the community created a new perspective on her ability to create positive change. Reflecting back on her time here, the things she has learned and goals she has achieved, she now recognizes her move to Syracuse as “the best decision I’ve ever made.”
Undoubtedly her gift for the spoken word through her church has connected and strengthened her congregation, first at Hendrix Chapel and later at Grace Episcopal, but it was her written word based on her passion for food that put her in the proper spotlight to obtain her newly appointed position as one of the lead communicators for a network of more than 8,000 churches. As a rector with a genuine talent to inspire by day, and her dedication to food blogging by night, her upcoming job as the communication director for the Diesis of Chicago is what she refers to as “a true call.”
“Jennifer recently wrote on her blog about the great progress she's seen in our food system in the time she's lived in Syracuse. There’s no coincidence there. We reach greater heights because we stand on her shoulders.”
— Martin Butts, founder of Small Potatoes
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