[FLPERMACULTURE] Healthy Food For All- ST Monthly Gathering- Thu 2/8 GIAC, 6-8 pm

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HEALTHY FOOD FOR ALL: Sustainable Tompkins Monthly Gathering

Thursday February 8th GIAC -  Fort Room 6:00- 8:00 PM

Free Local Soul Food Meal

Sustainable Tompkins along with
GIAC, People's Garden Project, Just Sustainability Initiative,
Race Liberation Alliance, GreenStar Co-op,
and Cornell Cooperative Extension

invite you to a Food Justice gathering

on Thursday, February 8
from 6:00 to 8:00
at Greater Ithaca Activities Center at 318 N. Albany Street (at Court  
St).

We'll begin with a free Soul Food dinner made by catering businesses
owned by people of color, and a community networking circle.

Speakers:
Pastor Ronald Benson (1st Baptized Church)
Jhakeem Haltom (Race Liberation Alliance, Thousands of One)
and Liz Karabinakis (Greenstar)

Presenting innovative programs that increase access to affordable,
healthy, fresh foods in our downtown neighborhoods.

These programs:
-Enhance the nutritional value of snacks and meals served in our  
public schools
-Subsidize the cost of fresh produce from local farms with   
convenient pick-up locations
-Make free dinners available to young people at GIAC
-Start gardens next to food pantry locations, like the first Baptized  
Church
-Teach gardening and "permaculture" skills, aimed for an urban setting
  -Connect the dots between race, class, and access to healthy &  
green life choices

Afterwards, we will focus in small groups on the different project
areas of our choice, sharing resources and ideas for improving our
community's health and equity.

CHILD CARE PROVIDED

More information?
Contact Elan Shapiro
Just Sustainability Initiative
275-0249
elansla at ecovillage.ithaca.ny.us

"We must be the change we want to see in the world"
	          Mohandas Gandhi

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