[FLPERMACULTURE] The Sustainability Movement - Race and Class Matter- 5/22

[Michael Burns]

From: "Elan Shapiro" <elansla at ecovillage.ithaca.ny.us>

Multicultural Resource Center and GIAC
to hold Annual Meeting May 22

On Thursday, May 22, the public is invited to
attend a combined Annual Meeting for the Greater
Ithaca Activities Center (GIAC) and the
Multicultural Resource Center (MRC).

The meeting begins at 5:30 PM with dinner,
and takes place at GIAC, 318 N. Albany Street, Ithaca.
There is a suggested donation of $5.

The featured guest speaker is Scott Perez of the
American Indian Program at Cornell University,
Department of Natural Resources. His talk will
focus on how environmental justice and social
justice are intertwined and cannot be separated.
Perez explains, “We cannot have a sustainable
environment as long as there is poverty and
bigotry.  Conversely, as we build a more
sustainable economy, we can refocus our money and
education to protecting Mother Earth.” Perez will
talk about what he has learned from the elders,
from those working for environmental justice in
the cities, from farm workers and rural folks
fighting factory farming, and how these issues
are tied together.

Each organization will give awards to community
members who took a stand in support of the
organizations’ missions. The evening will also
feature a special presentation by the GIAC five
and six-year old program. MRC, in conjunction
with artist Erika Medina, will unveil the “I Have
a Dream” quilt which was created by community
members at the MLK Day of Celebration in January
and was funded by the Community Arts Partnership.

The Multicultural Resource Center is celebrating
more than twenty years of service to the Tompkins
County community. MRC is a small, non-profit
organization whose mission is to create dialog
around diversity issues, particularly racism, in
Tompkins County. MRC provides resources such as
workshops, Talking Circles on Race and Racism,
cultural celebrations, and a free lending
library, housed at 615 Willow Avenue in Cornell
Cooperative Extension.

The Greater Ithaca Activities Center (GIAC) is a
center for all ages, particularly youth and
teens. It serves the immediate neighborhood and
the greater Ithaca area by providing
multicultural, educational and recreational
programs focused on social and individual
development.

For more information about the Multicultural
Resource Center, call 272-2292 or visit us online
at <http://www.multicultural-resource.org/>
www.multicultural-resource.org.

For more information about GIAC, please call 272-3622.


Audrey J. Cooper
Cornell Cooperative Extension TC & Multicultural Resource Center
615 Willow Avenue
http://www.multicultural-resource.org
Ithaca, NY 14850
(607) 272-2292, ext. 135
ajc39 at cornell.edu

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June 28 & 29 and July 26 & 27
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