[SPN-Discussion] Growing Food Justice event - Wed May 12th in Downtown Brooklyn (FREE, but rsvp please)

[Daniel Bowman Simon]

FYI...
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Daniel Bowman Simon
The White House Organic Farm Project www.TheWhoFarm.org @TheWhoFarm
People's Garden NYC
www.PeoplesGardenNYC.org @gardenNYC
www.PeoplesGardenNYU.org

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Audrey Sasson <asasson at ajws.org>
Date: Fri, May 7, 2010 at 8:54 PM
Subject: [food_justice] Growing Food Justice event - May 12th in Downtown
Brooklyn.

I thought this event would be of interest to people on this list.

*http://www.ajws.org/get_involved/events/growing_food_justice.html*

*Growing Food Justice:*

*How going local can help feed our city… and the world.*

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As Shavuot approaches and we reflect on the significance of harvest
festivals in contemporary (urban) times, the AJWS-AVODAH Partnership is
thrilled to host an interactive program on hunger in NYC and what you can do
about it!

Join us for a panel discussion followed by an opportunity to take action as
a community.

*Date: *Wednesday, May 12th

*Time: *Light dinner and registration at 6:30pm, program at 7pm sharp

*Place:* The Commons on Atlantic, in Downtown Brooklyn

*Address: *388 Atlantic Ave
(map<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=388+Atlantic+Ave&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=388+Atlantic+Ave,+Brooklyn,+Kings,+New+York+11217&gl=us&ei=E9rVS_THE4b89ATgrtm2Dw&ved=0CAcQ8gEwAA&z=16>
)**

*To register:* Click
here<https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dG04alZPVDVnbHlqeDhWTWJ3bWptQWc6MQ>

*Facebook invite:*
Here<http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=55392130&id=2210862&fbid=10100142117801603#!/event.php?eid=113314428703532>
.

Speakers include:

*Joel Berg – *Executive Director of the New York City Coalition Against
Hunger <http://www.nyccah.org/>, author of *All You Can Eat: How Hungry is
America?*

*Daniel Bowman Simon –* Trailblazer behind the People’s Garden
NYC<http://peoplesgardennyc.org/> campaign
and founder of the successful White House Organic Farm
Project<http://www.thewhofarm.org/>

*Rabbi Brent Spodek – Rabbi in Residence at American Jewish World
Service<http://www.ajws.org/>
*

*Karen Washington* – Longtime urban gardener and food justice activist and
president of the NYC Community Gardens Coalition <http://www.nyccgc.org/>

Together we’ll learn about the reality of hunger in NYC and about some
innovative (local) approaches to tackling it. Joel Berg will paint a picture
of hunger in one of wealthiest cities in the world and Karen Washington will
discuss the power and importance of the community garden movement in helping
New Yorkers to feed themselves. Daniel Bowman Simon will share his own story
of helping to establish the now famous White House Kitchen Garden as well as
outline how his newest project aims to bring a garden to City Hall that
would supply emergency food providers with fresh local produce. In the
spirit of Shavuot, Rabbi Spodek will frame our discussion around Jewish
imperatives towards justice.



Guests will be invited to offer concrete volunteer power to the People’s
Garden NYC campaign with a post-program action party.

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*This program is brought to you by the AJWS-AVODAH Partnership and is
co-sponsored by our friends at **Hazon* <http://www.hazon.org./>*.*
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