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From: Elan Shapiro <elanshapiro343 AT gmail.com>

*FOOD JUSTICE SUMMIT*
http://greenstarcommunityprojects.org/FJS/

Saturday, October 22, 2011

a few highlights:(see complete event schedule below)

   - Walk for Wellness *Walk-a-Thon* - 10 AM -12 PM walk up to 5 miles around
downtown Ithaca visiting neighborhood and school gardens and raise pledges
to support local food justice projects
   - Powerful *guest speaker, **Malik Kenyatta
Yakini*<http://greenstarcommunityprojects.org/FJS/SpeakersWorkshops.html#Malik_Kenyatta_Yakini>,
founder and the Interim Executive Director of the Detroit Black Community Food
Security Network
   - Live music from acclaimed musicians* Thousands of One*****
   - G4H's **Iron Chef Junior Competition: 2:45 PM *come celebrate (and
taste!) youth demonstrating their culinary talents
   - An organic ribs and chicken BBQ & vegetarian fare featuring food grown by
local farms, prepared by neighborhood chefs and sold at a suggested
donation so everyone can enjoy and be nourished by the bounty of our
region!
   - *Youth performances* by Community Unity Music Education Program (CUMEP
including ABC Groove, Beautiful Colors, All of Us and more!
   - Informational displays, interactive workshops and calls for action by
organizations and groups working towards social justice and sustainability.

Route for the Walk-a-Thon has been
announced!http://greenstarcommunityprojects.org/FJS/WalkerResources.html#Route_Map%20%20
Check out the map to see what exciting sites, including neighborhood and
school gardens, that you'll be seeing on Saturday.

Organic and eco-friendly t-shirts and long sleeve shirts
available!http://greenstarcommunityprojects.org/FJS/BuyAShirt.html%20
Pre-order your's today. Walkers that raise over $150 receive one for a
suggested donation.

Educational, activist and service organizations or groups are invited to table
or do an interactive activity at the Food Justice Summit celebration outside
Neighborhood Pride (former P&C) from 12pm-6pm (following the walk-a-thon). To
register please complete this 1 minute Registration Form
http://greenstarcommunityprojects.org/FJS/TablingExhibits.html online or
contact info AT greenstarcommunityprojects.org / 603-986-5091. Please include a
brief description of your plans for participating (passive display/interactive
activity) and whether you require a table and chairs. *Free of charge if you
bring your own table and chairs (and canopies if desired); $20 if you want 1
table and 2 chairs provided.*

You are welcome to:
   - display materials
   - host an interactive activity or workshop
   - organize a rally or another way for people to act on an important issue
   related to social justice, health or sustainability

Vendors are welcome to sell their eco-friendly, socially conscious wares.
Contact liz AT greenstarcommunityprojects.org

Volunteers needed! Are you or someone you know willing to pitch-in on the
day? Help is still needed with everything from set-up to tear-down including
food service, youth activities, "green-up crew" and more! To sign-up for a
shift, contact Volunteer AT GreenStarCommunityProjects.org

More info at: http://greenstarcommunityprojects.org/FJS/

Food Justice Summit Event Schedule

   - 10am - Walk begins at The Space (700 West Buffalo Street, at the corner
of Court Street and 13). Please arrive 15 minutes early to check-in, get a
t-shirt and a route map. Early registration and check-in's available
starting at 9am for walkers who plan to walk at a leisurely pace and want
to start early.
   - 12pm - Block Party begins (streets are closed in the Northside
neighborhood for live music, local organic BBQ, speakers, workshops,
vendors, youth activities and more)
   - 1pm - Performance by the talented youth of the Community Unity Music
Education Program http://communityunity.cfsites.org/ (CUMEP). Enjoy ABC
Groove, Beautiful Colors, All of Us and more! Come celebrate our emerging
community leaders and enjoy singing and dancing that will warm your heart!
   - 1:45 - Asya
   - 2pm - Keynote speaker: Malik Yakini
http://greenstarcommunityprojects.org/FJS/SpeakersWorkshops.html#Malik_Kenyatta_Yakini
   - 2:45 - Iron Chef Junior Competition
   - 3pm - Tribute to the Bernie Milton Band
   - 4pm - Trece and Earnest Verb
   - 5pm - Thousands of One http://thousandsofone.com/
   - 6pm - Finale

Other opportunities in Ithaca around the Summit to learn from the strong
Food Sovereignty movement in Detroit

   - *Thursday, Oct 20, 6:30-8pm at Mann Library Room 160 on the Cornell
Campus <http://www.rso.cornell.edu/nwaeg/events.html>* - a free screening
of the documentary Urban Roots, a film that follows the work of Malik
Yakini and the urban farming phenomenon in Detroit and is a timely, moving
and inspiring film that speaks to a nation grappling with collapsed
industrial towns and the need to forge a sustainable and prosperous future.
The screening is co-sponsored by New World Agriculture Group at Cornell and
the Albert R. Mann Library. For more information visit:
http://www.rso.cornell.edu/nwaeg/events.html.
   - *Monday, Oct. 24th, 6-7:30pm at Anabel Taylor Hall Cafe on the Cornell
Campus http://www.rso.cornell.edu/nwaeg/events.html - the public is invited
to participate in “Undoing Racism in the Food System: A Conversation with
Malik Yakini.” Light refreshments will be served. The gathering is
cosponsored by the Groundswell Center for Local Food & Farming, New World
Agriculture and Ecology Group at Cornell, Albert R. Mann Library, Cornell
Department of Development Sociology, Dorothy Cotton Institute, Gardens 4
Humanity, Whole Community Project, Cornell Garden-Based Learning Program,
and Moosewood Restaurant. More information is available at
http://www.rso.cornell.edu/nwaeg/events.html.

Check out some of the other exciting opportunities to learn about and get
involved with food justice work locally and abroad during the month of
October.

   - *Thursday, October 20th, 6:30pm at Greater Ithaca Activities
Center(GIAC), 301 W. Court Street
http://www.ci.ithaca.ny.us/departments/giac/index.cfm
   * - A Conversation and dinner with Anuradha Mittal. Learn about Oakland's
Institute's groundbreaking work on land grabs focus in Africa from Anuradha
Mittal, named 2008 Most Valuable Progressive Thinker by the Nation
magazine, an internationally renowned expert on trade and development,
human rights and agriculture issues. For more info call 607-254-8072.
   - *Sunday, October 23rd, 1-4pm at the Greater Ithaca Activities Center
(GIAC), 301 W. Court Street
http://www.ci.ithaca.ny.us/departments/giac/index.cfm
   * - A community celebration to showcase Center for Transformative Action's
current projects, along with guest speaker Dorothy Cotton and keynote
speaker Lily Yeh, an artist from Philadelphia whose work has helped
transform lives in places from Northern Philadelphia to Rwanda to rural
China.
   - *Monday, October 24th <http://foodday.org/>* - Food Day. Please visit
foodday.org to learn more about Food Day and to find list of events
happening all over (searchable by zip).



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From: Elan Shapiro <elanshapiro343 AT gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 1:14 PM
Subject: Please forward to Permaculture list (note included schedule etc)
To: Karryn Olson-Ramanujan <karrynolson AT gmail.com>

 subject: Food Justice Summit this Saturday & great related events!

FOOD JUSTICE SUMMIT - Saturday, October 22, 2011 - a few highlights:(see complete event schedule below) 

• Walk for Wellness Walk-a-Thon - 10 AM -12 PM walk up to 5 miles around downtown Ithaca visiting neighborhood and school gardens and raise pledges to support local food justice projects 
• Powerful guest speaker, Malik Kenyatta Yakini, founder and the Interim Executive Director of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network
• Live music from acclaimed musicians Thousands of One
• G4H's Iron Chef Junior Competition - 2:45 PM come celebrate (and taste!) youth demonstrating their culinary talents
• An organic ribs and chicken BBQ & vegetarian fare featuring food grown by local farms, prepared by neighborhood chefs and sold at a suggested donation so everyone can enjoy and be nourished by the bounty of our region!
• Youth performances by Community Unity Music Education Program (CUMEP) including ABC Groove, Beautiful Colors, All of Us and more! 
• Informational displays, interactive workshops and calls for action by organizations and groups working towards social justice and sustainability.

Route for the Walk-a-Thon has been announced! Check out the map to see what exciting sites, including neighborhood and school gardens, that you'll be seeing on Saturday. 

Organic and eco-friendly t-shirts and long sleeve shirts available! Pre-order your's today. Walkers that raise over $150 receive one for a suggested donation. 

Educational / activist / service organizations or groups are invited to table or do an interactive activity at the Food Justice Summit celebration outside Neighborhood Pride (former P&C) from 12pm-6pm (following the walk-a-thon). To register please complete this 1 minute Registration Form online or contact info AT greenstarcommunityprojects.org / 603-986-5091. Please include a brief description of your plans for participating (passive display/interactive activity) and whether you require a table and chairs. Free of charge if you bring your own table and chairs (and canopies if desired); $20 if you want 1 table and 2 chairs provided.

You are welcome to:

• display materials 
• host an interactive activity or workshop 
• organize a rally or another way for people to act on an important issue related to social justice, health or sustainability

Vendors are welcome to sell their eco-friendly, socially conscious wares. Contact liz AT greenstarcommunityprojects.org 

Volunteers needed!  Are you or someone you know willing to pitch-in on the day? Help is still needed with everything from set-up to tear-down including food service, youth activities, "green-up crew" and more! To sign-up for a shift, contact Volunteer AT GreenStarCommunityProjects.org 

More info at: http://greenstarcommunityprojects.org/FJS/ 

Food Justice Summit Event Schedule

• 10am - Walk begins at The Space (700 West Buffalo Street, at the corner of Court Street and 13). Please arrive 15 minutes early to check-in, get a t-shirt and a route map. Early registration and check-in's available starting at 9am for walkers who plan to walk at a leisurely pace and want to start early.
• 12pm - Block Party begins (streets are closed in the Northside neighborhood for live music, local organic BBQ, speakers, workshops, vendors, youth activities and more)
• 1pm - Performance by the talented youth of the Community Unity Music Education Program (CUMEP). Enjoy ABC Groove, Beautiful Colors, All of Us and more! Come celebrate our emerging community leaders and enjoy singing and dancing that will warm your heart!
• 1:45 - Asya
• 2pm - Keynote speaker: Malik Yakini
• 2:45 - Iron Chef Junior Competition
• 3pm - Tribute to the Bernie Milton Band
• 4pm - Trece and Earnest Verb
• 5pm - Thousands of One
• 6pm - Finale

Other opportunities in Ithaca around the Summit to learn from the strong Food Sovereignty movement in Detroit

• Thursday, Oct 20, 6:30-8pm at Mann Library Room 160 on the Cornell Campus - a free screening of the documentary Urban Roots, a film that follows the work of Malik Yakini and the urban farming phenomenon in Detroit and is a timely, moving and inspiring film that speaks to a nation grappling with collapsed industrial towns and the need to forge a sustainable and prosperous future. The screening is co-sponsored by New World Agriculture Group at Cornell and the Albert R. Mann Library. For more information visit: www.rso.cornell.edu/nwaeg/events.html.
• Monday, Oct. 24th, 6-7:30pm at Anabel Taylor Hall Cafe on the Cornell Campus - the public is invited to participate in “Undoing Racism in the Food System: A Conversation with Malik Yakini.” Light refreshments will be served. The gathering is cosponsored by the Groundswell Center for Local Food & Farming, New World Agriculture and Ecology Group at Cornell, Albert R. Mann Library, Cornell Department of Development Sociology, Dorothy Cotton Institute, Gardens 4 Humanity, Whole Community Project, Cornell Garden-Based Learning Program, and Moosewood Restaurant. More information is available at www.rso.cornell.edu/nwaeg/events.html.

Check out some of the other exciting opportunities to learn about and get involved with food justice work locally and abroad during the month of October.

• Thursday, October 20th, 6:30pm at Greater Ithaca Activities Center (GIAC), 301 W. Court Street - A Conversation and dinner with Anuradha Mittal. Learn about Oakland's Institute's groundbreaking work on land grabs focus in Africa from Anuradha Mittal, named 2008 Most Valuable Progressive Thinker by the Nation magazine, an internationally renowned expert on trade and development, human rights and agriculture issues. For more info call 607-254-8072.
• Sunday, October 23rd, 1-4pm at the Greater Ithaca Activities Center (GIAC), 301 W. Court Street - A community celebration to showcase Center for Transformative Action's current projects, along with guest speaker Dorothy Cotton and keynote speaker Lily Yeh, an artist from Philadelphia whose work has helped transform lives in places from Northern Philadelphia to Rwanda to rural China.
• Monday, October 24th - Food Day. Please visit foodday.org to learn more about Food Day and to find list of events happening all over (searchable by zip).

Elan Shapiro

elanshapiro343 AT gmail.com

Social Justice/Sustainability

Education/Community/Systems Change  

607-592-8402

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win              

Mahatma Gandhi

Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world   

Jane Addams