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[Kate Cardona <kate AT groundswellcenter.org>]

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Spring into Justice: A community dinner and keynote talk with Leah Penniman, Soul Fire Farm -- “Uprooting Racism in the Food System: A Legacy of Resistance”

Date: Friday, March 23rd, 5:30PM – 8:00PM
Where: Southside Community Center, 305 S Plain Street, Ithaca, NY
Cost (Dinner Included): Sliding Scale $5-$15. No one turned away. Please purchase tickets online or at 607-319-5095. A limited number of tickets will be available at the door.

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*Sponsors Needed!  http://groundswellcenter.org/sponsor-spring-into-justice/
*Volunteers Needed: Email kate@groundswellcenter.org

Celebrate spring and food justice in community with Leah Penniman, renowned co-director of Soul Fire Farm in Grafton, NY! Leah is an educator, farmer, writer, and food justice activist committed to dismantling the oppressive structures that misguide our food system, reconnecting marginalized communities to land, and upholding our responsibility to steward the land that nourishes us.  Leah’s work as a farmer and educator has been recognized by the Soros Racial Justice Fellowship, Fulbright Program, Presidential Award for Science Teaching, NYS Health Emerging Innovator Awards, and Andrew Goodman Foundation, among others.

She will give a keynote talk called “Uprooting Racism in the Food System: A Legacy of Resistance” on March 23rd at Southside Community Center in Ithaca, NY. We will also share a community dinnergenerously provided by Moosewood Restaurant, Maxie’s Supper Club, and Healthy Food for All’s network of farmers and volunteer chefs. The program will run from 5:30-8:00 PM and include dinner, performances, opening remarks by local food activists, and Leah’s keynote.

This is an opportunity to celebrate the start of the growing season and the lengthening days, eat a nourishing meal among neighbors, and learn together about powerful examples of resistance to an oppressive food system and how to actively build alternatives!

Co-organized by Groundswell Center for Local Food and Farming, Youth Farm Project, Multicultural Resource Center, Healthy Food for All, Rainbow Healing Center of America, Southside Community Center, Greenstar Community Projects and Food Forest Farm. 

Thank you to our current sponsors! Good Life Farm, Maxie's Supper Club, Moosewood Restaurant, T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies, NOFA-NY, Local and Regional Food Systems at Cornell, and Friendship Donations Network, Wegmans, and Greenstar Cooperative.  Become a sponsor

Get Tickets Online!

Or call us at 607-319-5095 or mail us a check payable to CTA/Groundswell, 225 S Fulton St, Ithaca NY 14850.

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Kate Cardona

Equity, Outreach and Course Coordinator 

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Coming up:

Farming for Justice: March Discussion: Weds. March 14, 9AM-10:30AM

Maple Weekend at Wellspring Forest Farm: March 17th & 18th

Spring into Justice with Leah Penniman of Soul Fire Farm: Fri March 23, 5:30PM-8PM

Building Permanent Raised Beds with Hand Tools: Sat. April 7, 9AM-2PM

Farming for Justice: April Discussion: Weds. April 11, 9AM-10:30AM 

Medicinal Mushrooms for Health: Sat April 14, 10AM-4PM

Save the Date: Multispecies Regenerative Grazing & Shelterbelt Farm Tour: Sat. May 5

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