Sunday night the SoS team gathered on Shelley Buonaiuto's creek for our Green Fire training. We first shared various cultural dishes with each other, like bagels, feta cheese, and macaroni and cheese. After playing in the creek for a little bit (and discovering some good swimmin' holes), the team gathered around the campfire to begin training. Ryan and Amanda led us through a couple exercises where we discussed the concept of race and oppression. We discussed our "green fires"--everyday motivations to fight social injustices-- that is, why we do what we do.
Monday morning we met again as a team at the OMNI Center for the group update. A brief, brief summary: Shiew-wen's on her rain barrels, Adam's working on the OMNI and library gardens, Karina is researching bringing local produce into soup kitchens, Havilah is putting together her proposal to the mayor for her window gardens, Kelsy created awesome Sponsorship and Thank-You note templates, Andrea is working on her Know-Your-Farmer program, Jeanie is fundraising and researching the Mobile Marketplace project, I'm working on my program to bring local produce and a community garden to Root Elementary, Joel is working to create a community garden in an economically instable area, Serena is launching her cooking classes and Stephan is finding clients for his Lay of the Land database that tracks people's resources and makes them accessible. Want more specific information? Check out our individual blogs or email sosfayetteville@gmail.com. And we always need volunteers! ( For example, Adam really needs people to help him on the bamboo project everyday from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.)
Twenty days left of the program; eleven until August Gathering.
GO TEAM GO!
-Banah
p.s. Community meal Wednesday night 6 p.m. at the OMNI Center! All are welcome! Especially, especially volunteers and partners.
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