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Neighborhood Meetings
For updates on neighborhood meetings check out the “events” section of our sister site, BrooklynFoodCoalition.ning.com, or look up your own neighborhood in the “groups” section below “events.”
After an incredibly successful and exciting Brooklyn Food Conference we are morphing into a grassroots-based Brooklyn Food Coalition. So far 7 Brooklyn neighborhoods (and hopefully many more) are creating local, neighborhood-based groups that are choosing 1 or more projects to work on to improve the food situation in their communities. Each neighborhood will send 2 reps to a Council of Neighborhood Groups so we can share strategies, projects and campaigns across the Borough. We are working to transform the food system to one that has health, sustainability and social justice for food workers and consumers. This is a mass movement and we need to give it deeper grassroots. We honor the many effective and visionary non-profits that have defined the movement and we hope to join them by recruiting more and more people to the ranks of the Food Democracy movement! Health, sustainable food for all! Control over the food system by those who produce and consume the food–that’s us!
We are also planning to create periodic e-blasts announcing volunteer opportunities to maximize the effectiveness of ongoing organizations and projects working on food issues in Brooklyn. Finally, we want to organize neighborhood meetings with legislators to discuss ways that our elected officials can help us change the food system.
KENSINGTON/WINDSOR TERRACE
Last community meeting was Saturday, September 12th
Please contact David Buckel to join the e-mail list: brooklynfoodjustice (at) gmail.com
PARK SLOPE
Potluck and community meeting
Tuesday, October 6
7:00 p.m. Meeting
445 6th Street (btw. 6th and 7th Aves) upstairs
Contact: Jeff Heehs, jhbklyn (at) yahoo.com or Pauletter Graf, paulette.graf (at) gmail.com
PROSPECT HEIGHTS/CROWN HEIGHTS
Last meeting was Wednesday, September 16th 7:30 p.m.
Contact: Erica Lonesome erica.brooklynfoodconference (at) gmail.com
SUNSET PARK
Community meeting
Monday September 21st 6:30 p.m.
Sunset Park Recreation Center
(7th Ave and 43rd Street in the park)
Contact: Nancy Romer nancyromer (at) gmail.com, ejustice (at) urpose.org, arunaguiar (at) gmail.com
FLATBUSH
Community meeting
Wednesday, September 23rd 7:00 p.m.
301 Roosevelt Hall, Brooklyn College
Bedford Avenue between Campus Rd. & Avenue I
Contact: Nancy Romer, nancyromer (at) gmail.com; Pieranna Pieroni, pieranna (at) aol.com
GREENPOINT
Community meeting
Thursday, September 24th 7:00 p.m.
Lutheran Church of the Messiah
129 Russell Street (btw. Nassau and Driggs)
Contact: Maggie Dickenson mdickinson (at) gc.cuny.edu
BED STUY
Film, discussion, and meeting
Tuesday, September 29th 6:00 p.m.
Brooklyn Public Library—Saratoga Branch
8 Thomas S. Boyland Street (at Macon)
Contact: Allyson Lynch missalboogie (at) gmail.com
Film, discussion, and meeting
Thursday, October 1st
7:30 p.m. (Location T.B.D.)
Contact: Erica Lonesome erica.brooklynfoodconference (at) gmail.com
Please contact Erica for more information about this meeting
BAYRIDGE
Coffee social and meeting
Wednesday, September 30th 7:00 p.m.
Good Shepard Lutheran Church—Soul Café
7420 4th Avenue (at 74th Street)
Contact: Alan Aja AAja (at) brooklyn.cuny.edu
FORT GREENE/CLINTON HILL
FORT GREENE FOOD CONFERENCE!!!
Saturday October 3rd
1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
P.S. 67 Charles A. Dorsey School
51 Edwards Street (btw Myrtle and Park)
Contact: Alfred Chiodo, AChiodo (at) council.nyc.gov
Office of Letitia James 718 260 9191
Much more information about this exciting event in the weeks to come!
BROWNSVILLE
Presentation on community health and meeting
Tuesday, October 6th 6:00 p.m.
Brownsville Public Library
61 Glenmore Avenue (at Watkins Street)
Contact: Erica Lonesome erica.brooklynfoodconference (at) gmail.com
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