6/5 How can we end hunger in our neighborhood?

[Scott Sheldon]

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From: "Bart Church" <manifes...@gmail.com>
To: "Scott Sheldon" <scottb...@gmail.com>
Subject: Pls FWD: 6/5 How can we end hunger in our neighborhood?
Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 12:44:26 -0700
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Dear Scott,

 

Pls FWD: 6/5 How can we end hunger in our neighborhood?

With 22% of our neighbors on food stamps (1 in 5) and record numbers of young & older people unemployed or under-employed, let us come together to talk about how we can achieve food security & sustainability in our neighborhood. 

Would you please:
* FORWARD this invitation to anyone who may be interested in participating in a powerful forum & on-going conversation, and would you also
* PRINT out the attached pdf flyer and post it somewhere in the neighborhood?

NEIGHBORHOOD FORUM:  HOW CAN WE END HUNGER IN CONCORDIA &
PIONEER FOOD SECURITY & SUSTAINABILITY?
Tuesday, 6/5/12, World Environment Day
7:00-9:00 pm
Kennedy School Community Room
5736 N.E. 33rd Avenue  Portland, OR 97211
FREE & Please bring canned/packaged food for Oregon Food Bank
Sponsored by the Concordia Neighborhood Association

* Learn about the many neighborhood organizations & churches that are pioneering food security & sustainability in & near the Concordia neighborhood
* Participate in a panel discussion & forum on what we as individuals & a neighborhood can do to lead the region in food security & sustainability
* Learn where to find free & low-cost food, how to garden better, & simple things you can do to sustainably end hunger in our neighborhood & establish real food security for all

We have invited leaders from lots of neighborhood food security & sustainability groups, including: 
* New Seasons,
* Alberta Coop,
* Oregon Sustainable Agriculture Land Trust (OSALT)
* Urban Farm Collective,
* Growing Gardens,
* Portland Fruit Tree Project (Killingsworth Community Food Forest & Sabin Community Orchard),
* Genesis Community Fellowship Food Pantry,
* St. Vincent DePaul at St. Andrews,
* Trinity Lutheran Church & Koinonia Community Garden,
* Oregon Food Bank Eastside Garden,
* NE Tool Library & Seed Exchange, Fresh Exchange @ King Farmer's Market, and others.

Event is FREE & Please consider contributing two cans of food for the Oregon Food Bank.

Thanks for doing all you can to spread the word about this 6/5 forum, and for all the work you�ve done to help create food security & sustainability in Northeast and our region.  It is our hope this forum will be part of a long and on-going dialog on what we can do here and now in Northeast to pioneer real food security & and sustainability.  We honor the extraordinary work over many years that has created the many organizations in Northeast Portland that are pioneers for the state and country in food security.  If you know of other organizations that are doing important work in Northeast, please invite them, as our networks have many powerful branches.

Bart Church, Co-Secretary
Concordia Neighborhood Association Board of Directors
www.concordiapdx.org
503-223-8822 x2
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