Community Garden film Monday!

[Andrew McLeod]

Hello all,

For a few years I've had this nagging sense that faith communities are missing an opportunity to get involved in community gardening of all sorts. A few years back I was involved with a church in Sacramento that ripped up some of the lawn outside its' building, installed some planter boxes and grew a mess of vegetables. It turned out to be a great way to engage (and feed) neighbors. 

Last spring I saw a screening of a locally-produced film that drove home some of the beautiful community that springs up when people grow things together. It's coming back, and while I regret the short notice I hope that some of you can make it and then we can have a bit of conversation about what we are inspired to do. I'm sending this to three listserves but depending on response I'll set up another group.

Here's the event information.

You are invited to a free screening of A Community of Gardeners on Monday, October 24, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. atBusboys and Poets in Washington, D.C.  The screening is being held as part of Food Day, a national day created by the Center for Science in the Public Interest to promote healthy eating, access to fresh food, and sustainable food production.  Marsha Weiner of Food Muse Media will moderate a panel discussion after the screening with filmmaker Cintia Cabib, five D.C. community gardeners, and Alice Kamps, curator of the National Archives exhibitWhat's Cooking, Uncle Sam?.  Busboys and Poets is located at 2021 14th St., NW, walking distance from the U Street Metro on the Green and Yellow lines.  Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.  The screening is made possible by the generous contribution of Busboys and Poets and by a grant from the Humanities Council of Washington, D.C.  We look forward to seeing you there!

While I'm at it, I should mention that I'm posting an essay on a couple of blogs that might be of interest:

1) My own blog on the subject of decentralized organizing as illustrated by the story of Nehemiah: http://nehemian.wordpress.com/

2) DCFoodForAll, which is a shared blog on all manner of foody things. www.dcfoodforall.com (awaiting moderation)

Blessings,

Andrew