> From: Sarah Alexander <salexander at communitygarden.org> > Date: June 1, 2007 2:16:17 PM EDT > To: salexander at communitygarden.org > Subject: News from American Community Gardening Association > Reply-To: salexander at communitygarden.org > > > > > > > June 2007 > In This Issue > Teleconference > Growing Communities Workshops > Register Online for 2007 Conference > ADVOCACY ALERT! > Funding Opportunities > Upcoming Events > ACGA CONFERENCE > > REGISTER ONLINE NOW! > Quick Links > ACGA HOME > GARDEN MOSAICS > > Horticultural Therapy Teleconference > Wednesday June 13th > > The next ACGA Teleconference Workshop is Wednesday June 13, 2007 at > 4 PM eastern, 3 PM central, 2 PM mountain, 1 PM pacific. Register > today by emailing your name, organization, city, and short > description of your garden/program to salexander at communitygarden.org > > Experts in Horticultural Therapy will talk about their programs, > and how to set up your own. Sign up today, Space is limited! > > All Teleconferences are recorded and are available for download > from the ACGA website,click here to access previous workshops. > > > > Upcoming Growing Communities Workshops! > > During the next few months a number of ACGA member organizations > are hosting the ACGA Growing Communities Workshop. > > Join ACGA and our local partners for this in-depth, hands-on > workshop based on ACGA's Growing Communities Curriculum. > This participatory workshop covers topics including community > organizing, leadership development, grassroots fundraising, asset- > based community development, communications planning and more. > > June 2-3 - Vancouver, Canada > July 20-21 - Los Angeles, CA > and others still being scheduled. > > For more information and to register, click here. > > Register online for the 2007 ACGA Conference in Boston. > Duck tours, Fenway Park and Hundreds of Community Gardens! That's > right, ACGA will be taking over Boston for our 2007 Conference. > We've got some great speakers, workshops, and tours planned. > Get more information and REGISTER online now! We'll see you in > Boston! > > > ADVOCACY ALERT: Put Community Gardening in the 2007 Farm Bill > > We need your help to get more funding for community gardening in > the United States. Our members of Congress need to know about > community gardens and how they are feeding and improving the health > of folks across the country. The U.S. Farm Bill is currently > undergoing reauthorization in Congress. ACGA requests that you ask > your members of Congress to co-sponsor two bills - one in the House > and one in the Senate. To find your member of Congress, go to > http://www.congress.org > > The bills are: > ? H.R. 2364 sponsored by Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), > Local Food and Farm Support Act > ? S. 1432 sponsored by Senators Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and by > Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Food for a Healthy America Act. > > Both of these bills increase the funding for the Community Food > Projects grant program and add funding for a new urban agriculture, > including community gardening, grant program. > > For the full text of the legislation, go to http://thomas.loc.gov > and type in the bill numbers, including the H.R. and S. > > Getting Community Gardening in the Farm Bill > For the past two years, ACGA has been participating in the Healthy > Food and Community (HFC) work group, spearheaded by the Community > Food Security Coalition (http://www.foodsecurity.org) of the Food > and Farm Policy Project (FFPP) (http://www.foodandfarmproject.org), > a Kellogg-funded initiative to make food system-friendly changes in > the Farm Bill. This past January, over 400 organizations, > including ACGA, signed on to a consensus position paper called > Seeking Balance (http://www.farmandfoodproject.org/ > seeking_balance.asp) - see page 8 for mention of community > gardening - the result of a major effort to get included! The HFC > work group also produced its own consensus position http:// > www.foodsecurity.org/HFC%20Initiative.pdf, which promotes increased > funding for urban agriculture, including community gardening. ACGA > is particularly supportive of the effort to not only get increased > funding for the Community Food Projects grant program, but to also > get new funding that will be specifically for community gardening. > > All ACGA members are encouraged to join the Advocacy Committee, > which meets monthly on a toll-free conference call. To join the > Committee, contact chair Bobby Wilson at 404-762-4077 or > bobbyw at uga.edu. Also, please join ACGA's Advocacy Alert list > through the sign-up at www.communitygarden.org/advocacy.php. > > > > > > > > > FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES > > Worldwide: > Social Justice: service to poor people. Majella Grant program. > Contact: Barbara Franckowiak, FDP, 1230 S. Parker Rd., Denver, CO > 80231 (303) 370-0035, fax (303) 370-0036 bfranckowiak at redemptorists- > denver.org http://www.redemptorists-denver.org/ > Provincial_Government/Overview/Majella_grant.php Deadlines: July > 1st and October 1st > > In Israel & U.S. Jewish Communities: > Achieving Economic Security for Women and Girls. Hadassah > Foundation. Contact: Linda Altshuler, Hadassah Foundation, 50 W. > 58th Street, New York, NY 10019 (212) 303-7479, fax (212) 303-8282, > hadassahfoundation at hadassah.org http://www.hadassahfoundation.org > Deadline: August 1st > > In Canada, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont: > Three Categories: Basic Needs, Economic Development, & Education. > Neil & Louise Tillotson Fund, New Hampshire Charitable Foundation. > Contact: Martha Dickey, NHCF, 37 Pleasant St., Concord, NH 03301 > (603) 225-6641, ext. 238 md at nhcf.org http://www.nhcf.org Deadline: > October 1st. > > In the U.S. > Eagle Staff Fund. First Nations Development Institute. Funding > areas: American Indian economic development projects, culturally > appropriate & asset-based strategies. May support feasibilities > studies & marketing. Contact: Kimberly Craven, FNDI, 703 3rd Ave., > Suite B, Longmont, CO 80501 (303) 774-7836, fax (303) 774-7841. > info at firstnations.org http://www.firstnations.org Open deadline. > > Mix It Up grant. Southern Poverty Law Center. Focus: youth-directed > projects that cross social boundaries. Contact: Mix It Up Grants. C/ > o SPLC, 400 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL 36104 (334) 956-8200, > fax (334) 956-8488 http://www.mixitup.org Open deadline. > > Two Youth Categories: Promoting Physical/Mental Health & Empowering > Girls Under 12. Mattel Children's Foundation. Contact: MCF, 333 > Continental Blvd., M-1-1418, El Segundo, CA 90245 (310) 252-2000 > foundation at mattel.com http://www.mattel.com/About_Us/ Philanthropy/ > ci_mcf_philanthropy_grantmaking.asp Deadline: June 15th > > > In Minnesota: > Human Services Award. McKnight Foundation's 2007 Virginia Binger > Awards in Human Services. Nominate someone worthy you know for this > $7,500 award. Contact: McKnight Foundation, 710 South 2nd Street, > Suite 400, Minneapolis, MN 55401 (612) 333-4220, fax (612) > 332-3833, info at mcknight.org http://www.mcknight.org/awards > Deadline: July 9th. > > In Western New York State: > Increasing Self-Sufficiency of Poor People and Families. Community > Foundation of Greater Buffalo. Contact: Gail Johnstone, CFGB, 712 > Main St., Buffalo, NY 14202 (716) 852-2857, fax (716) 852-2861 > mail at cfgb.org http://www.cfgb.org/page17001.cfm Deadline: August 1st. > > > In California, Florida, & North Carolina: > Two categories: Civic Affairs & Youth. Duncan-Dalton Foundation. > Contact: William A. Lane, DDF, 1533 Sunset Dr., Suite 150, Coral > Gables, FL 33143 (305) 668-4192, fax (305) 668-4247. Open deadline. > > Boston: > Children & Youth. John Hancock Financial Services. Funding areas: > community-based orgs serving needy youth and families. Contact: > Carol Fulp, JHFS, 601 Congress Street, Boston, MA 02210 (617) > 663-4575, fax (617) 663-4580, cfulp at jhancock.com http:// > www.johnhancock.com/about/community/com_guidelines.jsp Open Deadline. > > > Upcoming Events > Teleconference Schedule: > ? Thursday July 12: Farmer's Markets > ? Saturday August 25: Seed Saving > ? Wednesday Sept. 12: Season Extension > ? Thursday October 11: TBA > ? Saturday November 10: Local Food Policy Networks > ? Thursday December 13: Project Evaluation > > ACGA Annual Conference: > August 9-12th, 2007 > Contact Info > For more information please contact ACGA Staff: > > Amy DeShon, Executive Director, adeshon at communitygarden.org > Sarah Alexander, Programs Manager, salexander at communitygarden.org > Lexie Stoia, Operations Administrator, > lexiestoia at communitygarden.org > > You can also call our Toll Free number: 877.ASK.ACGA (275.2242) > > Forward email > > This email was sent to lstoia at communitygarden.org, by > salexander at communitygarden.org > Update Profile/Email Address | Instant removal with > SafeUnsubscribe? | Privacy Policy. > Email Marketing by > > American Community Gardening Association | 1777 E Broad Street | > Columbus | OH | 43203
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