Judy, What is your response to the Gena 6 violence? ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <community_garden@list.communitygarden.org> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 7:33 AM Subject: Re: [Community_garden] Gena, Louisiana
>i appreciate the overall, deep, local work that ACGA does, but it > should have the interest and ability to respond to specific situations, > to a 'national flame' as you call it. this situation is simply calling > for response. i find this reponse from acga to be very disappointing. > judy > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Amy DeShon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; community_garden@list.communitygarden.org > Sent: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 4:55 am > Subject: RE: [Community_garden] Gena, Louisiana > > Each and everyone of us is doing our part. We work hard to be inclusive, > collaborative, and aware. We act locally to break down barriers and we > conscientiously do our work for the greater good. While we are not, > directly, addressing this particular issue our good work is quietly, > actively, and directly doing more to break down the barriers that led > (and > lead...) to the Gena 6 than is accomplished by walking away from our > gardens, our kids, and our neighborhoods to focus on a national flame. > > Let us remember to be focused on our sphere of influence (that which we > can > change) while at the same time remaining aware of issues of concern > (that > which we have little ability to control). All of us ought to be proud > (and > humbled) by our movement's constant good work. Get back in your garden, > get > back with your kids, get back to the neighborhood, do what you can do to > make this world a better place Today! > > This means, talk to your gardeners, the kids, and your neighborhood... > ask > them how they feel about the issue, have conscientious answers to the > issues, and let them know that there are wrongs (terrible wrongs) in the > world which each of us can work to fix (at our own pace). And, don't > ever > forget that what each of us is doing in the garden is profoundly > changing > our world for the better! > > Sincerely, > Amy DeShon, MPA > Executive Director > American Community Gardening Association (ACGA) > 1777 E. Broad Street > Columbus, OH 43201 > 1-877-ASK-ACGA > Direct Line: 614-645-1537 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 8:27 PM > To: community_garden@list.communitygarden.org > Subject: [Community_garden] Gena, Louisiana > > > Perhaps there is much that the environmental and community gardening > and 'gardens in schools' groups are doing to respond to the sad mess in > Gena Louisiana but I have seen nothing about it on any list serve. If > ever there was a time for > 'conflict-resolution-by-hands-on-environmental action' this is it. I > wish that ACGA was pulling together people at the local, state, and > national level (margaret spellings, conflict resolution folk, tree > planting w/youth folk, environmental educators, etc) and do what > demonstrations cannot do. Bring the youth outside, create a safe > outdoor well-treed schoolyard where ALL of the student and teachers can > enjoy the outdoors. > > Anyone know anything like this that is underway? ACGA? > > Judy Tiger > Washington, DC > ________________________________________________________________________ > Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - > http://mail.aol.com > > _______________________________________________ > The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of > ACGA's > services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to > find > out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org > > To post an e-mail to the list: > community_garden@list.communitygarden.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: > http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.commu > nitygarden.org > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - > http://mail.aol.com > > _______________________________________________ > The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of > ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and > to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org > > To post an e-mail to the list: community_garden@list.communitygarden.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: > http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org > _______________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: community_garden@list.communitygarden.org To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org
