Hi Evan, I'm not sure where you're coming from, but I know a couple of Presbyterians who are probably involved with this and they both are firm believers in biology based on evolution. They just also think that there is a God.
So it can be important to keep an open mind. Margaret On Mar 27, 2009, at 7:15 PM, Evan Wray wrote: > Y'know, they're probably doing great work, but I can't support > anything that > espouses the "Integrirty of Creation" attached to a church. As I > write this, > maybe divorced from religion, the Integrity of Creation may be just > fine and > dandy. However, I'm left wondering... > > > Evan > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Gay > Nicholson > Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 6:49 PM > To: Sustainable Tompkins County listserv > Subject: [SustainableTompkins] details on April 5 food justice event > at > First Presbyterian > > Please see the invitation below from New World Agriculture and > Ecology Group > at Cornell, the GPSAFC, and First Presbyterian Church Committee on > Justice, > Peace, and the Integrity of Creation. For more information please > email > Megan Gregory at [email protected] or visit www.rso.cornell.edu/ > nwaeg/. > > As a volunteer with the Whole Community Project*, I'm especially > promoting > this event because the WCP coordinator, Jemila Sequeira, and our > colleague > Marie Parks, who is a leader in a Southside community gardening > effort, are > on the panel. Then there is a "Networking for Collective Action > Breakout > Discussion" with one topic being "Just and Sustainable Local Food > Systems." > WCP helps support food justice and gardening initiatives and we're > looking > forward to that discussion. > > *WCP: every child in Tompkins County should have all the healthy > food they > need and plenty of opportunities for fun, safe and active play. > Contact > Jemila: [email protected] or 272 2292. > Sign up to our food justice email list and/or gardening list by > emailing > [email protected] and/or > [email protected] with the word > 'join' in > your email. > > See you there! Christine > > -------------------------- > *World Food Crisis Solutions: Get involved locally and globally * > Rising food prices have increased hunger here in Tompkins County and > around > the world. Join us to promote community food security and agricultural > policy changes that will alleviate hunger and preserve the > environment. > > Sunday, April 5th > 2 – 5 pm > First Presbyterian Church > 315 N. Cayuga St. > ALL ARE WELCOME > > Activities will include: > -Panel Discussion: Sustainable agriculture and food justice > practitioners & > activists > - Action Planning: Building sustainable local food systems, National > legislative advocacy, and International development programs and > social > movements > - Letter Writing Workshop: Targeting important legislation and key > representatives > > Free and open to the public. Sponsored by the New World Agriculture > and > Ecology Group at Cornell, the GPSAFC, First Presbyterian Church > Committee > on Justice, Peace, and the Integrity of Creation. For a detailed > schedule of > activities or questions, please email Megan at [email protected] and > visit > www.rso.cornell.edu/nwaeg/. > > *TENTATIVE AGENDA* > > > > *Time* > > *Activity* > > *Speakers/ Facilitators* > > 2:00 PM > > Introduction to the world food crisis and debriefing on the conference > > Allison Jack & Jennifer Gardner, Graduate Students, and M. Jahi > Chappell, > Postdoctoral Fellow > > *New World Agriculture and Ecology Group * > > > > > > > > 2:15 PM > > Panel: Food Justice and Agricultural Sustainability Practitioners and > Activists > > Jennifer Gardner > > 2:20 PM > > *The Farmer Perspective > > Peter Martens & Megan Fenton, *Lakeview Organic Grains* > > 2:25 PM > > *Community-Based Food Security Initiatives > > Marie Hall, *South Side Community Garden* > > Jemila Sequiera, *Whole Community Project* > > 2:30 PM > > *National Policies for Food Justice & Sustainable > > Agriculture > > Megan Gregory, *Bread for the World* > > 2:35 PM > > *Sustainable International Development > > Eric Holt-Giménez, *Food First* > > Ohnmar Khaing, *FAO World Food Programme* > > 2:40 PM > > Question and Answer with Panelists > > > > > > > > > > 3:00 PM > > Networking for Collective Action: Breakout Discussions *Concurrent > sessions* > > *Discussions will be facilitated by NWAEG members. Invited > participants are > listed below.* > > *Just and Sustainable Local Food Systems > > Peter Martens, Megan Fenton, Marie Hall, Jemila Sequiera > > * National Legislative Advocacy > > Megan Gregory and Elmer Ewing, *Bread for the World* > > *International Development Programs > > Eric Holt-Giménez, Ohnmar Khaing, M. Jahi Chappell > > 3:45 PM > > Report outs: small groups present ideas and action plans to large > group > > > > > > > > > > 4:00 PM > > Refreshments and Networking > > > > > > > > > > 4:20 PM > > Letter Writing Workshops: > > · Climate Justice > > · Reforming U.S. Foreign Policy for Poverty Reduction > > Megan Gregory and Elmer Ewing > > > > > > > > 5:00 PM > > Evaluation and Wrap-Up > > > > > > > > ------------------- > Christine Porter > [email protected] > 607 272 7330 > http://myprofile.cos.com/c_porter > > > > -- > ---------------------------------------------------- > Gay Nicholson, Ph.D. > > 607-533-7312 (home office) > 607-220-8991 (cell) > > 1 Maple Avenue > Lansing, NY 14882 > [email protected] > > Sustainable Tompkins > Program Coordinator > www.sustainabletompkins.org > _______________________________________________ > For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, > please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ > > RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: > [email protected] > http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins > Questions about the list? ask [email protected] > free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org > > _______________________________________________ > For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County > area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ > > RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: > [email protected] > http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins > Questions about the list? ask [email protected] > free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins Questions about the list? ask [email protected] free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
