[Advocacy-outreach] Connect with CCGA

[Elizabeth Berkeley]

Hi Lorraine,

Thank you so much for following up. It sounds like there might be some good
opportunities to support each other. As a newer collaborative working our
way into the gardening community of Chicago, I am hoping to learn more
about what is happening and where Chicago Grows Food might be able to
support gaps as well as grow as an organization. Additionally, we are
always looking for ways to engage more partnerships and reach as many
interested gardeners as possible.

Next Tuesday, January 10th in the afternoon or any time next Thursday
January 12th would work great for me to meet.

Looking forward to connecting.

Best,

Elizabeth Berkeley
Pronouns: she, her, hers <https://pronouns.org/>
Director, Chicago Grows Food <https://www.chicagogrowsfood.org/about-us/>
Elizabeth at chicagogrowsfood.org
(773) 914-8288
<https://www.chicagogrowsfood.org/>

On Wed, Jan 4, 2023 at 1:30 PM Lorraine Kells <lxkells at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Elizabeth,
>
> Your email invitation to connect with us at CCGA is welcome and
> appreciated. We want to begin discussions with you to see the many ways in
> which we may connect and continue to support growing communities.
>
> Our science and research based programs, informative workshops and
> community garden wide distributions have always supported community growers
> with increasing attention to advocacy for food security and
> equitable distribution of resources.
>
> The Grow Your Groceries sounds a bit like a grow kit we made with recycled
> egg cartons, seed starter mix, seed mix and an instruction booklet we put
> together for  kids at our Spring Conference in 2019.  Our conferences have
> been held virtually since then; in 2021 we offered presentations on urban
> community food forests as well as  a new community food navigator app.
>
> Let us know what you have in mind and we can certainly set up a zoom in
> our room with you and any of your staff.
>
> I'm including a link here to our latest newsletter so you can readily see
> what we have going on for the near future.
> https://us14.campaign-archive.com/?u=7f2904daf2a26a891c68f8bb0&id=54c4dc7203
>
> Warmest Regards,
> Lorraine Kells, Co-Chair, CCGA Education Committee
> and Communications Team volunteer.
>
>
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