<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto">Hello Sora,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Welcome again. This email is sent from me, Lorraine Kells, co-chair of the CCGA Education Committee. Gina Jamison is my co-chair. She is on this email with her community garden name kuumba tre ahm. We will be at the meeting, and someone from Advocacy and Outreach may be on zoom. Please join us Tuesday evening 6pm. If you have any questions before then, please let us hear from you. The Education team is actively working with Communications and Advocacy on a city wide endeavor to create an Urban Agriculture Ordinance for all growers in the city. I've attached the flyer for more information, and you can take the survey to add your voice.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div>Here is the link to our zoom room if you already have the zoom app.</div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style=""><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">See you soon</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="">Lorraine</font></p></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jun 16, 2025, 8:45 AM Sora Sunby <<a href="mailto:sorasunby@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">sorasunby@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Hello,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Apologies for the delayed response, and thank you so much for the welcome email! This was extremely helpful. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I am interested in joining tomorrow's monthly meeting via Zoom, if possible!</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I am interested in joining either the advocacy group or the education group. Is there someone I should reach out to about these groups?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Again, thanks so much for all of this info!</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Best,</div><div dir="auto">Sora Sunby</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jun 12, 2025 at 1:47 PM Lorraine Kells <<a href="mailto:lxkells@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">lxkells@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="border-left:none;padding:0px;display:flex;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><div style="margin:0px;min-width:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;width:auto"><div><div id="m_6760396273961533510m_-2873245189526635542m_6363012546517452039m_3370057792889832542m_4016768992808509905gmail-:w5" style="direction:ltr;margin:8px 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:0.875rem;overflow-x:hidden"><div id="m_6760396273961533510m_-2873245189526635542m_6363012546517452039m_3370057792889832542m_4016768992808509905gmail-:w6" style="direction:ltr;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:small;line-height:1.5;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:auto hidden"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hello Sora,</div><div><br></div><div>There's nothing we like more than welcoming new subscribers. We're glad you joined CCGA. You can attend workshops, distributions, and even our monthly meetings, often on zoom (hybrid) and in person and occasionally in one of our gardens as the weather softens, You are welcome to join in any gathering. Resources distribution notices will be sent to this email. Our meetings are scheduled for the third Tuesday of each month 6 - 7:00pm, so just email us if you would like to attend as we are now on Zoom and in person.</div><div><br>Now that you're one of us, perhaps you'd consider joining one of our working groups. CCGA is an all volunteer organization helping community gardeners all over the city of Chicago. You can find the five working groups listed on our website under "Who We Are".<br><br>Please check out our website for the other events or gatherings as well. We count on your participation; it's critically important to us, even necessary as we help gardeners find connection, find seeds, find soil and other resources. We announced the launch of the CCGA Community Gardening Forum well over a year ago, so, if you haven't already joined or have questions about how to start seeds, where to find a plot in a garden or a brilliant idea to share, that is what the forum is all about <a href="http://chicagocommunitygardens.org/2020/04/21/new-community-gardening-forum/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://chicagocommunitygardens.org/2020/04/21/new-community-gardening-forum/</a> It's interesting to see what perplexes gardeners. What's nibbling on my plants? Does anyone want liriope? It's open to all gardeners in and around Chicago and was created by CCGA as a safe space to share questions, knowledge, ideas and have discussions. You can see our guidelines and sign up. <br><br>As a CCGA subscriber you will be receiving our Newsletters. We know that you'll be welcome by the entire CCGA community of gardeners and not just the Communications Team. Meanwhile let us know if you need anything else from CCGA. Although we haven't put out a Newsletter recently, we hope to have one soon. Check out our website at <a href="https://chicagocommunitygardens.org/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://chicagocommunitygardens.org/</a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt"> </span></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">There are many way so connect, so join us on Facebook at</font></div><div><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ChicagoCommunityGardenersAssociation/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/ChicagoCommunityGardenersAssociation/</a>. </span></div><div><br>Best<br>Communications Team</div></div><div></div><div></div></div><div></div></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div style="font-size:0.875rem;padding:0px;width:auto;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-top:none;margin:0px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div style="border-top:0px;padding:0px"><div></div><div style="clear:both;margin:0px;padding:16px 0px;border-top:none"><div id="m_6760396273961533510m_-2873245189526635542m_6363012546517452039m_3370057792889832542m_4016768992808509905gmail-:w4"><table role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0px 16px;vertical-align:top;width:44px"><img id="m_6760396273961533510m_-2873245189526635542m_6363012546517452039m_3370057792889832542m_4016768992808509905gmail-:n6_27" name="m_6760396273961533510_m_-2873245189526635542_m_6363012546517452039_m_3370057792889832542_m_4016768992808509905_gmail-:n6" style="width: 40px; height: 40px; border-radius: 50%; display: block;"></td><td style="padding:0px;width:978.909px"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box;border-radius:1px;border:none;margin:0px"><div style="height:auto;padding:0px;display:flex;line-height:20px"><span id="m_6760396273961533510m_-2873245189526635542m_6363012546517452039m_3370057792889832542m_4016768992808509905gmail-:vo" role="link" style="border:1px solid rgb(116,119,117);display:inline-flex;font-size:0.875rem;background:none;border-radius:18px;box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(68,71,70);height:36px;outline:none;padding:0px 16px 0px 12px;min-width:104px;margin-right:8px">Reply</span><span id="m_6760396273961533510m_-2873245189526635542m_6363012546517452039m_3370057792889832542m_4016768992808509905gmail-:yc" role="link" style="border:1px solid rgb(116,119,117);display:inline-flex;font-size:0.875rem;background:none;border-radius:18px;box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(68,71,70);height:36px;outline:none;padding:0px 16px 0px 12px;min-width:104px;margin-right:8px">Forward</span><div style="margin-right:8px"><button aria-label="Add reaction" style="margin-top:0px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;border-width:initial;border-style:none;border-color:initial;display:inline-flex;line-height:inherit;outline:none;color:rgb(68,71,70)"><span style="overflow:hidden;outline:none;width:36px;height:36px"></span><span aria-hidden="true" style="display:inline-block;line-height:0"><span aria-hidden="true"></span></span><div></div></button><div id="m_6760396273961533510m_-2873245189526635542m_6363012546517452039m_3370057792889832542m_4016768992808509905gmail-tt-c69" role="tooltip" aria-hidden="true" style="height:1px;overflow:hidden">Add reaction</div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div></div>
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