[Communications] A & O team and purpose on the CCGA Website
Lorraine Kells
lxkells at gmail.com
Fri Oct 15 12:58:54 CDT 2021
This is great, thank you Amy, you got my point! If everyone else is good
with this,PLEASE REPLY. it will go to the entire A & O team for final
approval. Perhaps we can have it on the website by the time of our meeting
Tuesday, or finish further editing/comment/approval by that time.
The only change I would still make is as follows to keep it in parallel
with other teams paragraphs.:
The mission of The Advocacy and Outreach team is centered around the belief
that community gardens are important vehicles in creating resilient and
vibrant neighborhoods. While Chicago's community gardens are our immediate
focus, we have the potential to engage with other areas through advocacy
because many issues affect our larger shared environment
This goes without saying that all of the other text is not lost, but gets
put into "Who We Are"
Lorraine
On Fri, Oct 15, 2021 at 12:44 PM Amy Olson <akeo at me.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I agree that the bigger picture messages as you’ve outlined below can be a
> part of the CCGA “Who We Are”. That’s next on the list to tackle :)
>
> Here’s an updated A&O overview - removed the inclusivity info since it’s
> going in Who We Are. Also kept the mention of fighting climate change
> because it makes sense here too:
>
> The mission of the Advocacy and Outreach team is centered around the belief
> that community gardens are important vehicles in creating resilient and
> vibrant neighborhoods. While Chicago's community gardens are our
> immediate focus, we have the potential to engage with other areas through
> advocacy because many issues affect our larger shared environment.
>
> The following are some of our current areas of focus. We invite and
> encourage everyone to participate! With your help, we can:
> · provide a platform to share and address issues that arise in community
> gardens
> · increase equitable access to safe water, healthy soil, and compost for
> gardeners
> · build awareness about and address city-wide policy issues that affect
> community gardens
> · work to increase equity and lessen division in community gardening
> · establish beneficial connections between people and/or organizations
> · support the important role of community gardens in creating healthier,
> greener communities and in the fight against climate change
>
>
>
> On Oct 15, 2021, at 11:46 AM, Lorraine Kells via Communications <
> communications at chicagocommunitygardens.org> wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> Please allow me to put a big pause on this. I think we've hit a seminal
> moment of change. We have likely made this A & O team greater than CCGA
> itself, and making CCGA better is good. The paragraph to introduce A & O
> reads better than The CCGA Organization "Who We Are" which is supposed to
> say what CCGA is all about on our website. In looking at the website (which
> needs serious work to bring CCGA into the 21st century), I think we have
> hit upon how we want to revise our "Who We Are" which currently doesn't say
> what we should be saying and DOING in CCGA. With incorporation of much of
> the first paragraph from May & Amy's paragraphs to our website's
> explanation of who we are, we will have all of CCGA teams and potentially
> subscribers working together without making the A & O more ambitious than
> all of CCGA. Then the A & O team will be more in parallel with our other
> teams
>
> My take away if you'll allow me for a moment, is that May's paragraph is
> best suited to a committee. I personally don't have a problem with
> repeating community. Some things bear repeating and the flow isn't bad.
> You may still come up with another term. -- maybe just say our gardens
>
> Advocacy and Outreach is centered on community with the focus and belief
> that community gardens are important community building vehicles. What
> we see is often shaped by perspective and narrowed by custom and
> convention. Advocacy and Outreach is committed to the vision that
> everyone has a role to play and can contribute to the community as a whole,
> and we support and encourage the participation of every individual. When a
> problem or issue is identified, outreach is the natural next step; through
> advocacy, we have the potential to engage in other areas as well
>
> The bullet points are same as edited by Amy
> · develop and secure resources to create healthier, greener
> communities
> · increase access to safe water, healthy soil, and compost for
> gardeners
> · provide a platform to share and address issues that arise in
> community gardens
> · build awareness about and address city-wide policy issues that
> affect community gardens
>
> · work to increase equity and lessen division in community
> gardening
>
> Here is what "Who We Are" can look like
>
> Our city is home to hundreds of community gardens, and the Chicago
> Community Gardeners Association has created a network of those gardeners
> that is truly gardener-designed and gardener-led, to ensure the
> sustainability and vibrancy of Chicago gardens for years to come. CCGA is
> composed of volunteer working groups that meet regularly *to support
> community gardens as a vehicle for building sustainable communities and
> enriching the natural ecosystem in Chicago and beyond. We are committed to
> creating a space where each voice and perspective is appreciated and heard.
> We support and encourage the participation of every individual.* *While
> Chicago's neighborhood gardens are our immediate focus, we have the
> potential to engage with other areas through our teams of Communication,
> Education, Resources and Distribution, and Advocacy and Outreach because
> many issues affect our larger shared environment. *CCGA helps to find
> solutions to common challenges such as leadership transitions, access to
> safe water and land, and community organizing.
>
> I still think we need a Development Committee
>
> Lorraine
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> On Fri, Oct 15, 2021 at 10:48 AM Julie Samuels <jsamuels1966 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Yes, the next step is to list everything that can be done or provided to
>> accomplish the "actions". This is what we should list and then provide to
>> our "leaders" to see if they agree and/or will want to add the items they
>> think should be there. For example if we agree that we want and need to *collaborate
>> *- how will we do that & why, to who or what and when
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 6:41 PM Julie Samuels <jsamuels1966 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Thank you Mamie, I agree with your suggestions...because the "ing"
>>> implies "action" and that's what we want all of us and everyone else to
>>> take on.
>>>
>>> Julie
>>>
>>> On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 3:14 PM Mamie Gray via Communications <
>>> communications at chicagocommunitygardens.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello all, Four suggestions for *consideration*: 1) each bullet point
>>>> verb ending consistently in “ing;” 2) instead of getting resources, sharing
>>>> resources; 3) providing the platform to providing platforms; and 4) being a
>>>> cohesive voice. Mamie
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 12:23 PM Lorraine Kells via Communications <
>>>> communications at chicagocommunitygardens.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> Amy & I met with Julie to draft a new paragraph to put up on the
>>>>> website. I took notes and here is a rough draft of what we came up with.
>>>>> Please look at the website "Current Projects" section to make this
>>>>> paragraph and the draft work together as well as what we have in the
>>>>> Newsletter. Let's give this a once over and then send it to the entire
>>>>> committee for review or send yo all now?
>>>>>
>>>>> Advocacy and Outreach is centered on community with a focus on
>>>>> community gardens. What we see is often shaped by perspective, custom and
>>>>> convention. Advocacy and Outreach is committed to a way of seeing that
>>>>> every individual has a part to play. When a problem or issue is identified,
>>>>> outreach is the next step. Our Chicago neighborhoods are our immediate
>>>>> focus, but we have the possibility of reaching out to all growing spaces
>>>>> through advocacy.
>>>>> The things we are talking about are:
>>>>> · getting resources to create healthier, greener communities
>>>>> · increase access to water, healthy soil, and compost for
>>>>> gardeners
>>>>> · providing the platform for issues that arise in community
>>>>> gardening
>>>>> · increase awareness and address city wide policy issues that
>>>>> affect community gardens
>>>>> · bringing a cohesive voice to lessen division and widen
>>>>> inequity in community gardening
>>>>> · establish beneficial connections between people and/or
>>>>> organizations
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> Lorraine
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