[Communications] A & O team and purpose on the CCGA Website

Lorraine Kells lxkells at gmail.com
Fri Oct 15 13:09:29 CDT 2021 

Slight change but the right one. Ler's hear from everyone on this thread
and zI will send to A&O team.

Lorraine

On Fri, Oct 15, 2021, 1:05 PM Amy Olson <akeo at me.com> wrote:

> We’re close! The first sentence doesn’t make sense with ’The mission”
> crossed out.
>
> How about this:
>
> The Advocacy and Outreach team’s work 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 12:58 PM, Lorraine Kells <lxkells at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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