[Communications] Up-Coming Seed Saving Documentary Film Screening

Thu May 8 10:53:12 CDT 2025

Hi Lorraine and Team-

We are so glad you can table and join us for the film screening next month.

More details to follow about tabling and looking forward to having you all
there.

Thanks,

Sherry

On Thu, May 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM Lorraine Kells <lxkells at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sherry,
>
> We've posted your flyer on our Facebook page. As well, we've determined we
> have staff available to table your event at Facets Multimedia Center during
> the reception at 5:30pm.  We will have seeds to share, and we may well have
> summer vegetables such as tomatoes or indoor greenery such as geraniums and
> coleus to give away. Of course we will have information about our
> organization at the table as well.
>
> Thank  you for the invitation. We are looking forward to this event and
> please let us know what additional information would be helpful.
>
> In Kindness,
> Lorraine Kells
>
>
> On Tue, May 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM Sherry Manning <sherry at globalseedsavers.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Lorraine-
>>
>> Thanks for your quick reply and willingness to share about this film
>> screening on your Facebook Page. We do have a FB Event page
>> <https://www.facebook.com/share/16N1AbowdW/> as well you are welcome to
>> link in your post.
>>
>> I appreciate your thoughtfulness with language for the discounted
>> tickets. We are most happy to add the term Community Gardener to this
>> discount level and I have already done this. I agree that language can be a
>> divisive thing and it is wonderful to have clarity on this.
>>
>> We are also a non-profit and I know we are all struggling with funding
>> currently. Our primary goal with this film is to get as many people to see
>> it as possible in addition to raising support for our mission and work
>> across the Philippines. So we would love to have any of your
>> community gardeners join us and we hope the $20 discount helps with that!
>>
>> Please let me know if you have any other questions or need anything else
>> to support the FB post. I hope to connect with you in person for the
>> screening on June 27th!
>>
>> Many thanks and keep up all your great work in community gardening!
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Sherry
>>
>> On Tue, May 6, 2025 at 12:52 PM Lorraine Kells <lxkells at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Sherry,
>>>
>>> Thank you for this information. I would like to post it on our Facebook
>>> Page, but $40 may be a  stretch for many of our community gardeners.
>>> Although you offer a discount to students and farmers, we dont speak of
>>> ourselves as urban ag non profit people. Our community gardeners are more
>>> likely to identify as just that, or maybe grower. CCGA is a no profit, all
>>> volunteer organization, and while we joyfully collaborate with urban
>>> farmers, we're not like to take the discount offered to farmers. Language
>>> tends to divide us, unfortunately, unless you can clarify the discount.
>>>
>>> It sounds like a wonderful film.
>>> Best of luck.
>>>
>>> Lorraine Kells,
>>> Communications team
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 6, 2025, 1:33 PM Sherry Manning via Communications <
>>> communications at chicagocommunitygardens.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Chicago Community Gardens-
>>>>
>>>> My name is Sherry Manning and I am the Founder and CEO of Global Seed
>>>> Savers <http://www.globalseedsavers.org/>. We are a Denver based
>>>> international development non-profit that works to build food and seed
>>>> sovereignty across the Philippines.
>>>>
>>>> One of our Chicago based board members recommended I reach out to you
>>>> all about an up-coming documentary film screening we are hosting in Chicago
>>>> on Friday, June 27th at the FACETS Film Forum the film is entitled,  *Hasik:
>>>> "To Sow"* (view the film trailer here <https://vimeo.com/1024800720>)
>>>> and learn more about the event in Chicago here
>>>> <https://secure.givelively.org/event/global-seed-savers/chicago-premier-screening-of-hasik-to-sow-documentary-film>
>>>> .
>>>>
>>>> Below are some ways that you can engage with this special screening:
>>>>
>>>> - Tabling at the opening reception prior to the screening. Tables will
>>>> be provided by the venue and you are welcome to share information about
>>>> your programs and offerings at Chicago Community Gardens even better if you
>>>> have seeds to share or sell. Tabling will include admission for 2 guests to
>>>> the film. The reception will start at 5:30pm. You can arrive by 5pm to set
>>>> up.
>>>>
>>>> - Consider sponsoring the screening. Please see the sponsorship packet
>>>> attached.
>>>>
>>>> - Share about the screening with your networks on social media and
>>>> other platforms. I am including the event flyer and here
>>>> <http://bit.ly/hasikchicago> is the link for tickets and more details
>>>> for the screening.
>>>>
>>>> Looking forward to hearing back from you and I hope you and your
>>>> community can join us next month for this exciting film screening.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Sherry
>>>>
>>>> Film Credits:
>>>>
>>>> This documentary film shares the stories of seed savers from across the
>>>> three regions of the Philippines - Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. Despite
>>>> encountering various systemic barriers, these farmers persist in their
>>>> seed-saving efforts in the hopes of preserving Indigenous culture, native
>>>> biodiversity, and agricultural heritage.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Directed, Produced, & Edited by:
>>>>
>>>> Mandy Qua & Marissa Mejia
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *HASIK's *Primary Executive Producers:
>>>>
>>>> Princeton ReachOut 56-81-06 Herbert C. Paschen, Jr. '56 Fellowship
>>>>
>>>> Princeton ReachOut Paschen Fellowship
>>>> <https://www.princetonreachout.org/>
>>>>
>>>> Global Seed Savers
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [image: GSS HASIK Chicago Poster.jpg]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Sherry Manning
>>>> pronouns: she/her/s <https://www.mypronouns.org/what-and-why>
>>>>
>>>> <http://www.globalseedsavers.org>
>>>> Sent from my home office in Denver, CO which sits on the stolen and
>>>> rightful lands of the Cheyenne and Arapaho and 48 indigenous peoples that
>>>> call Colorado home the original stewards of these lands. Learn more
>>>> here <https://posnercenter.org/land-acknowledgment/>.
>>>>
>>>> *Save Seeds. Grow Food. Celebrate Heritage.  *
>>>> *Donate Today <https://globalseedsavers.giv.sh/ba3e> *
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>>>
>>
>> --
>> Sherry Manning
>> pronouns: she/her/s <https://www.mypronouns.org/what-and-why>
>>
>> <http://www.globalseedsavers.org>
>> Sent from my home office in Denver, CO which sits on the stolen and
>> rightful lands of the Cheyenne and Arapaho and 48 indigenous peoples that
>> call Colorado home the original stewards of these lands. Learn more
>> here <https://posnercenter.org/land-acknowledgment/>.
>>
>> *Save Seeds. Grow Food. Celebrate Heritage.  *
>> *Donate Today <https://globalseedsavers.giv.sh/ba3e> *
>>
>

-- 
Sherry Manning
pronouns: she/her/s <https://www.mypronouns.org/what-and-why>

<http://www.globalseedsavers.org>
Sent from my home office in Denver, CO which sits on the stolen and
rightful lands of the Cheyenne and Arapaho and 48 indigenous peoples that
call Colorado home the original stewards of these lands. Learn more here
<https://posnercenter.org/land-acknowledgment/>.

*Save Seeds. Grow Food. Celebrate Heritage.  *
*Donate Today <https://globalseedsavers.giv.sh/ba3e> *
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