<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Thank you, Lorraine. I think that statement is good to introduce the committee and what the goals are of the committee and the CCGA.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Oct 16, 2021 at 8:05 PM Lorraine Kells <<a href="mailto:lxkells@gmail.com">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">Julie,<div><br></div><div>Thank you for pointing this out, and we are all aware of that. In my earlier email I pointed out that we need to bring the website into the 21st century. I also mentioned that under <b>"HIghlights</b>, which mentions the 5 working groups, " Advocacy and Outreach isn't even listed. So for the listing there for the A&O Committee, with a rough sketch, and some further tweaking, it can read as follows:</div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>The CCGA Advocacy & Outreach Team </b></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">helps grow the collaboration of CCGA with organizations that relate in some way to the goals in our current area of focus. We want to identify what needs to be done..and how to accomplish these goals. We will reach out to organizations and people who work in nature, in organizing, and more.</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Oct 16, 2021 at 5:34 PM Julie Samuels <<a href="mailto:jsamuels1966@gmail.com" target="_blank">jsamuels1966@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 class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I think a critical purpose for A&O is to help grow the collaboration CCGA doesn't really have with organizations that relate in some way to the goals that are listed.. If we want to know what needs to be done..and how... to accomplish these goals then we need to reach out to organizations and people who work in nature, in organizing, and more. There was an organization in the beginning of all of this called "GreenNet" whose members included the people in what I attached below this. This was an event that we held annually and invited gardeners to attend. And I will leave this here for now: </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Julie</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><span name="PersonName">
<span name="place">
<span name="City">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 21.75pt;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:16pt">–</span><span style="font-size:7pt"> </span><b><span style="font-size:16pt">GREEN AND
GROWING FAIR 2007 -</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 3.75pt;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">Notes of First
Planning Meeting - November 14, 2006</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b> </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <b><u><span style="font-size:14pt">Planning Committee members:</span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Aaron Durnbaugh DOE/GreenCorps <a href="mailto:adurnbaugh@cityofchicago.org" style="color:blue" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">adurnbaugh@cityofchicago.org</span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Meredith Sessions WRD
Environmental <a href="mailto:msessions@wrdenvironmental.com" style="color:blue" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">msessions@wrdenvironmental.com</span></a> 722-773-9870</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Kirsten Akre
Kilbourn Park GreenHouse <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:kakre@sbcglobal.net" title="mailto:kakre@sbcglobal.net" style="color:blue" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">kakre@sbcglobal.net</span></a> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Robin Cline GPCA <a href="mailto:rcline@garfieldpark.org" style="color:blue" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">rcline@garfieldpark.org</span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Melanie Harding GPCA <a href="mailto:mharding@garfieldpark.org" style="color:blue" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">mharding@garfieldpark.org</span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Katherine Schultz GPCA <a href="mailto:kschultz@garfieldpark.org" style="color:blue" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">kschultz@garfieldpark.org</span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Sandra Wilcoxin GPCA <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:swilcoxon@garfieldpark.org" style="color:blue" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">swilcoxon@garfieldpark.org</span></a> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">Harmony
Picciuca GPCA <a href="mailto:hpicciuca@garfieldpark.org" style="color:blue" target="_blank">hpicciuca@garfieldpark.org</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"> 773/638-1766
ext 24</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Jaime Zaplatosch Openlands <a href="mailto:jzaplatosch@openlands.org" style="color:blue" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">jzaplatosch@openlands.org</span></a>
312/863-6270</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Julie Samuels Openlands <a href="mailto:jsamuels@openlands.org" style="color:blue" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">jsamuels@openlands.org</span></a> 312/863-6256</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Nancy Kreith U
of I Extension <a href="mailto:kreith@uiuc.edu" style="color:blue" target="_blank"></a> <a href="mailto:nkreith@gmail.com" title="mailto:nkreith@gmail.com" style="color:blue" target="_blank">nkreith@gmail.com</a>. 773/233-0476</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Velma Johnson No. Lawndale Grng.Com. <a href="mailto:veljohn@sbcglobal.net" style="color:blue" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">veljohn@sbcglobal.net</span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Renee Chester Friends
of the Parks <a href="mailto:chesterr@fotp.org" style="color:blue" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">chesterr@fotp.org</span></a> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Margaret Cielak NeighborSpace <a href="mailto:mcielak@neighbor-space.org" style="color:blue" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">mcielak@neighbor-space.org</span></a> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Lynne Haynor
Chicago Botanic Garden <a href="mailto:lhaynor@chicagobotanic.org" style="color:blue" target="_blank">lhaynor@chicagobotanic.org</a> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Eliza Fournier CBG
–( on maternity leave) <a href="mailto:efournier@chicagobotanic.org" style="color:blue" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">efournier@chicagobotanic.org</span></a>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Rory Klick <a href="mailto:roryklick@yahoo.com" style="color:blue" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">roryklick@yahoo.com</span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Marti Bjornson <a href="mailto:m-bjornson@northwestern.edu" style="color:blue" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">m-bjornson@northwestern.edu</span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Iya Adesanya-Kerr Garfield Market Place Mngr. <a href="mailto:iadesanya-kerr@garfieldpark.org" style="color:blue" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">iadesanya-kerr@garfieldpark.org</span></a>,
773/638-1766
x 28</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Jane Schenck Chicago
Park District <span style="font-size:10pt"><a href="mailto:jane.schenck@chicagoparkdistrict.com" style="color:blue" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">jane.schenck@chicagoparkdistrict.com</span></a>
</span>312/742-5016</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Young Mi Kaneshiro Chicago
park District <a href="mailto:youngmi.kaneshiro@chicagoparkdistrict.com" style="color:blue" target="_blank">youngmi.kaneshiro@chicagoparkdistrict.com</a>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Sandra Wilcoxon GPCA <a href="mailto:swilcoxon@garfieldpark.org" style="color:blue" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">swilcoxon@garfieldpark.org</span></a> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> 773-638-1766
x27</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Jim DeHorn TreeKeepers
-Openlands – 312/863-6259 (no
email) </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(GPCA was "Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance") </p></span></span></span></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Oct 15, 2021 at 1:21 PM M Toy <<a href="mailto:mtoy.usa@gmail.com" target="_blank">mtoy.usa@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">Looks great! <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thanks.</div><div dir="auto">May</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Oct 15, 2021, 1:09 PM Lorraine Kells <<a href="mailto:lxkells@gmail.com" 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="auto">Slight change but the right one. Ler's hear from everyone on this thread and zI will send to A&O team.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Lorraine</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Oct 15, 2021, 1:05 PM Amy Olson <<a href="mailto:akeo@me.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">akeo@me.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>We’re close! The first sentence doesn’t make sense with ’The mission” crossed out. <br><br>How about this:<br><br>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<div><br></div><div>The following are some of our current areas of focus. We invite and encourage everyone to participate! With your help, we can:<br>· provide a platform to share and address issues that arise in community gardens<br>· increase equitable access to safe water, healthy soil, and compost for gardeners<br>· build awareness about and address city-wide policy issues that affect community gardens<br>· work to increase equity and lessen division in community gardening<br>· establish beneficial connections between people and/or organizations<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div><div>· support the important role of community gardens <span>in creating healthier, greener communities</span> and in the fight against climate change <br> </div></div></div></div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Oct 15, 2021, at 12:58 PM, Lorraine Kells <<a href="mailto:lxkells@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">lxkells@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div dir="ltr">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. <div><br></div><div>The only change I would still make is as follows to keep it in parallel with other teams paragraphs.:<div><br></div><div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a name="m_-1354966082703263235_m_-5174181711810284751_m_-7954387987120416673_m_-8999348880065516548_m_-6795969653935784303_m_-3597009553470515030__Hlk85189576" rel="noreferrer noreferrer"><s>The mission of</s> 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</a></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a name="m_-1354966082703263235_m_-5174181711810284751_m_-7954387987120416673_m_-8999348880065516548_m_-6795969653935784303_m_-3597009553470515030__Hlk85189576" rel="noreferrer noreferrer"><br></a></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a name="m_-1354966082703263235_m_-5174181711810284751_m_-7954387987120416673_m_-8999348880065516548_m_-6795969653935784303_m_-3597009553470515030__Hlk85189576" rel="noreferrer noreferrer">This goes without sayi</a>ng that all of the other text is not lost, but gets put into "Who We Are"</div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Lorraine</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Oct 15, 2021 at 12:44 PM Amy Olson <<a href="mailto:akeo@me.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">akeo@me.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>Hi,<div><br></div><div>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 :)</div><div><br></div><div>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:</div><div><br></div><div>The mission of the Advocacy and Outreach team is centered around the <span>belief that community gardens are important vehicles in creating resilient and vibrant neighborhoods. </span>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.</div><br>The following are some of our current areas of focus. We invite and encourage everyone to participate! With your help, we can:<br>· provide a platform to share and address issues that arise in community gardens<br><div>· increase equitable access to safe water, healthy soil, and compost for gardeners<div>· build awareness about and address city-wide policy issues that affect community gardens<br>· work to increase equity and lessen division in community gardening<br>· establish beneficial connections between people and/or organizations<br>· support the important role of community gardens <span>in creating healthier, greener communities</span> and in the fight against climate change <div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div><font>On Oct 15, 2021, at 11:46 AM, Lorraine Kells via Communications <<a href="mailto:communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org</a>> wrote:</font></div><font><br></font><div><div dir="ltr"><font>Hello all,</font><div><font><br></font></div><div><font>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</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font>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 </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><div style="margin:0in"><font>Advocacy and Outreach is centered on community with the
focus <span>and belief that
community gardens are important community building vehicles. </span> What we see is often shaped by perspective <span>and narrowed by custom and convention</span><span>.</span> 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</font></div><div style="margin:0in"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin:0in"><font>The bullet points are same as edited by Amy</font></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in"><font>·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span>develop and secure resources to create
healthier, greener communities</font></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in"><font>·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span>increase access to safe water, healthy soil, and
compost for gardeners</font></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in"><font>·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span>provide a platform to share and address issues
that arise in community gardens</font></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in"><font>·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span>build awareness about and address city-wide
policy issues that affect community gardens</font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in">
</p><div style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in"><font>·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span>work to increase equity and lessen division in
community gardening</font></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin:0in"><font>Here is what "Who We Are" can look like</font></div><div style="margin:0in"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin:0in"><font>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 <b><span>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.</span></b> <b><span>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. </span></b>CCGA helps to find solutions
to common challenges such as leadership transitions, access to safe water and
land, and community organizing.</font></div><div style="margin:0in"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin:0in"><font>I still think we need a Development Committee</font></div><div style="margin:0in"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin:0in"><font>Lorraine</font></div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in">
</p><div style="margin:0in"><a name="m_-1354966082703263235_m_-5174181711810284751_m_-7954387987120416673_m_-8999348880065516548_m_-6795969653935784303_m_-3597009553470515030_m_5062304608735164914__Hlk85189576" rel="noreferrer noreferrer"><font> </font></a></div><div style="margin:0in"><font><br></font></div></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br> </font></div></div><font><br></font><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><font>On Fri, Oct 15, 2021 at 10:48 AM Julie Samuels <<a href="mailto:jsamuels1966@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">jsamuels1966@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></font></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"><font>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 <b>collaborate </b>- how will we do that & why, to who or what and when</font></div><font><br><br></font><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><font>On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 6:41 PM Julie Samuels <<a href="mailto:jsamuels1966@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">jsamuels1966@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></font></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 class="gmail_default"><font>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.</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font>Julie</font></div></div><font><br></font><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><font>On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 3:14 PM Mamie Gray via Communications <<a href="mailto:communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org</a>> wrote:<br></font></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"><font>Hello all, Four suggestions for <u>consideration</u>: 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</font></div><div><font><br></font><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><font>On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 12:23 PM Lorraine Kells via Communications <<a href="mailto:communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org</a>> wrote:<br></font></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 style="margin:0in"><font>Hello,</font></div><div style="margin:0in"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin:0in"><font>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?</font></div><div style="margin:0in"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin:0in"><font>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. </font></div><div style="margin:0in"><font>The things we are talking about are:</font></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in"><font><span>·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span></span>getting resources to create healthier, greener
communities</font></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in"><font><span>·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span></span>increase access to water, healthy soil, and compost
for gardeners</font></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in"><font><span>·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span></span>providing the platform for issues that arise in
community gardening</font></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in"><font><span>·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span></span>increase awareness and address city wide policy
issues that affect community gardens</font></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in"><font><span>·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span></span>bringing a cohesive voice to lessen division and widen inequity in community gardening</font></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in"><font><span>·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span></span>establish beneficial connections between people
and/or organizations</font></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in"><font>Thanks</font></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in"><font>Lorraine</font></div></div><font>
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