[TheUWfarm] The Garden screening tonight!

This is just a reminder that "The Garden" is being screened tonight! For those of you who haven't seen it, it's definitely worth your time. Details below: 

Social Justice Film Series: The Garden

The fourteen-acre community garden at 41st and Alameda in South Central Los Angeles is the largest of its kind in the United States. Started as a form of healing after the devastating L.A. riots in 1992, the South Central Farmers have since created a miracle in one of the country's most blighted neighborhoods. Growing their own food. Feeding their families. Creating a community. But now, bulldozers are poised to level their 14-acre oasis.The Garden follows the plight of the farmers, from the tilled soil of this urban farm to the polished marble of City Hall. Mostly immigrants from Latin America, from countries where they feared for their lives if they were to speak out, we watch them organize, fight back, and demand answers: Why was the land sold to a wealthy developer for millions less than fair-market value? Why was the transaction done in a closed-door session of the LA City Council? Why has it never been made public?

The movie's trailer can be found here.

For more information on the event, please visit the WA Community Action Network website.

There will also be a training about "Campaigning in the Digital Age" put on by the same organization on September 17th. In this training, we will analyze and discuss the what and how of campaign strategy in the age of digital organizing. The seminar will look at a number of campaigns combining online and offline organizing to effect change, with a special focus including Presente.org's Basta Dobbs campaign (www.bastadobbs.com), the successful effort to remove Lou Dobbs from CNN. We will look at & discuss how the campaign fused traditional, offline organizing methods with online and other new media organizing methods, how we became media to defeat Media. After studying examples of successful strategy development, we will
take a hands-on, practical session that applies principles and practices learned to a specific campaign.

This day-long training is $50 and has very limited space available. Please contact danisha@nwfco.org for more information.

Both events will be held at Southside Commons, 3518 S. Edmunds St.

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Michelle Venetucci Harvey
University of Washington '11
Community, Environment, and Planning
Environmental Anthropology