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May 15th 2012 Faubourg St. John Neighborhood Association
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May 12th 2012 SANKOFA FARMERS MARKET INVITES LOCAL FARMERS TO SELL FRESH PRODUCE ON SATURDAYSNeighborhoods Partnership Network |
Regional farmers, backyard growers, and farming cooperatives invited to apply for Farmers Market vendor opportunities! New Orleans, Louisiana, – The Sankofa Farmers Market is seeking farmers to host regular vendor booths every Saturday from 10 am to 2pm. The Farmers Market offers regional farmers, fishers, and food producers a weekly venue to sell their produce and serves as a community anchor, providing residents with access to local, fresh food. It is a project initiated by Sankofa Community Development Corporation to support economic development within the area through local farming and agriculture. At this time, produce/products in demand include: The Sankofa Farmers Market is the only open-air fresh food market located in the Ninth Ward area of New Orleans, and is in close proximity to the Treme, Seventh Ward, Faubourg Marigny, French Quarter, Gentilly, and Mid-City neighborhoods. Founded in 2010, the Farmers Market continues to grow and currently generates an average of 300 customers weekly. Farmers, fishers, and food producers travel from various parts of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast region to sell their products. Items currently sold include seasonal fruits and vegetables, an assortment of baked breads and bagels, whole pastured chickens, eggs, hot pepper jelly, wild-caught Louisiana shrimp, herbs, vegetable starter plants, ornamental cut flowers, and an array of local delicious eats. About Sankofa Community Development Corporation Sankofa Community Development Corporation serves as a catalyst to revitalize New Orleans’ Lower and Upper Ninth Ward communities. The 501c3 non-profit organization was established to facilitate advances in urban revitalization,healthy living, education and economic development. Currently, the Sankofa Community Development Corporation oversees the Sankofa Farmers Market, the Sankofa HEAL Project, the Frederick Douglass Garden and the Sankofa Blueberry Mini-Farm. For more information, visit http://www.SankofaNOLA.org. |
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May 10th 2012 Renaissance Project Announces Racial Healing Presentation SeriesNeighborhoods Partnership Network |
The Renaissance Project is pleased to announce four evening presentations in the month of May as part of our African American Women: Breaking Silence Series: May 17, 2012 Visual Aesthetics Of Black Women’s Stories in Film Ashley Jones, Filmmaker, Students at the Center May 24, 2012 The Prosecution of Women In Louisiana: Achieving A Policy Victory Ending Louisiana’s Crimes Against Nature Law Deon Haywood, Executive Director, Women With a Vision May 31, 2012 Mental Health Disparities The Renaissance Project envisions a vital, thriving New Orleans that recognizes residents from historically low-income communities of color and engages them in the rebirth of their neighborhoods as beautiful, safe, economically resilient, and culturally vibrant places where they enjoy access to good health, good food, quality education, economic opportunity and civic participation across race This project is made possible through the generous support of W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Students at the Center, United Teachers of New Orleans, United Educators,Inc., People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond, Pyramid Resource Wellness Institute, Louisiana Justice Institute, and Women With A Vision. All presentations are free and begin at 6PM. The series is hosted by Community Book Center, 2523 Bayou Road, |
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April 24th 2012 Sign up for free e-reports on OPSB and RSDEastbank Collaborative of Charter Schools |
Information on the Committee and Business meetings of the Orleans Parish School Board and BESE meeting items relevant to the Recovery School District – New Orleahs are available through the “OPSBrief” and “RSDigest” email alerts provided by the Eastbank Collaborative of Charter Schools, made possible by a Community IMPACT 2010 Grant from the Greater New Orleans Foundation. The alerts include agendas of all scheduled Committee Meetings, Board Business Meetings, Public Hearings, Master Plan Oversight Committee Meetings, and other regular business of the Orleans Parish School Board, as well as BESE Committee and Board meeting agendas and summaries of items relative to the RSD. Reports on the respective meetings are sent out no later than close of business the following day. These email updates are free of charge, and anyone interested in signing up can do so by visiting http://www.eastbankcollaborative.com. The “OPSBrief” and “RSDigest” are created by Ken Ducote and Rose Drill-Peterson on behalf of the Eastbank Collaborative of Charter Schools and are not official correspondences from the Orleans Parish School Board. |
Faubourg St. John Neighborhood Association
The Faubourg St. John Neighborhood Association (FSJNA), organized in 1977, is a benevolent group interested in continuing improvements in this historic New Orleans neighborhood through its people, children, historic waterway, public spaces and other environs. FSJNA has participated in numerous beautification efforts throughout Faubourg St. John from Parks and Playgrounds…
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