Date: 3/18/2011 10:47:58 PM ( 13 y ) ... viewed 1611 times
Don't miss the Grow Strong Fundraiser
Saturday, April 9th 4-9 pm.
3785 37th St., 92105
Bring your friends and family,children are welcome!
Traditional Kenyan food from local ingredients.
Locally grown brewed beer for $3/beer
$5 donation at the door
Music, people, food and Fun!
$10 grow strong T-shirts
For more information
760.936.7756
lint_amy AT yahoo.com
Malaki Obado and Amy lint will host a fundraiser
4-9 pm April 9 to launch Grow Strong, a non profit
project to revive local food security in rural Kenya.
Amy Lint, program manager of the New Roots Community Farm,
the site where First Lady Michelle Obama launched her
"Let's Move!" initiate, is co-director of the Grow Strong Project with husband Malaki Obado.
"Amy and I did community development work back in Kenya
when she was a Peace Corps volunteer. Grow Strong is a continuation of our work together.
We were working with communities together to produce
food and generate farm income. We wanted to train
farmers on small scale farm opportunities."
The place is in dire need of realizing the potential.
The answer lies within ourselves. Sometimes you need
someone else to help you remember this," says Amy.
We came here to build knowledge and gain more
experience, and now we think we are ready to do it."
said Amy.
"The fundraiser, an after party of the Cultivating Food
Justice Conference, is the first outreach.
We want to build a better sense of connection with the
global food movement, and learn what goes on there.
We need to document some of that original wisdom
so we can learn from it.
Come and learn more at the Friend raiser," said Amy.
It is not about love, this is my heritage. This is where
I belong. I have relatives there. This is where I belong.
It is the Bondo District Kenya.
Amy came there in 2001. She was a Peace Corps Volunteer.
I was always searching for something different.
I knew there were different models out there.
I can't say that Kenya is better, but it is working
more in sync with nature. I learned a lot about building
community. People who have a lot of experience living in community. Living in community is not easy, but it is something that has to be done. It teaches you something.
It gives you something. It gives you lessons. Sometimes
you have to get out of your comfort zone. I think I grew up in a MacDonald's era. We have it our way. That is not a sustainable way. It is a way that blends. That is softer
on all systems. It is a system that gives and takes.
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