The confirmed activities for Community Food Advocates’ King Day Teach-In/Day of Service are as follows:

Friday, January 13,th 3 – 5 pm
C.E. McGruder Family Resource Center
2013 25th Ave. North

Projects: Work in the large community garden, neighborhood clean-up, work in fruit tree orchard. Special Guest: Sizwe Herring

Saturday, January 14th, 1 – 3 pm
Bailey Tribute Rose Garden
1003 Monroe St.

Projects: Work at rose garden, Neighborhood Clean up, Trail building. Special Guest: Rev. Ed Sanders at 2 pm

Sunday, January 15th 2:30 – 5 pm,
Word Of Life Christian Center
4100 Clarksville Pike

Projects: Help with church garden, workshop. Guest Speaker: Leah Davidson

Monday, January 16th, 8am
Harper's Restaurant for breakfast, 10am

King Program at Jefferson St. Baptist & March, 12n

Convocation with Steve Perry at TSU Gentry Center, 2 pm – 4 pm
American Baptist College
1800 World Baptist Center Dr.

Projects: Help build the new Geo. W. Carver Food Park, Trails, Clean up and organize storage building. Guest speaker: LaTaska Nelson, Student Government Association President (the first female in the history of the College).

Groups should rsvp with Sizwe by calling 385-2286, ext 222.

 For Immediate Release

Contact: Sizwe Herring
Community Food Advocates
(615) 385-2286 ext. 222

www.communityfoodadvocates.org

Community Food Advocates Intergenerational Gardeners Plan King Day “Teach In”

Nashville, TN 12/21/11 - In a commitment to growing healthier communities through community gardening, the Intergenerational (IGEN) Gardeners of Community Food Advocates invite you to participate in the 2012 King Day of Service, January 14 through 16th.

“We have put together 10 teams of sincerely dedicated youth and elders who value the impact of multi-generational gardening.” says Sizwe Herring, Urban Agriculture Specialist at Community Food Advocates. These individuals have established garden projects in their communities and are dedicated to growing the IGEN program. Garden sites include: Word of Life Church, Glencliff High School, Eliezer’s Hope Community Garden of Yahh, Caldwell Enhanced Option School, Maplewood High School, Brooklyn Heights Community Garden, Park Ave. Elementary School, the new George W. Carver Food Park, Tomorrow’s Hope Community Garden, Farm In The City, Terrance Murray Community Garden at Edgehill and the McGruder Family Resource Community Garden.

“People all over Nashville should have this opportunity and we want to see it happen,” says IGEN elder Ronnie Simmons. Simmons, and his youth garden partner Aaron Sykes, work in the Tomorrow’s Hope Community Garden and at Farm In The City Community Garden. Sykes adds: “teens need to get out and learn more from older people - they know how to do things.” The IGEN gardens aim to increase the nutritional intake of more fruits and veggies, reduce grocery bills, and increase general health and outdoor activity for participants.

In celebration of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, the group is planning several “Teach In’s” throughout Nashville to encourage more intergenerational gardens. On January 14, 15, and 16, a series of informal gatherings will take place at existing IGEN Gardens. Specific times and locations listed above. The goal of these gatherings is to uplift urban agriculture as a way to increase quality of life for participants and decrease social ills such as crime, obesity and food/activity related diseases.

To get involved, call Community Food Advocates at (615) 385-2286 ext. 222 or email sizwe@communityfoodadvocates.org.