| The purpose of the "100 Seeds Of Change" initiative is to develop a local sustainable organic food system that is effectively conceptualized, managed and scaled to meet the health, consumption and active living needs of Inglewood and South Bay residents. Our youth are leading the way to help achieve this goal and as a result, we have launched a series of trainings and workshops for the residents of Inglewood and the South Bay at Morningside High School on Saturday, November 12, 2011 from 9am-2:00pm. These trainings and workshops will empower our community members with the skills necessary to eliminate Inglewood's designation as a food desert and to create a much needed local food system for Inglewood and the South Bay. Through these efforts, SJLI is working to meet the ever increasing need for nutritious foods in our communities by promoting local production by local empowered youth and residents. If you are interested in learning more, or attending these events please contact our Civic Engagement Programs Director Derek Steele at dsteele@sjli-cp.org or call 323.952.3466.
Food Justice Training & Gardening/Tree Care Workshops Provided by SJLI & TreePeople
Saturdays November 12th & 19th , 2011
Morningside High School
9AM- 2PM
(if you received a fruit tree from us in January 2011, please sign up for the Tree Care Workshop! All those interested in starting a home garden, sign up for the Gardening workshop. These trainings will occur regularly throughout the year.)
Farm2Plate Culinary Club & Nutrition/Health Workshop
Provided by DuoDishes & Carol Consulting
Saturdays November 19th, 2011
Morningside High School 9AM- 2PM
(In F2P community members will learn how to easily cook foods grown in their back yard using delicious local recipes!) |
Want to make a difference? Need volunteer hours? Come join us at Warren Lane Elementary as we help them develop their urban school garden. Click Here to sign up! We would love to welcome you to our team!
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2011 SEED Award Recap
| The SBBEC's 4th Annual SEED Awards Event was held September 22nd at the Ayres Hotel in Hawthorne. The event welcomed over 120 attendees for an afternoon that was filled with fun and fellowship. Delicious refreshments were on hand and every attendee was provided reusable tote bags donated by the SEED subcommittee. In addition, everyone was given a recycled bottled vase provided by Trash for Teaching, a non-profit group that works to incorporate recycled and reusable materials in education programs. Edible centerpieces were donated by South Bay Gardens of Redondo Beach.
Twenty-three nominees were recognized for their achievements, including six category winners. These winners were:
Seed Library of Los Angeles - Resource Preservation category Green Forest Car Wash - Pollution Prevention category Joe Galliani - Education Outreach category Social Justice Learning Institute - Environmental Leadership category Go Green Lunch Box in the Innovation category Steve Uselton in the Steve Uselton Memorial Bridge-Builder category
The event was a great success and helped connect like-minded individuals in interesting potentially fruitful ways. The SBBEC will continue to foster these relationships and keep all attendees connected.
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The Perlman Foundation Partners with the Social Justice Learning Institute to Provide Scholarships to African American Males
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The Perlman Foundation has partnered with the California based non-profit the Social Justice Learning Institute to provide a $50,000 African American Males scholarship fund, maintained by the California Community Foundation. The purpose of this scholarship is to address the extraordinarily high dropout rate among African American male high school students and the growing decline of African American males on college campuses. Recognizing the effective work the Social Justice Learning Institute carries out with Black males, the Perlman Foundation is committed to helping sustain that success.
To be eligible for the scholarship, students must be:
- African American males
- Graduating seniors at Morningside High School
- Participants in the Black Male Youth Academy or nominated by a partnering organization
- Willing to participate in ongoing monthly programs and leadership trainings
"This partnership was very important to the Perlman Foundation," says Shaun-Teka Joyner, the Executive Director of the Foundation. "It fit perfectly into the spirit of our mission of empowering vulnerable populations to grow their potential, change their circumstances and impact their community."
The Perlman Foundation is a charitable, tax-exempt, 501 (c) 3 organization established in 2009. The mission of the Foundation is to be a safety net of support to children, families and elderly residents residing in low-income section 8 housing, while providing intangible services that positively impact their beliefs, attitudes, emotions and confidence.
Pearlman Foundation Scholars 2011
Aaron Willis
An Economic major at UCLA, Aaron chose to pursue higher education because he did not want to be looked upon as the stereotypical African American male. Since middle school, he strived to graduate in the top 10% of his class and be a shining example of success in his family. His collegiate plan is to obtain a Bachelor's degree in Economics by 2015 and in his senior year apply for an accounting minor to begin the journey of obtaining his Master's degree.
Jordan Rogers
Jordan believes that education is priceless, something that can never be taken away from you. The death of his father to MS has helped to focus him on what he really wants out of life. The plan to achieve his goals starts with a solid collegiate education. Jordan is a Botany major with a minor in Philosophy and is poised to learn everything he can so that he can be one who leaves a mark on history.
Russell Haylock
Since the age of 8, Russell wanted to become a superhero. Walking home from school one day, he came across a huge apartment fire and stood in amazement of the fire fighters who were running in and out of the burning building, saving lives. Right then, he knew that was the hero he wanted to be. Currently a Fire Technology major, this scholarship helps him get 1 step closer to achieving his goal. He is also taking E.M.T. courses.
Ryan Releford
Ryan is a Business Marketing major at Santa Monica Community College and an aspiring free lance photographer. He believes that education is a tool. With any tool someone choses to use, they should become masters of that tool. He plans to get his Master's degree in Business Marketing and using his eye as a photographer to assist him to bring his version of marketing to life.
To learn more about ways you can get involved to support the achievement of Black males, please contact D'Artagnan Scorza, Executive Director, SJLI, at dscorza@sjli-cp.org or 323.952.7363.
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The BMYA petitions the community to help stop the closure of 4 of 5 Post offices in Inglewood
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Trained to recognize and respond to social ills, young men from the Black Male Youth Academy rallied the community this past weekend to to discuss the inequity in the post office closures and to ask for their support. They reached out to community members asked them to help lend their voices to the chorus of leaders and elected officials who believe the postal service's actions to be patently unfair. The postal service has proposed to close 4 out of 5 post offices in Inglewood, serving a community of 145,000 residents, and has proposed to close only 1 out of 4 post offices in Beverly Hills, serving a community of just 33,784 residents. The students delivered their petitions and surveys to Councilmember Ralph Franklin who welcomed their support and advocacy.
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Support our Partners!
From Environmental Charter Schools: 
From the Community Food Security Coalition: Urgent Action Needed!
Call your Senators and Representative about the Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act!
Through a series of listening sessions earlier this year, you told us you wanted CFSC's 2012Farm Bill advocacy to focus on improving access to healthy food for everyone, especially low-income people, and building local and regional food systems and infrastructure. Now we have an excellent opportunity to move those priorities forward-and we need your help today! Representative Chellie Pingree (ME) is about to introduce the Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act in the House, and Senator Sherrod Brown (OH) will soon follow with a companion bill in the Senate. The Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act will advance the development of local and regional farm and food systems from farm to table. Local food systems can connect consumers to where their food comes from, boost farm income, stimulate job creation and economic development, and meet public health and nutrition goals. Watch Congresswoman Pingree speak about the bill here.
This legislation could not come at a more critical moment. The Chairs and Ranking Members of the Senate and House Agriculture Committees are preparing a detailed proposal to the deficit-reduction Super Committee-in essence, writing the Farm Bill by November 1. A process that normally takes a year or longer, with hearings and other opportunity for transparent debate and public comment, is being carried out behind closed doors in a matter of days. Call Today! It's easy to call. You can get your Representative's name and direct number by going to Congress.org and typing in your zip code. You can also call the Capitol Switchboard, provide your Representative's name and be directly connected to their office: (202) 225-3121. Once you are connected to your member's office tell them you are a constituent calling about the Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act sponsored by Representative Pingree and Senator Sherrod Brown.
The message is simple. I am a constituent, calling to urge Senator/Congress(wo)man __________ to co-sponsor the Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act. This legislation is about to be introduced in the House and Senate. It will help boost farm income, improve access to healthy foods, and secure funding for critically important programs like the Community Food Projects (CFP) Competitive Grant Program. CFP is an innovative program that increases access to nutritious food in low-income communities, helps communities become self-reliant and food secure, and promotes systemic and long-term solutions to hunger. [If you have personal experience with CFP, tell a brief story about its impact in your community.]
Can I count on Senator/Congress(wo)man_______
__ to be a co-sponsor?
- If your Senator will co-sponsor or wants more information: Tell them to communicate with Senator Sherrod Brown's office.
- If your Representative will co-sponsor or wants more information: Tell them to communicate with Representative Chellie Pingree's office.
Why this is important:
This bill advances many of the key Farm Bill priorities identified by CFSC members and constituents. If enacted, it will:
- Defend and expand funding for community food security programs, including Community Food Projects and the Farmers Market Promotion Program. CFP has been essential for grantees in integrating all aspects of their community food systems from agriculture, community development and business, and emergency food through job creation, formation of food policy councils, farmers market sales, and food production.
- Secure support for the infrastructure necessary for local and regional food systems to thrive, including on-farm processing equipment and aggregation, distribution, and processing facilities.
- Increase access of federal nutrition program participants to farmers markets, CSAs, and other local, healthy, sustainable food enterprises, leveling the playing field for these mobile vendors by equipping them with wireless EBT technology to process SNAP transactions.
- Incorporate more local product into the Department of Defense Fresh and USDA Foods programs for school meals and strengthen the use of geographic preference for school food purchasing. As co-lead of the National Farm to School Network, CFSC develops and advances farm-to-institution policy priorities in collaboration with NFSN and other partners.
Questions? Please contact CFSC Policy Associate Aisha Amuda at 202-481-6933.
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Thank you for reading! If you have any questions please feel free to contact us at info@sjli-cp.org or call our office at 323.952.7363.
Best regards,
D'Artagnan Scorza
Social Justice Learning Institute, Executive Director
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