Laurelton Community Garden Of Resilience Needs You!

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Kathleen Pierre-Buggs, Educator and Laurelton Community Garden Of Resilience Super Model

The Laurelton Community Garden Of Resilience (LGCR) will launch it’s first planting this year! The community garden is need of members and volunteers. LGCR is in need of the following:

Change Makers Of All Ages

Gardeners

Carpenters

We are planning our 1st Community Volunteer Day for April 25th, 2020 , but can arrange to meet with potential members and volunteers at the garden space. Our community garden is located at:

179-18 145th Drive

Springfield Gardens, NY

The garden will provide garden beds for local schools to maintain. The following schools have already secured their garden beds: P.S 156, P.S 132, Community Voices Middle School 356

Kathleen Pierre-Buggs, Educator and Laurelton Community Garden Of Resilience Super Model

If you are interested in joining the garden  or helping with the build out, please contact us at: diva4justice@gmail.com

Ancil Walker, Laurelton Resident and Babbie of Greenthumb assess the garden space.

 

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Clarisa James
Clarisa James is the Co-Founder/Executive Director of DIVAS (Digital Interactive Visual Arts Sciences) for Social Justice. For the past seven years DIVAS has provided free or sliding scale technology training to youth in underserved communities in Central Brooklyn and Southeast Queens. Ms. James has been dedicated to youth development work for the past 15years in the roles of Teaching Artist, After School Director, Curriculum Specialist and artist. Her life's work encompasses empowering youth in underserved communities to use technology for social change and think critically about the issues that are affecting them most. For the past seven years Ms. James has facilitated workshops that help youth develop multimedia projects around environmental justice, housing, leadership development and reproductive justice. Ms. James holds an MFA in Integrated Media Arts from Hunter College's Film & Media Department. In addition to DIVAS for Social Justice, Ms. James currently serves on the advisory board of the Children’s Cabinet, Office of the Deputy Mayor Strategic Policy Initiatives at City Hall. Clarisa James is full of gratitude to her parents for providing such a wonderful upbringing and having the foresight to move into the community of Laurelton in the early 1970's. Clarisa is proud to be a daughter of Laurelton.