Cultivate Charlottesville Food Justice Network  The Power to Grow  - Community Roundtable RSVP | Tuesday, August 15, 2023
Cultivate Charlottesville Food Justice Network, Jefferson School African American Heritage Center, and Maupintown Media are hosting a community roundtable introducing The Power to Grow: A History of Booker T. Washington Park and the Intersection of Food Justice

Join us on Tuesday, August 15 from 5:00pm - 7:30pm at the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center

Looking Back to Grow Forward: Charlottesville's Booker T. Washington Park has a legacy as a thriving hub of the AfricanAmerican community. For decades, Black Charlottesville residents played a key role in transforming the land from a history of injustice to a history of reclamation. In 1944, for example, the park hosted a Victory Garden Exhibit showcasing over 200 displays of flowers, vegetables, fruits, and canned goods created by Black gardeners and farmers. Let’ s come together to build an urban farm, bring back land lost, and move food justice forward!

Join us for this special night of history and remembrance, vision and growing. 

  • Moderators- Karen Waters and Richard Morris 
  • Special Presentation by Maupintown Media and The Jefferson School African American Heritage Center
  • Meet Charlottesville urban agriculture partners 
  • Participate in a community mural project
  • Catering by Pearl Island Cafe

See below for more information and check out our TAKE ACTION website at https://cultivatecharlottesville.org/take-action/

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Food Justice Network Large Group Meetings are held bi-monthly on the 4th Wednesday from 10:30am-12:00pm. Past year's meetings included: 
-June 28, 2023: FEI The Right to Good Food
-April 26, 2023: FEI The Power to Grow
-February 22, 2023: FEI Food Equity & Justice
-November 30, 2022: Evaluation Feedback Results & BRAFB Partner Profile
-September 28, 2022: White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health
-July 27, 2022: Climate Action Plan &  New Hill Development Partner Profile
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BACKGROUND

Urban Agriculture Collective Farming in Charlottesville Hosted weekly Market Days with over 300 families Launched new plots at 6th St., South 1st St., and on West St. Shared fresh foods from fruit tree and berry orchards to fresh spring greens and fall sweet potatoes Sharing labor in the fields Leading Community Market Days. Delivering produce door-to-door to homebound neighbors Offering guidance as board members and community advisors Urban Agriculture Collective (UAC) began as a resident-led community farm behind the Friendship Court apartments. UAC is now one of the programs of Cultivate Charlottesville, along with City Schoolyard Garden and Food Justice Network. Since 2007, UAC Farm has grown and shared up to 17,000 pounds of fresh organic produce annually. UAC has: Residents supported the farm in different ways by: In recent years, UAC began losing access to multiple farm plots, to housing necessary redevelopment. Without longterm access to urban land, thousands of pounds of food will be lost and hundreds of families affected.

Power to Grow Mural -designed and painted by Cultivate Food Justice Interns - 2019
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